Radar 101
How a radar measures range, angle and speed, one idea per Short: time of flight, monopulse, harmonic radar.
Episodes
What this series covers
3 episodes made so far, 1 of them published. A tick marks the ones already on YouTube.
- 01This radar only sees electronics✓ published
- 02One radar pulse gives the exact angle. How?
- 03The echo is back in 1 microsecond. How far is the target?
Watch them on the Electronics 101 YouTube channel. Episodes without a tick are finished and queued for release.
Resources
Material for this series
Notes, formula sheets and guides that stay useful after the episodes.
RF & Microwave Formula Sheet
One page: transmission-line equations, reflection coefficient, VSWR and return loss conversions, cascade noise figure, and the dB identities worth memorising.
Reading the Smith Chart
Where the chart comes from, how to move on it, and worked single-stub and L-network matches with the algebra shown alongside.
ADS — Matching Network Walkthrough
Build a matching network in ADS, verify it on the Smith chart, and check the result against the hand calculation.
Python for RF Engineers
scikit-rf, touchstone files, plotting S-parameters and automating a parameter sweep. Notebook included.
Antenna Project Starter Pack
Templates, a measurement log, a report skeleton and a verification checklist for a first antenna project.
Related Courses
Take it further
Structured programmes covering the same ground in more depth, with a deliverable at the end.
RF & Microwave Engineering
The full RF groundwork: transmission lines, the Smith chart, S-parameters and front-end architecture, each derived rather than quoted.
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Modules
- 8
- Certificate
- Yes
- Price
- Pricing on registration
Tools used: Keysight ADS · MATLAB · Python
Antenna Design with HFSS
Model, simulate and verify real antennas — and learn to tell a converged result from a pretty one.
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Modules
- 6
- Certificate
- Yes
- Price
- Pricing on registration
Tools used: Ansys HFSS · MATLAB