DCA1000EVM: DCA1000 not working

Kunal Jain

Part Number: DCA1000EVM
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AWR1843BOOST, AWR1843

Dear members,

I was working on calibrating the radar for AWR1843 chip. But when i connect AWR1843Boost EVM to DCA1000. Its not reading the DCA1000's firmware version. Always the command timeout occurs.

All the LEDs on DCA1000 are always on. So i suppose firmware could be the issue.

I got the diamond programmer and tried reflashing the board. as per the steps provided in the user manual.

The Flash erase command ran successfully.

but when programming the Flash chip. It responses with

"ERROR - Programming failed.

IDCode Checking...

ERROR - Verification Error...when Processing function: 'CHECK_ID'

ERROR - Operation: unsuccessful.

"INFO - Check configuration setup: Start.

Device#1 LFE5UM-85F: Shift out '1' instead of '0' from Bypass register.

ERROR - Check configuration setup: Unsuccessful.

ERROR - Programming failed.

One of these 2 errors i am getting.

Please help me out in resolving the issue and get it working.

Or is there any other way i can calibrate the radar for AWR1843. without using DCA1000.

Regards

Kunal

over 2 years ago

0 Kunal Jain over 2 years ago

Prodigy 60 points

Any update

0 Josh Wyatt over 2 years ago in reply to Kunal Jain

TI__Guru* 91206 points

Kunal -

Sorry for the delay - we will take a look at this and get back to you within a day.

0 aozer over 2 years ago

TI__Mastermind 30715 points

Hello,

Can you give the details on how you are connecting the boards? Did you follow the steps in the DCA1000 training video to properly setup your IP address?

https://www.ti.com/video/5827389052001

Regards,

Adrian

0 Kunal Jain over 2 years ago in reply to aozer

Prodigy 60 points

Dear Aozer,

This video link says "access denied".

But i did follow the configuration process mentioned in

https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruij4a/spruij4a.pdf?ts=1689315304647&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ti.com%252Ftool%252FDCA1000EVM

I was not able to get the connection setup with DCA1000 over ethernet.

- tried changing firewall setting

- power cycling

nothing worked.

Then found a suggestion on the forum that i need to reprogram the FPGA.

Followed the Programming process mentioned in the same document getting the check id and bypass register error.

0 aozer over 2 years ago in reply to Kunal Jain

TI__Mastermind 30715 points

Hello,

It may be easier to just try to go through the flashing process on a call. Are you available at 3pm CST on Thursday?

Can you also please send some photos of your setup and how you are connecting the board?

To access the link you need to make sure you are signed into your ti.com account.

Regards,

Adrian

0 Kunal Jain over 2 years ago in reply to aozer

Prodigy 60 points

Dear Adrian,

Thank you for the support. I am from India and the 3PM CST converts to 1:30AM, this is too late. If possible can we do it on 1:30PM CST.

I got the access to the video and also i was following the same tutorial from youtube.

Regards,

Kunal

0 aozer over 2 years ago in reply to Kunal Jain

TI__Mastermind 30715 points

Hello,

I had sent a friend request with the webex link to meet today but you did not join. Can you accept the friend request and suggest another time that would work?

Regards,

Adrian

0 Kunal Jain over 2 years ago in reply to aozer

Prodigy 60 points

Dear Adrian,

Sorry for the inconvenience. I got confused between the timezone conversion and which day to be followed.

Can we have it around 7:30AM CST on Monday 31st july.

Regards

Kunal

0 Josh Wyatt over 2 years ago in reply to Kunal Jain

TI__Guru* 91206 points

Kunal -

Since this is going direct, closing this post

+1 aozer over 2 years ago in reply to Kunal Jain

TI__Mastermind 30715 points

Hello Kunal,

Based on the debugging offline this board appears to have some faulty behavior and should be returned for a replacement. You can provide a link to this thread if needed for the return.

Please use the link below to initiate the return. Assuming this was purchased from an authorized distributor or the TI store you can use the CPR link.

https://www.ti.com/support-quality/additional-information/customer-returns.html

Regards,

Adrian

0 Kunal Jain over 2 years ago in reply to aozer

Prodigy 60 points

Dear Adrian,

The request for replacement has been declined. The reason mentioned is "failure analysis is not provided for EVMs". Please let me know what kind of analysis is required.

Also we haven't have used the EVM as the project got postponed and now when the project resumed and we try to use it, its not working.

Thanks and Regards

Kunal

0 Josh Wyatt over 2 years ago in reply to Kunal Jain

TI__Guru* 91206 points

Dear Kunal -

Please contact TI Customer Support on this topic, they are equipped to support the return process.

The link will give you a variety of communication options, including live support in your time zone.

Closing this post.

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