I am very new to the hardware game after having a lot of experience in networking and system operations.
The idea I have is that I produce a small device that produces the same signals a radar detector would so it would be picked up by the radar detector detector and I hook it to a telegraph pole and watch the coppers drive past it over and over again wondering where it is coming from! If it works out cheap enough I would probably move onto blanketing a large area with the gear. Ha!
My question is, is the audrino capable of producing the radar signals picked up by a detector detector? If so, what hardware would I need and what would be the best approaches to the project?
The Arduino itself cannot generate RADAR frequencies. You could control a high-frequency oscillator, but you might not need to control it.
The idea I have is that I produce a small device that produces the same signals a radar detector would so it would be picked up by the radar detector detector and I hook it to a telegraph pole and watch the coppers drive past it over and over again wondering where it is coming from!
That's probably illegal. And, since RADAR detectors sometimes pick-up false signals it's probably not that unusual ro a RADAR detector-detector to pick-up false triggers either.
RADAR detectors are only illegal if they are fitted to a moving vehicle (in my local area). If its not actually detecting RADAR then it should be sweet as well.
I will further investigate the high-frequency oscillator. Thanks for your help, much appreciated.