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However, achieving high-resolution time-domain radar with SDR remains challenging due to demanding requirements for data throughput, sampling rate, and hardware configuration. Frequency-modulated radar implementations face similar limitations, often suffering from slow data acquisition and increased system complexity including exact waveform linearity, phase coherence, frequency-stepping control, and computationally intensive signal processing. In this work, a high-resolution impulse radar is implemented on a USRP X310 equipped with a UBX-160 daughterboard. The system fully exploits the hardware\u2019s wide instantaneous bandwidth, enabling high range resolution in real time. Detailed hardware requirements and software configurations are presented step-by-step to ensure reliable operation at high data rates. To maximize performance and flexibility, the radar system is implemented using the low-level USRP Hardware Driver C++ API rather than graphical programming frameworks. This enables improved memory handling, reduced processing overhead, and precise timing control. The resulting modular design permits adaptability for different radar modalities with minimal code modification. 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