TIDUEY9 April   2021

 

  1.   Description
  2.   Resources
  3.   Features
  4.   Applications
  5.   5
  6. 1System Description
  7. 2System Overview
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 Design Considerations
    3. 2.3 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.3.1 LP8770
        1. 2.3.1.1 Safety Features
          1. 2.3.1.1.1 Window Watchdog
          2. 2.3.1.1.2 Voltage Monitoring
      2. 2.3.2 AWR1843/xWR6843 mmWave Sensor Solution
    4. 2.4 System Design
      1. 2.4.1 Hardware Block Diagram
      2. 2.4.2 Software Components
        1. 2.4.2.1 Secondary Bootloader (SBL)
        2. 2.4.2.2 mmWaveLink APIs
        3. 2.4.2.3 mmWave Safety Diagnostic Library (SDL)
        4. 2.4.2.4 mmWave SDK Software Block Diagram
  8. 3Hardware, Software, Testing Requirements, and Test Results
    1. 3.1 Hardware Requirements
    2. 3.2 Test Setup
    3. 3.3 Test Results
  9. 4Design and Documentation Support
    1. 4.1 Design Files
      1. 4.1.1 Schematics
      2. 4.1.2 BOM
    2. 4.2 Tools and Software
    3. 4.3 Documentation Support
    4. 4.4 Support Resources
    5. 4.5 Trademarks
  10. 5About the Author

3 Hardware, Software, Testing Requirements, and Test Results

Required Hardware and Software

The AWR1843BOOST, xWR6843ISK from Texas Instruments is an easy-to-use evaluation board for the AWR1843 and xWR6843 mmWave sensing devices.

The mmWave Diagnostic and Monitoring application runs on the AWR1843/xWR6843 EVM and sends test status to a PC connected to the EVM over USB.

Hardware

The AWR1843, xWR6843 core design includes:

  • AWR1843 device: A single-chip, 77-GHz radar device with an integrated DSP
  • xWR6843 device: A single-chip, 60-GHz radar device with an integrated DSP
  • Power management network using a low-dropout linear regulator (LDO) and power management integrated circuit (PMIC) DC/DC supply (TPS7A88, TPS7A8101-Q1, and LP87524B-Q1)
  • The EVM also hosts a device to assist with onboard emulation and UART emulation over a USB link with the PC

Software

Associated software is hosted on TI-Rex

Refer Getting Started document available in the same package for SW installation and execution steps.