[gkhartman]

What are the practical applications of this? The things that come to mind when I hear "ultrasound" are medical devices and wall scanners.

That said, it's a cool project, even if it doesn't have a practical use.

[zipy124]

If you go to the home page it gives a list of applications:

Quote:

> The hardware is designed for pedagogical and prototyping purposes. Common applications include:

> - Pulse-echo / A-mode imaging — the core use case (details)

> - Non-destructive testing — crack detection, material characterization (details)

> - Ultrasound tomography — transmission and reflection modes (details)

> - Array imaging — synthetic aperture beamforming with the MUX PMOD extension

> - Transducer characterization — test and evaluate piezoelectric probes (compatible probes)

> - Signal processing research — a flexible platform for new methods