Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AWR1843AOPEVM, , MMWAVEICBOOST, AWR1843, AWR2243, AWR1843AOP, AWR1843BOOST
Hi,
I am in the process of studying the various development kits that TI offers for the AWR mmwave group of sensors. I am planning to purchase hardware for a bare minimal demonstration set up to acquire sufficient data without having to buy and use the DCA1000 data capture card (For now, I do not require high resolution LVDS ADC data or application data). Between the AWR2243BOOST and AWR1843AOPEVM (which has to be paired with the MMWAVEICBOOST), I noticed a difference in the available data sources through USB:
The AWR2243BOOST gives the user USB connection to an onboard XDS110 for programming and debugging while the AWR1843AOPEVM (paired with the MMWAVEICBOOST) has an on-chip microcontroller and DSP, and gives the user USB connectivity through XDS110 and FTDI FT4232. I understand that the two radar transceivers are very different in terms of capabilities, but what does this mean with relation to the available data between the two? - like the fact that the schematic block diagram for the MMWAVEICBOOST shows that it provides additional control and communication protocols apart from the XDS110 debugging like GPIOs, SOP, SPI 1 and 2, and RS232 through the FTDI.
What data would I get out of the FTDI controller on the AWR1843AOPEVM + MMWAVEICBOOST combination that I otherwise would not get out of the AWR2243BOOST board because of it lacking the same?
