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IWR1642BOOST: MATLAB code to run the radar and get output

Renan Santos Adriano
Mastermind 23360 points
Part Number: IWR1642BOOST


Hello team,

I'm posting this inquiry on behalf of my customer, they are using the IWR1642BOOST and  SDK 2.1, is there any document explaining step-by-step procedure on how to run the radar with Code. They are new to C. But if we have a MATLAB code to run the radar and get output, please point us towards it.

Regards,


Renan

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    TI__Mastermind 23725 points

    Hello

    As part of the mmWave Evaluation software we have various level of software available that can be used for

    1.OOB Demo ->  Provides simple Point cloud for radar view of the scene.

    2. End Equipment demo -> End application examples similar to a final use case implementation, provides high level results/decision.

    3. Data capture -> Provides a way for users to capture sensor's raw data and typical offline processing examples.

    Please help us understand what collateral was provided as start point and what all has the user tried so far?

    Thank you,

    Vaibhav

  • 0 in reply to Vaibhav Mahimkar
    Prodigy 30 points

    Hej Vaibhav 

    Thank you so much for your reply.

    We were able to run some demos so far. As you explained above, right now our interested levels are 2 and 3.

    We have some basic knowledge about application development in C. The graphs we are able to see in the Demo visualizers, we want to control those graphs or run EVM with MATLAB. So do you have any such base codes to control the radar in MATLAB to see outputs and also save them?  It will be also very useful if you can tell us which versions of SDK should we use . Which version of Industrial toolbox to be used to run some demos an so on ?

  • 0 in reply to Mohammad Hossein Abdsharifi
    TI__Mastermind 23725 points

    Hello

    Thank you for responding.

    Which of the two are you trying to go after:

    1.  ( Route similar to #1 and #2).  

    Objective :  Parse the post processed data from mmWave sensors (sent over Uart).  Implement plots and graphs similar to OOB demo visualizer. 

    Paths to proceed:

    --> See SDK User's guide and Doxygen (under SDK installation)  for uart parsers and TLV structure explanation.

    --> See Labs/Demo User's guide in Tirex.  Explanation for TLV structure is provided.  GUI source code is provided which can be used to interpret and use the  uart data provided by Device running the demo.

    2. ( Route Similar to #3)

    Objective :  Collect Raw Radar RF data.  Analyze post process this data (FFT, Point cloud, Heatmap) , plot relevant information.

    Path to proceed:  See DCA100  + mMWave studio instructions.  Plots, data explanation and example parsers provided under installation.

    Thank you,

    Vaibhav

  • 0 in reply to Vaibhav Mahimkar
    Prodigy 30 points

    Hi Vaibhav

    We want to go with the 2 nd one .

    Do we need to buy extra card(DCA) to achieve that  or mmwavestudio is enough ?  Or else do we need both ? 

    I added this to my previous message please:-   It will be also very useful if you can tell us which versions of SDK should we use . Which version of Industrial toolbox to be used to run some demos an so on ?

    If I want to run people counting demo with IWR1642BOOST what should be my setup in my PC. Like which version of Industrial toolbox. Which version on SDK,which version of CCS , what MATLAB version ? 

  • 0 in reply to Mohammad Hossein Abdsharifi
    TI__Mastermind 23725 points

    Hello

    #2 Raw data collection  used the  EVM + DCA1000 + mmWave studio. Please see the https://training.ti.com/dca1000-training-video

    For the last part which involves loading the people counting demo is  more like #1.  This provides post processed data on UART (not the RAW data)  from sensor.  Which version of SDK and images are called out in the industrial tool box. As on today latest Toolbox version is 4.8.x (Link to latest).

    Thank you,

    Vaibhav

  • 0 in reply to Vaibhav Mahimkar
    Prodigy 30 points

    Hi again

    So to get the raw data from the EVM we have to buy the DCA1000 for sure? or Is there any other way to get the raw data ?  If there is no another way to get raw data could you please help us find training videos that help us to change and modify the DEMOS to see different outputs.

  • 0 in reply to Mohammad Hossein Abdsharifi
    TI__Mastermind 23725 points

    Hello

    For Evaluation on mmWave Devices following are offerings made available and ready to use:

    1. Evaluate processed data results from device  over UART -   Software :  Various demos provided.   Hardware : TmmWave EVM

    2. Evaluate the RF (ADC RAW data)  performance over LVDS Port -   Software  : mmWave studio, Hardware : TI mmWave EVM + DCA1000 for LVDS Data.

    mmWave devices offer  programmable cores and users may choose to modify the code for any of the demo's and choose to send it over any other interface of choice.  Please be aware that the size of RAW is large compared to what the processed results and user's would have to allow time  for data transfer over slower interface of choice.

    Thank you

    Vaibhav