IWR6843: IWR6843 industrial visualizer

Manoj Wakdikar

Part Number: IWR6843

Tool/software:

Hi,

I am using industrial visualizer as a reference for distance calculator. When I connect visualizer to radar it detects objects, but it does not have distance scale in meters. 3D plot does not show distance and angles, it shows only detected objects as a dot.

Is there any other visualizer which I can use for IWR6843 LRPD application.

Thanks,
Manoj

over 1 year ago

0 Nathan Block over 1 year ago

TI__Mastermind 37805 points

Hi,

You can either modify the industrial visualizer to increase the scale, or use the long range visualizer found in older versions of the industrial toolbox. You may need to update the TLV format if you use the visualizer found in the industrial toolbox.

https://dev.ti.com/tirex/explore/node?a=1AslXXD__1.00.01.07&a=VLyFKFf__4.11.0&node=A__AMMjJvGFqOOHlQny3gj56A__com.ti.mmwave_industrial_toolbox__VLyFKFf__4.11.0&r=1AslXXD__1.00.00.26

Best,

Nate

0 Manoj Wakdikar over 1 year ago in reply to Nathan Block

Intellectual 525 points

Hi Nathan,

Please find the attached image of "Range plot". It says that "range profile disabled" on top of the "Range plot" window. Is this a reason for not plotting any data on "Range plot"? If yes, then how to resolve it?

Thanks,
Manoj

0 Nathan Block over 1 year ago in reply to Manoj Wakdikar

TI__Mastermind 37805 points

Hi Manoj,

This graph is not enabled for the 6843 long range people detection code. You could plot it yourself if you decided to stream the range profile off the device, but this would be much harder than just increasing the size of the point cloud view.

Best,

Nate

0 Manoj Wakdikar over 1 year ago in reply to Nathan Block

Intellectual 525 points

Okay, I thought there might be some setting to do with to enable the range profile. So, it means nothing can be done to see the data points on range plot, right?

0 Nathan Block over 1 year ago in reply to Manoj Wakdikar

TI__Mastermind 37805 points

Hi,

If you want to know the distance of each point from the radar, I would recommend adding labels to the grid and likely increasing the grid size and division so you can track points further than 10 m away. You can also print the point cloud locations to the screen if you modify the parsing tool. The entire visualizer in built in python, so you can modify it to fit your needs.

Best,

Nate

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