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DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming

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Overview

The DCA1000 evaluation module (EVM) provides real-time data capture and streaming for two- and four-lane low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) traffic from TI AWR and IWR radar sensor EVMs. The data can be streamed out via 1-Gbps Ethernet in real time to a PC running the MMWAVE-STUDIO tool for capture, visualization, and then can be passed to an application of choice for data processing and algorithm development.

Features
  • Supports lab and mobile collection scenarios
  • Captures LVDS data from AWR/IWR radar sensors
  • Streams output in real time through 1-Gbps Ethernet
  • Controlled via onboard switches or GUI/library

  • DCA1000EVM
  • Warranty card (disclaimer sheet)
  • Ethernet cable
  • Standoffs
  • Samtec® coaxial micro ribbon cable (HQCD-030-02.00-SEU-TBR-1)
AC/DC & DC/DC converters (integrated FET)
LM26400Y — Dual 2A, 500kHz Wide Input Range Buck Regulator

 

Arm Cortex-R MCUs
AM2732-Q1 — Automotive dual-core Arm® Cortex-R5F MCU up to 400 MHz with C66x DSP, Ethernet, safety, security

 

Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWR1243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC AWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator AWR1642 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP and MCU AWR1843 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator AWR2243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive second-generation high-performance MMIC AWR2944 — Automotive, second-generation 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance SoC for corner and long-range radar AWR6443 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating MCU and radar accelerator AWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator AWR6843AOP — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating antenna on package, DSP and MCU

 

Ethernet PHYs
DP83867IR — Industrial temperature, robust gigabit Ethernet PHY transceiver

 

Industrial mmWave radar sensors
IWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR1642 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating DSP and MCU IWR1843 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz industrial radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator IWR6443 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating processing capability IWR6843AOP — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor with integrated antenna on package (AoP)

 

Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators
TPS7A8101 — 1-A, high-PSRR, adjustable ultra-low-dropout voltage regulator with enable
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DCA1000EVM — Real-time data-capture adapter for radar sensing evaluation module

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Firmware

MMWAVE-DFP — mmWave device firmware package (DFP) for 1st-generation AWR1243 parts

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MMWAVE-DFP — mmWave device firmware package (DFP) for 1st-generation AWR1243 parts

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Version: 01.02.06.03
Release date: 10 Jun 2020
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Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWR1243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC AWR2243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive second-generation high-performance MMIC
Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWR1243BOOST — AWR1243 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC evaluation module AWR2243BOOST — AWR2243 second-generation 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC evaluation module DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming MMWCAS-DSP-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar DSP evaluation module MMWCAS-RF-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar RF evaluation module

Documentation

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Release Notes for MMWAVE DFP

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User Guide for MMWAVE DFP

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Radar Interface control document

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Software Manifest of Components Inside the MMWAVE DFP

Release Infomation

mmWave DFP is a device firmware package for TI's 76-81GHz mmWave sensor front end. The package includes firmware binaries and reference drivers to control, configure, calibrate and monitor the RF/analog and digital front-end subsystem. This release is only for AWR1243 ES3.0 device variant.
IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger

MMWAVE-STUDIO-3G — mmWave studio GUI tools for third-generation parts (xWRLx432)

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MMWAVE-STUDIO-3G — mmWave studio GUI tools for third-generation parts (xWRLx432)

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Version: 04.01.00.06
Release date: 19 Jul 2023
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Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWRL1432 — Single-chip low-power 76GHz to 81GHz automotive mmWave radar sensor AWRL6432 — Single-chip low-power 57-GHz to 64-GHz automotive mmWave radar sensor
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
IWRL6432 — Single-chip low-power 57-GHz to 64-GHz industrial mmWave radar sensor IWRL1432 — Single-chip low-power 76GHz to 81GHz industrial mmWave radar sensor
Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWRL1432BOOST — AWRL1432 evaluation module for single-chip low-power 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor AWRL6432BOOST — AWRL6432BOOST BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip low-power mmWave radar sensor IWRL6432BOOST — IWRL6432 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz mmWave low-power sensor DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming IWRL1432BOOST — IWR1432 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave low power sensor

Documentation

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Release Infomation

mmWave Studio GUI is designed to characterize and evaluate TI mmWave sensor devices. This package includes the GUI, associated tools and firmware for the performance evaluation of TI mmWave sensor devices. For more information please refer to the MMWAVE Studio User Guide and Release note.

This version supports the following device variants - AWRL6432, IWRL6432, AWRL1432 and IWRL1432. 
IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger

MMWAVE-STUDIO — mmWave studio GUI tools for 1st-generation parts (xWR1243, xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6843, xWR6443)

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MMWAVE-STUDIO — mmWave studio GUI tools for 1st-generation parts (xWR1243, xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6843, xWR6443)

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Version: 02.01.01.00
Release date: 06 May 2020
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Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWR1243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC AWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator AWR1642 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP and MCU AWR1843 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator AWR2243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive second-generation high-performance MMIC AWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
IWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR1642 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating DSP and MCU IWR1843 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz industrial radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator IWR6443 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating processing capability IWR6843AOP — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor with integrated antenna on package (AoP)
Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWR1243BOOST — AWR1243 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC evaluation module AWR1443BOOST — AWR1443 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR1642BOOST — AWR1642 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR1843BOOST — AWR1843 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming IWR1443BOOST — IWR1443 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR1642BOOST — IWR1642 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR1843BOOST — IWR1843 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz long-range antenna mmWave sensor MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform MMWCAS-DSP-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar DSP evaluation module MMWCAS-RF-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar RF evaluation module

Documentation

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Release Notes for MMWAVE STUDIO

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User Guide for MMWAVE STUDIO

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Cascade Setup User Guide for MMWAVE STUDIO

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Quick start guide for the DCA1000 capture card

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Software Manifest of Components Inside the MMWAVE STUDIO

Release Infomation

mmWave Studio GUI is designed to characterize and evaluate TI mmWave sensor devices. This package includes the GUI, associated tools and firmware for the performance evaluation of TI mmWave sensor devices. For more information please refer to the MMWAVE Studio User Guide and Release note. This version supports the following device variants - AWR1243 ES3.0 Single-chip/4-chip-Cascade, AWR1443 ES3.0, IWR1443 ES3.0, AWR1642 ES2.0, IWR1642 ES2.0, AWR1843 ES1.0, IWR1843 ES1.0 and IWR6843 ES2.0. For Cascade system, refer to MMWAVE STUDIO Cascade User Guide.
IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger

MMWAVE-STUDIO-2G — mmWave studio GUI tools for second-generation parts (xWR2944, AWR2544)

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MMWAVE-STUDIO-2G — mmWave studio GUI tools for second-generation parts (xWR2944, AWR2544)

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Version: 03.01.03.01
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Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWR2944 — Automotive, second-generation 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance SoC for corner and long-range radar AWR2544 — 76-81GHz FMCW satellite Radar-on-Chip sensor
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
IWR2944 — Single-chip, 76GHz to 81GHz industrial high-performance radar with integrated DSP, MCU and ethernet
Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWR2544LOPEVM — AWR2544LOP evaluation module for automotive 2nd-generation, 76GHz to 81GHz, high-performance SoC AWR2944EVM — AWR2944 evaluation module for automotive, second-generation 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance SoC DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming

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DCA1000 User Guide

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DCA1000 Handbook

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Release Infomation

mmWave Studio GUI is designed to characterize and evaluate TI mmWave sensor devices. This package includes the GUI, associated tools and firmware for the performance evaluation of TI mmWave sensor devices. For more information please refer to the MMWAVE Studio User Guide and Release note.

This 3.1.3 version supports xWR2944 ES2.0 & AWR2544 ES1.0 device variants. 
Firmware

MMWAVE-DFP-2G-60GHZ-FW — mmWave device firmware package (DFP) for second generation xWR6243 parts.

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MMWAVE-DFP-2G-60GHZ-FW — mmWave device firmware package (DFP) for second generation xWR6243 parts.

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Industrial mmWave radar sensors
IWR6243 — 57-GHz to 64-GHz industrial high-performance MMIC
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Evaluation board
DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming

Documentation

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Release Infomation

mmWave DFP is a device firmware package for TI's 57-64GHz xWR6243 mmWave sensor front end. The package includes firmware binaries and reference drivers to control, configure, calibrate and monitor the RF/analog and digital front-end subsystem.
Firmware

MMWAVE-DFP-2G — mmWave device firmware package (DFP) for 2nd-generation AWR2243 parts

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MMWAVE-DFP-2G — mmWave device firmware package (DFP) for 2nd-generation AWR2243 parts

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Release date: 29 Aug 2022
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Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWR2243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive second-generation high-performance MMIC
Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWR2243BOOST — AWR2243 second-generation 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC evaluation module DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming MMWCAS-DSP-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar DSP evaluation module MMWCAS-RF-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar RF evaluation module

Documentation

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Release Notes for MMWAVE DFP

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User Guide for MMWAVE DFP

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Radar Interface control document

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Software Manifest of Components Inside the MMWAVE DFP

Release Infomation

mmWave DFP is a device firmware package for TI's 76-81GHz mmWave sensor front end. The package includes firmware binaries and reference drivers to control, configure, calibrate and monitor the RF/analog and digital front-end subsystem. This release is only for AWR2243 ES1.1 (production ready) device variant.
TI's Standard Terms and Conditions for Evaluation Items apply.

Design files

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Hardware development

EVALUATION BOARD
AWR1243BOOST — AWR1243 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC evaluation module AWR1443BOOST — AWR1443 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR1642BOOST — AWR1642 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR1642BOOST-ODS — AWR1642 obstacle detection sensor with wide field-of-view (FOV) antenna evaluation module AWR1843BOOST — AWR1843 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR2944EVM — AWR2944 evaluation module for automotive, second-generation 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance SoC AWR6843ISK — AWR6843 single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor antenna plug-in module AWRL6432BOOST — AWRL6432BOOST BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip low-power mmWave radar sensor IWR1443BOOST — IWR1443 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR1642BOOST — IWR1642 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR1843BOOST — IWR1843 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR6843AOPEVM — IWR6843AOP evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz antenna-on-package (AoP) mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz long-range antenna mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK-ODS — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz overhead detection antenna mmWave sensor IWRL6432AOPEVM — IWRL6432AOP evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz antenna-on-package (AoP) mmWave sensor IWRL6432BOOST — IWRL6432 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz mmWave low-power sensor MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform

Software development

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT (SDK)
MMWAVE-SDK — mmWave software development kit (SDK) for xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6443 and xWR6843
FIRMWARE
MMWAVE-DFP — mmWave device firmware package (DFP)
IDE, CONFIGURATION, COMPILER OR DEBUGGER
MMWAVE-STUDIO — mmWave studio

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