TI mmWave Radar Sensors - IWR6843AOPEVM
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This page explains how to use IWR6843AOPEVM.
Features of IWR6843AOPEVM
- 60-GHz to 64-GHz mmWave sensor
- 4 receive (RX) 3 transmit (TX) antenna with 120° azimuth field of view (FoV) and 120° elevation FoV
- Direct interface with MMWAVEICBOOST and DCA1000
- Supports 60-pin high-speed interface for host-controlling interface
- Onboard capability for power-consumption monitoring
Hardware
| Device | Description |
|---|---|
| IWR6843AOPEVM | |
| MMWAVEICBOOST, mmWave sensors carrier card platform | Optional, for CCS based debugging |
| DCA1000 | Optional |
| Computer | Windows 7 or 10 PC with Google Chrome Browser and TI Cloud Agent Extension installed. |
| Micro USB Cable | |
| Power Supply | 5V, 3A with 2.1-mm barrel jack (center positive). The power supply can be wall adapter style or a battery pack with a USB to barrel jack cable. |
Software
- Industrial Toolbox from Out Of Box Demo
- Uniflash tool is used for flashing TI mmWave Radar devices with the binary file.
- Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers, Please download “CP210x VCP Windows”.
Physical Setup
This procedure can be done by following the online tutorial.
Flash the board with the corresponding binary file (.bin) for the specific function.
Note
- Different binary file provides different functions. Sometimes they are not compatible with each other.
- Gesture with Machine Learning Demo requires
gesture_ML_6443_AOP.binfile in the address:MMWAVE_TOOLBOX_INSTALL_DIR>\labs\gesture_recognition\Gesture_with_Machine_Learning\prebuilt_binaries\
pymmWave Library
pymmWave is an asynchronous TI mmWave library to expedite the development mmWave sensor.
Please flash the sensor with the binary file out_of_box_6843_aop.bin with the address: <INDUSTRIAL_TOOLBOX_INSTALL_DIR>\mmwave_industrial_toolbox_<VER>\ labs\Out_Of_Box_Demo\prebuilt_binaries\
Note: The address above is wrong in the user guide in MMWAVE SDK Demo - Lab User’s Guide. Please follow the address here.