Build Your Own Phased Array Beamformer

In this video I&walk you through a complete example of how to build your own low cost two channel digital beamformer. At the end, we&use it to track a 2.3 GHz RF signal and display its direction of arrival. You can follow my blog series on this topic here: The python files used in this video are found here: To build this yourself, you&need: SMA cables Other links used in this video: Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:51 Agenda 1:56 Disclaimer! 2:58 Brief Overview of Beamforming Concept 4:11 Analog vs Digital Beamforming 6:21 Build our Beamformer 12:51 Calculate Expected Results 15:27 Program Beamformer in Python 19:46 FFT Plots of the Phase Shifted Signal 22:49 Array Factor Plots 26:48 Improve Setup 29:07 Direction of Arrival Compass 30:03 What&Next?