AWR2243BOOST: How to identify AWR2243 ES2.0 device?

Hello Hang, 

You can refer to the "Device Markings" section of the AWR2243 Errata to identify if your device is ES1.0 or ES1.1. 

I think by mistake the document calls out AWR2243 ES1.1 as ES2.0. 

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Ishita

Hi Ishita,

Thank you very much! My device is ES1.1. I have identify it. 

From the C:\ti\mmwave_platform_1_2_1\tools\studio_cli\docs\mmwave_studio_cli_developer's_guide.pdf (page 11), in order to use Studio CLI with AWR2243 ES1.1, I need to flash the firmware to the device beforehand. 

However, I was unable to flash the firmware by using uniflash. Here are my steps:

(1) On AWR2243Boost connect SOP0 and SOP2, disconnect SOP1.

(2) Open Uniflash and load firmware from C:\ti\mmwave_studio_03_00_00_14\rf_eval_firmware\AWR2243_ES1_1

(3) Set com port in Settings & Utilities. 

(4) Click Load Images. I got error as below. 

May I ask if any step I was wrong?

Thank you so much!

Best,

Hang

Hello Hang, 

Looks like Uniflash is not able to recognize the device properly. 

Have you taken a look at our FAQ page for this : https://e2e.ti.com/support/sensors-group/sensors/f/sensors-forum/856044/faq-mmwave-sensor--uniflash-related-queries 

Please see if this helps and let us know if the issue still persists. 

Regards,

Ishita

Hi Ishita,

Thank you very much! I have read it. However, it still did not work. 

Here are my steps. 

(1) I have confirmed that there are no problems with the power supply and the USB cable. Because I can successfully flash the image bin file to my IWR1642 through Uniflash

(2)  On AWR2243Boost connect SOP0 and SOP2, disconnect SOP1. From the marking on the chip, I identify it as ES1.1.

(3) Connect the power supply and USB cable. Open Uniflash 6.3.0. Note that on the AWR2243Boost surface, it is marked as Rev A, in Uniflash it was recognized as Rev B

(4) Load firmware from C:\ti\mmwave_studio_03_00_00_14\rf_eval_firmware\AWR2243_ES1_1, these firmware worked on mmwave studio 3.0, when I collected raw ADC data using DCA1000EVM. 

(5) Click load image, error as below.

(6) An extra try, I was able to Format SFLASH. However, I was not able to load the image as above.

Thank you very much for the help!

Best,

Hang

Hello Hang, 

A couple of points here : 

1. You would need to flash the metaimage here and not the "rf_eval_firmware". You can find that in the mmWave_DFP firmware for the corresponding device : :\ti\mmwave_dfp_xx_xx_xx_xx\firmware

2. I forgot to bring this to your attention that the Current version of mmWave Studio CLI tool supports AWR2243 ES1.0 only. A new version of the tool will be released for ES1.1 soon. 

Hope this gives you some clarification. 

Regards,

Ishita 

Hi Ishita,

Thank you very much! However, it still didn't work.

I tried both 

(1) C:\ti\mmwave_dfp_02_02_03_01\firmware\xwr22xx_metaImage.bin 

(2) C:\ti\mmwave_dfp_02_02_03_01\firmware\radarss\xwr2xxx_radarss_rprc.bin and C:\ti\mmwave_dfp_02_02_03_01\firmware\masterss\xwr22xx_mss_rprc.bin

None of the above worked. Again, I was successful to flash the bin file to IWR1642Boost. Do you have any idea what happened?

Thanks a lot!

Best,

Hang

Hi Jitendra,

It worked! Thank you very much!

I guess this is the device recognition issue of Uniflash. Should I stick to this method? My AWR2243Boost is Rev A. In Uniflash, it was recognized as Rev. B.

Best,

Hang