SWRU529C May   2017  – April 2020

 

  1.   mmWave Demo Visualizer
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Setup Instructions
      1. 1.1 Browser Setup (First Time Only)
      2. 1.2 mmWave Device Setup
      3. 1.3 Serial Port Setup
    3. 2 CONFIGURE Tab
      1. 2.1  Platform
      2. 2.2  SDK Version
      3. 2.3  Antenna Config (Azimuth Resolution - Degrees)
      4. 2.4  Desirable Configuration
      5. 2.5  Frequency Band (GHz)
      6. 2.6  Scene Selection – Best Range Resolution
        1. 2.6.1 Frame Rate (fps)
        2. 2.6.2 Range Resolution (m)
        3. 2.6.3 Maximum Unambiguous Range (m)
        4. 2.6.4 Maximum Radial Velocity (m/s)
        5. 2.6.5 Radial Velocity Resolution (m/s)
      7. 2.7  Scene Selection – Best Velocity Resolution
        1. 2.7.1 Frame Rate (fps)
        2. 2.7.2 Radial Velocity Resolution (m/s)
        3. 2.7.3 Maximum Radial Velocity (m/s)
        4. 2.7.4 Range Resolution (m)
        5. 2.7.5 Maximum Unambiguous Range (m)
      8. 2.8  Scene Selection – Best Range
        1. 2.8.1 Frame Rate (fps)
        2. 2.8.2 Maximum Unambiguous Range (m)
        3. 2.8.3 Range Resolution (m)
        4. 2.8.4 Maximum Radial Velocity (m/s)
      9. 2.9  Plot Selection
        1. 2.9.1 Scatter Plot
        2. 2.9.2 Range Profile
        3. 2.9.3 Noise Profile
        4. 2.9.4 Range Azimuth Heat Map
        5. 2.9.5 Range Doppler Heat Map
        6. 2.9.6 Statistics
      10. 2.10 User Selected Configuration
        1. 2.10.1 Send Configuration to mmWave Device
        2. 2.10.2 Saving Configuration to PC
        3. 2.10.3 Reset Selection
    4. 3 PLOTS Tab
      1. 3.1  X-Y Scatter Plot
      2. 3.2  Doppler Range Plot
      3. 3.3  Range Profile
      4. 3.4  CPU Load
      5. 3.5  Range-Doppler Heatmap
      6. 3.6  Range-Azimuth Heatmap
      7. 3.7  3-D Scatter Plot
      8. 3.8  Display Parameters
        1. 3.8.1 Profiling Parameters
        2. 3.8.2 Scene Parameters
        3. 3.8.3 Chirp/Frame Parameters
      9. 3.9  Real-Time Tuning
        1. 3.9.1 Group Peaks From Same Object
        2. 3.9.2 Static Clutter Removal
        3. 3.9.3 Range Detection Threshold (0 to 100 dB)
        4. 3.9.4 Doppler Detection Threshold (0 to 100 dB)
      10. 3.10 Advanced Commands
        1. 3.10.1 Special Note About Range and Angle Bias Compensation Configuration
      11. 3.11 Plot Settings
    5. 4 Advanced Options
      1. 4.1 Load Configuration From PC
      2. 4.2 Getting the Version
      3. 4.3 RCS
        1. 4.3.1 Desired Radar Cross Section (sq. m)
        2. 4.3.2 Maximum Range for Desired RCS (m)
        3. 4.3.3 RCS at Maximum Unambiguous Range (sq. m)
      4. 4.4 Concurrent Recording of Processed Stream From mmWave Device
    6. 5 Troubleshooting
      1. 5.1 Console Message: Errors Returned by Device
      2. 5.2 Serial Port Status Message: Not Switching to Hardware Connected or Both Ports Are Not Showing Up
      3. 5.3 Console Message: sensorStart Message Not Sent to Host
      4. 5.4 Warning for Plots and Frame Rate
      5. 5.5 Configuration Successful, but Plots Not Updating
    7. 6 Customizing the mmWave Demo Visualizer
    8. 7 Offline Version of the Visualizer
  2.   Revision History

3.6 Range-Azimuth Heatmap

This plot displays the radar cube matrix for zero Doppler only but across all range bins and all antennas (see Figure 14). For the advanced frame, this plot shows the heatmap for the first subframe, which has this plot enabled in the guiMonitor command (the plot title reflects this subframe number). When the range bias is supplied using the compRangeBiasAndRxChanPhase command, the GUI internally uses the range bias to correct the range in meters, as calculated from rangeIdx, shipped by the mmWave device.

NOTE

Select Range Azimuth Heat Map in the Configure tab and configure the device accordingly to view this plot.
azimuth-range-heatmap.gifFigure 14. Azimuth-Range Heatmap (Example)