DIYAndy
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DIY Doppler Radar Microwave Motion Sensor for outside Ford Ranger security.
My garage is too small and cluttered to park my Ranger inside so I chose to leave it outside in the elements. The garage door is made of fiber/wood material so I came up with the idea to shoot a Doppler radar microwave beam through the garage door (range ~ 21 feet) to detect any motion around my Ranger. The radar detector RCWL-0516 sensor is only $0.97 $USD on Ebay. I used an Arduino Nano V3 and Arduino Nano breakout board to interface to this doppler radar device board. Using the Arduino Nano, a person could add an output for sound annunciator (buzzer) or, in my case, I also added it to my home Wi-Fi network so my family and friends would be notified of any disturbance to my Lightning Blue Ford Ranger on their mobile devices.
See pictures below
Author: DIYAndy
Date of completion: 1/7/21
End of project
My garage is too small and cluttered to park my Ranger inside so I chose to leave it outside in the elements. The garage door is made of fiber/wood material so I came up with the idea to shoot a Doppler radar microwave beam through the garage door (range ~ 21 feet) to detect any motion around my Ranger. The radar detector RCWL-0516 sensor is only $0.97 $USD on Ebay. I used an Arduino Nano V3 and Arduino Nano breakout board to interface to this doppler radar device board. Using the Arduino Nano, a person could add an output for sound annunciator (buzzer) or, in my case, I also added it to my home Wi-Fi network so my family and friends would be notified of any disturbance to my Lightning Blue Ford Ranger on their mobile devices.
See pictures below
Author: DIYAndy
Date of completion: 1/7/21
End of project
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