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IWR6843AOP: Quote# QD11B18: Track movements of persons in outdoor environment

Part Number: IWR6843AOP

Hello,

can you possibly advise on a customer questions regarding the best sensor to use for their following project?

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For our project we want to be able to track movements of persons in the outdoor environment.
We want to know which direction they are moving towards and the distance to the sensor.
For our project we want to measure movements from a short and long distance. For example detect movement
from a distance of 1 meter and also 10 meters.

It is important that we can also pinpoint one person to focus on, because we want an object to interact with
the movements of one or two persons. We were thinking about using a mmWave sensor for this.

Is there a type of mmWave sensor you can recommend., or different type in case this could be better suited for this application?
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Thank you very much.

Best regards

Adnan

  • Hello Adnan,

    For this use case (up to 10 meters) there are two options. The IWR6843ISKEVM and the IWR6843AOPEVM. The ISK EVM will have much longer range if needed (50+m) and better angular resolution, but the AOP EVM has the antenna on the package for easier manufacturability and the range of 10m should be ok.

    Please see the following EVM document for more information.

    60GHz mmWave Sensor EVMs (Rev. D)

    Regards,

    Jackson