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IWR1642BOOST: Device Manager

Sophia Vorreuter
Prodigy 10 points
Part Number: IWR1642BOOST
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: IWR1642

Hello,

I recently aquired the IWR1642BOOST sensor and have started the out_of_box_demo utilizing the mmw_16xx_user_guide from the mmwave_industrial_toolbox_4_9_0. I was able to complete all of the steps up until 4.2 (Connecting to the EVM).

I powered the EVM with the 5V power supply and connected the EVM to my PC, but the COMuart and COMaux ports are not showing up in my Ports section of Device Manager. I downloaded the XDS Emulation Software (EMUPack) and also tried connecting the device to multiple computers but still no luck with having it recognized. 

How can I fix this issue?

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    TI__Genius 9570 points

    Hi Sophia,

    Thank you for reaching out with your question.

    I will be referencing this User Guide. 

    https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/swru521c/swru521c.pdf?ts=1642526710475&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ti.com%252Ftool%252FIWR1642BOOST

    1. Are you using a correct power supply (5-V, > 2.5-A supply brick with a 2.1-mm barrel jack (center positive)?

    2. Do you see the correct power connection behavior as seen in section 2.2 from the User Guide? When you press the NRST Switch as seen in Figure 1, do you see the NRST LED blink?

    3. Have you ensured the micro USB cable you are using is working correctly such as with other EVM boards?

    4. Can you provide a picture of what you see in the Device Manager there should be undetected or unknown devices appear once you connect the IWR1642BOOST to the computer.

    5. When you downloaded the XDS Emulation Software, did you ensure you have correct administrator settings on your computer? Certain company computers may not correctly run software or downloads if not correctly installed with administrator permissions. 

    6. What is the state of your jumpers as shown in section 2.7.1 of the User Guide? I would configure the IWR1642BOOST in either flashing mode or functional mode and then replug back into computer and see if a connection is made.

    Thanks,

    Alex Chan

  • 0 in reply to Alexander Chan
    Prodigy 10 points

    Hi Alex, 

    Thank you for the checklist, I was able to connect the mmWave to my computer.

    Once I did that though, I tried to rebuild the out-of-box-demo dss project and kept on getting 7 errors. The message before the errors is "unresolved symbol _MmwDemo_fastCode_L1PSRAM_copy_table, first referenced in ./dss_main.oe674". Error 1 is "gmake[2]: *** [xwr16xx_mmw_dss.xe674]". Also, errors #10234-D and #10099-D (program won't fit into available memory) are present. 

    Can you please help me resolve these?

    Thank you!

  • 0 in reply to Sophia Vorreuter
    TI__Genius 9570 points

    Hi Sophia,

    If you just want to run the out of box demo, you can follow this User Guide and just flash the prebuilt binary and then use the GUI. 

    https://dev.ti.com/tirex/explore/node?node=ALrLWv8piSenPXIAWScBow__VLyFKFf__LATEST&r=VLyFKFf__4.5.1&r=VLyFKFf__4.6.0&r=VLyFKFf__4.7.0

    Could you confirm if using the prebuilt binary, flashing it, and running the GUI works?

    In terms of the out of box demo dss project let me look into it. Did you make sure to import the SDK version 2.0.x.x correctly into Code Composer Studio? Here are the following steps. https://www.ti.com/tool/download/MMWAVE-SDK/02.00.00.04

    - Go to Window->Preferences->Code Composer Studio->Products.
    - In "Product discovery path", click Add and browse to the local repo directory that contains the SDK - after this the version of SDK should appear in the "Installed products" list.

    Also please see this older 1642 out of box setup user guide from the older industrial toolbox version. 

    https://dev.ti.com/tirex/explore/node?a=VLyFKFf__4.5.0&node=AI-oBzu9O7ZD9w8V94SbBw__VLyFKFf__4.5.0&r=VLyFKFf__4.5.1&r=VLyFKFf__4.6.0&r=VLyFKFf__4.7.0

    Thanks,

    Alex Chan

  • 0 in reply to Alexander Chan
    TI__Genius 9570 points

    Hi Sophia,

    Quick update, I was able to replicate the errors you were seeing. I tried it on the previous mmWave Industrial Toolbox Version 4.9 and I was able to rebuild the dss and mss projects succesfully so please use the older toolbox version.

    You can use the 3 dot buttons to the right of the Toolbox and click "Manage Versions" and then download the older version 4.9.0.

    It seems like releasing the new toolbox broke something with the IWR1642 out of box dss rebuilding process and sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused and we are looking into fixing this. 

    Thanks,

    Alex Chan