Get Started with Radar Toolbox
Radar Toolbox provides algorithms and tools for designing, simulating, analyzing, and testing monostatic, bistatic, and multifunction radar systems. It supports workflows from requirements to field data analysis for airborne, ground-based, shipborne, and automotive applications.
The Radar Designer app enables you to perform interactive link budget analysis and design trade-offs at the radar equation level. The toolbox provides models for transmitters, receivers, propagation channels, targets, interferers, and clutter in a virtual environment. You can use these models to generate synthetic data in complex RF environments.
Radar Toolbox includes algorithms for processing signals and data collected from hardware. For simulation acceleration or rapid prototyping, the toolbox supports C code generation.
Tutorials
- Modeling Radar Detectability Factors
Improve the fidelity of the radar range equation analysis by including a detailed loss budget. (Since R2021a)
- Modeling the Propagation of Radar Signals
Model RF propagation effects such as free space path loss, atmospheric attenuation due to rain, fog and gas, and multipath propagation due to bounces on the ground. (Since R2021b)
- Modeling Target Radar Cross Section
Model radar targets with higher levels of fidelity by considering more complex radar cross section (RCS) models. (Since R2021a)
- Simulate a Scanning Radar
Simulate detection and tracking with a monostatic radar with different scanning modes for different scenarios. (Since R2021a)
- Radar Scenario Tutorial
Construct simple radar scenarios using the
radarScenarioobject. (Since R2021a) - Model Platform Motion Using Trajectory Objects
This topic introduces how to use three different trajectory objects to model platform trajectories, and how to choose between them.
About Radar Systems
- Radar Coordinate Systems and Frames
Explore radar coordinate conventions and definitions through a
radarScenarioexample. - Radar Surface Clutter Simulation
Clutter modeling capabilities organized by power-level, measurement-level, and waveform-level applications.
Featured Examples
Radar Link Budget Analysis
Use the Radar Designer app to perform a link budget analysis when designing a radar system.
Videos
What is Radar Toolbox?
Radar Toolbox provides algorithms and tools for designing, simulating, analyzing,
and testing multifunction radar systems.
Working with the Radar Designer App
The Radar Designer app provides an easy to use interface, for parameter input
design comparison visualizations, and sharing of results.
Radar Basics - Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Radars
This video illustrates how Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radars are
used for automotive vehicles safety and warning systems.
Radar Basics - Measuring Angles with FMCW
This video shows how you can use FMCW radar to determine the direction to an
object, both horizontally in azimuth, and vertically in elevation.
Radar Basics - Understanding the Radar Equation
This video introduces the radar equation – a tool for radar design which lets
you understand how a radar system will perform.
Radar Basics - Pulse Doppler Radar
This video introduces pulsed Doppler radar which you can use to determine range
and radial velocity from a series of radar pulses.
