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# blah2
A real-time radar which can support various SDR platforms.
![blah2 example display](./example.png "blah2")
## Features
- Currently only support for the [SDRplay RSPDuo](https://www.sdrplay.com/rspduo/).
- 2 channel processing for a reference and surveillance signal.
- Designed as a passive radar, but can also work as an active radar.
- Outputs delay-Doppler maps to a web front-end.
- Record raw IQ data by pressing spacebar on the web front-end.
- Saves delay-Doppler maps in a *json* array.
## Services
The build environment consists of a docker-compose.yml file running the following services;
- The radar processor responsible for IQ capture and processing.
- The API middleware responsible for reading TCP ports for delay-Doppler map data, and exposing this on a REST API.
- The web front-end displaying processed radar data.
## Usage
- Install docker and docker-compose on the host machine.
- Clone this repository to some directory.
- Install dependencies from Dockerfile.
- Edit the config.yml for desired processing parameters.
- Run the docker-compose command.
```bash
git clone http://github.com/30hours/blah2
cd blah2
vim config/config.yml
sudo mkdir /opt/blah2
sudo chmod a+rw /opt/blah2
sudo docker-compose up -d blah2_frontend blah2_api
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make && cd ..
./bin/blah2 -c config/config.yml
```
The radar processing output is available on [http://localhost:49152](http://localhost:49152).
## Future Work
- The blah2 service can be built in Docker, except for the SDRplay API due to its dependence on *systemd*. This service needs to be built manually with *cmake* at present.
- A CFAR detector has not yet been implemented.
- Support for the HackRF and RTL-SDR using front-end mixer to sample 2 RF channels in 1 stream.
- Occasional segmentation fault from a mutex issue.
## FAQ
- If the SDRplay RSPduo does not capture data, restart the API service using `sudo systemctl restart sdrplay.api`.
## Contributing
Pull requests are welcome - especially for adding support for a new SDR.
## License
[MIT](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/)