MMWCAS-DSP-EVM: How to Capture Moving Object using MMW CAS DSP EVM and MMW CAS RE EVM

Part Number: MMWCAS-DSP-EVM
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AWR1243

Tool/software:

I want Capture moving drone using these two MMW CAS DSP EVM and MMW CAS RE EVM boards. can you guide me how can we capture the drone and also  can you shre the documentation for those things other than the user guide . Can we use lua scripts for this one ? and what the lua scripts that we should use for this one ? 

  • Hello,

    I recommend starting with the below app note.

    Imaging Radar Using Cascaded mmWave Sensor Reference Design (Rev. A) (ti.com)

    Also, review the below app note to understand the basics of how the front-end configuration impacts performance.

    https://www.ti.com/lit/an/swra553a/swra553a.pdf

    We also have the sensing estimator which can be used to develop a chirp configuration. This is for single chip but can be used as a starting point to make your configuration.

    mmWaveSensingEstimator

    Once you are familiar with these you can begin modifying the provided example lua scripts located at C:\ti\mmwave_studio_03_00_00_14\mmWaveStudio\Scripts\Cascade to match your use case.

    Regards,

    Adrian 

  • we want to detect drones at the low altitudes and high speed in the 20m range. there are four use cases  in the cascade user guide (AWR1243 CASCADE )  ( mmwave_studio_cascade_user_guide.pdf ). i want to know what is the correct use case for this one and also what is the correct lua scripts  for the ADC data capturing ? 

  • Hello,

    Sorry for the delay. The scripts to ADC capture are provided in the below folder which I had shared.

    C:\ti\mmwave_studio_03_00_00_14\mmWaveStudio\Scripts\Cascade 

    We cannot give you an example for your specific use case. We are a silicon company so we do not design end systems or validate specific chirp configurations. We provide the guidance in our documentation to get you started. You would need to follow the guidance I provided above to develop a configuration and then test it and adjust it based on your test results.

    Regards,

    Adrian