AWR1642BOOST: AWR1642 interfacing with MATLAB to capture data (without using DCA1000)

Vishal G Yadav

Part Number: AWR1642BOOST
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AWR1642

How to Start interfacing MATLAB with AWR1642BOOST to get the data (without using the DCA1000 connection) and plotting the graphs similar to mmWave Demo Visualizer in MATLAB?

Note: need guidance in proceeding with the MATLAB mmWave Package installalation.

Thanks,

Vishal

over 3 years ago

0 Ishita Kochar over 3 years ago

TI__Mastermind 31680 points

Hello Vishal,

In case you want to capture the raw ADC samples and process it on your PC, you will need to use a data capture card like DCA1000 for this purpose.

But in case you want the final object/point cloud data, AWR1642 device can be programmed with custom application (mmw demo from mmwave SDK) and it can process the ADC data internally on the DSP and send out the final object list as result, which can then be plotted on mmWave Demo Visualizer tool.

Now it all depends on what kind of data you want from the device.

Regards,

Ishita

0 Cesar over 3 years ago in reply to Ishita Kochar

TI__Guru*** 148334 points

Vishal,

If you have in mind streaming raw data in real time and processing the raw data in Matlab on the PC, this use case is not supported even with the DCA1000 card.

As Ishita mentioned, what is possible is to run a demo on the AWR1642BOOST EVM and have a Matlab GUI that receives the data and displays it on the PC.

We have some examples in the mmWave Automotive Toolbox available on the TI Resource Explorer.

Here is an example

dev.ti.com/.../node

thank you

Cesar

0 Vishal G Yadav over 3 years ago in reply to Cesar

Prodigy 30 points

If I follow the Mutli-Gesture lab from the TI website, Will I still require a DCA1000 card to capture the data?

I followed the whole Multi-Gesture lab and I encountered this error. I have posted another query.

https://e2e.ti.com/support/sensors-group/sensors/f/sensors-forum/1087246/awr1642boost-awr1642boost-error-occured-while-running-the-binary-cli-is-operational

can you help with this?

Thanks

Vishal

0 Cesar over 3 years ago in reply to Vishal G Yadav

TI__Guru*** 148334 points

Yes,

Let's continue the discussion on the other thread.

Closing this thread

Thank you

Cesar

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