IWR6443: MCU or MPU for IWR6443 and WL1807MOD

Pradeep kumar said:

As we are aware mmwave sensor chip need an MCU+DSP

The IWR6443 has an MCU and an HWA for the necessary radar calculations. You should not need another processor to work with the radar data. You can stream it out via UART/SPI.

I will forward this thread to the WL1807 team to address the question relevant to it.

Best,

Nate 

Hi Pradeep,

Regarding the WiFi transmission, I would recommend using one of our solutions with a built-in MCU rather than the using the WL1807MOD, which would require a separate processor. The CC3235 devices have a built in MCU and are also WiFi 4 Dual Band. Utilizing one of these devices would allow you to transmit the data from IWR6443 via UART/SPI to the CC3235 and then transfer this data over WiFi as you planned. 

If you decide to use this solution there is an option to use the SDK to develop code to communicate with the other device or you can also utilize AT commands to interact between the 2 devices. The link to our User's Guide on the AT commands is here: https://www.ti.com/lit/ug/swru534d/swru534d.pdf?ts=1693988952052&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F. 

Best,
Corinne

Hi Pradeep,

Our WiFi 6/5 solution will be released at the end of the year and you can order samples now at this link: https://www.ti.com/product/CC3301. Please note that you will need an additional  MCU running TCP/IP like the LP-AM243.

Best,
Corinne