Walabot - see through walls with Android -has anyone used one?

[ez24]

From a YT ad:

https://walabot.com/diy

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C%7Bcreative%7D%2C%7Bkeyword%7D&gclid=Cj0KCQiAp8fSBRCUARIsABPL6JbXuydK3XDpz55D2Kg5PO8iIiQTNf2aWwUX7hVClZHr1eh2y0fdWtkaAst0EALw_wcB&is=REG&m=Y&sku=1316577

Has anyone used one of these?  How do these work?

[Cyberdragon]

From a YT ad:

https://walabot.com/diy

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C%7Bcreative%7D%2C%7Bkeyword%7D&gclid=Cj0KCQiAp8fSBRCUARIsABPL6JbXuydK3XDpz55D2Kg5PO8iIiQTNf2aWwUX7hVClZHr1eh2y0fdWtkaAst0EALw_wcB&is=REG&m=Y&sku=1316577

Has anyone used one of these?  How do these work?

The same way regular digital stud finders work. It's probably using some form of radar.

[ez24]

I wonder if it could be using something like this:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-Human-body-induction-module-RCWL-0516-microwave-radar-inductive-switch-module-intelligent-sensing-detector/32712700620.html

A 49 cent radar detector ?

[Nusa]

I think it's just a low-end thermal camera combined with some image processing to make guesses about what things are.

[Cyberdragon]

I think it's just a low-end thermal camera combined with some image processing to make guesses about what things are.

No, definitely not. That would only find pipes. This is a full blown stud finder. Plus it's too close to the wall and has no lens.

[Bud]

It had already been discussed in a other thread, search for Walabot on this forum. It uses a GHz planar antenna array.

[Nusa]

I think it's just a low-end thermal camera combined with some image processing to make guesses about what things are.

No, definitely not. That would only find pipes. This is a full blown stud finder. Plus it's too close to the wall and has no lens.

I may be wrong about the technology used in this case, but you're also incorrect. Thermal cameras work pretty well as stud finders.

[ChunkyPastaSauce]

https://www.bdti.com/InsideDSP/2016/10/11/Vayyar

https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=pts&hl=en&q=inassignee:%22Vayyar+Imaging+Ltd%22

[Bud]

As far as I understand it is the same technology used for hostage/urban rescue. The secret sauce is in the software. I think Walabot and their dev kit is a bonanza for experimenting in this area, but TX power would need to be pumped up a bit and antenna array may need a rework. But the platform is there.

[hendorog]

I got one of these on the spur of the moment as it seemed cheap for what it is and on a gamble that it is hackable.

As a stud finder it is a complete and utter disaster. Avoid at all costs if you actually want to use it for that.

I really hope their open API stuff works with the DIY version...