AWR6843AOPEVM: Out-Of-The-Box Demo Crashes When Connected to MMWAVEICBOOST

Hi, there:

One of our expert will get back to you soon.

Best,

Zigang

By the way, please sent out a picture of your setup while testing with mmWaveICBooster.  

Best,

Zigang

Hello, 

Thank you. Based on the pictures it seems the switch settings for EVM + ICBOOST mode are correct. 

Avraham Shalev said:

Running out_of_box_6843_aop.bin with the Demo Visualizer

When the crashing occurs with the .bin file flashed, is it the prebuilt binary from the radar toolbox or the bin generated after you imported and built the project in CCS? Can you confirm that the crashing also happens with the prebuilt binary file?

Also can you please check the power supply you are using for the ICBOOST board? A 5V 3A supply is required. 

Best Regards,
Josh

Hi Josh 
Confirming that the crash happens with the prebuilt binary in C:\ti\radar_toolbox_2_30_00_12\source\ti\examples\Out_Of_Box_Demo\prebuilt_binaries\out_of_box_6843_aop.bin
Also the supply is 5V 3A as required 
Does it work for you ?

BTW, The crash happens with the prebuilt image with any of the default configurations of the out of the box demo visualizer 

Hello, 

My apologies for the delay. This behavior is not expected. The prebuilt binary with default configurations is working on my end. There might still be some setup issue. can you please also confirm the correct setting for S3 on the back of the AOP EVM? It should be in the OFF position. 

Best regards,

Josh

Confirmed 
S3 is off 
 

Okay thank you. Do you have any alternate EVMs / power supplies / usb cables / MMWAVEICBOOST / laptop? If so, you could try to swap them out one at a time to try to isolate the issue. Let me know if you have already tried this.

Regards,

Josh

I have only one MMWAVEICBOOST 
I already tested with a 2 different EVM on different laptops - same results 
All work fine without the MMWAVEICBOOST and generate an error after sensor start when mounted the MMWAVEICBOOST 

Do you have a different 5V 3A AC adapter that you could try? Additionally, when you are debugging in CCS, does the program always seem to crash at the same location that you showed above? (Sorry for so many questions). 

Best regards,

Josh

Hi Josh 
Tried with a different adaptor - same result
The crash always happens in the location as in the picture above when debugging
When running the bin without debug it also always crashes after sensortStart

Okay thank you. I've asked a hardware expert to take a look at this thread and suggest any additional debug steps you can take to confirm the issue. Please give them 24 hours to respond. 

Also, can you please let us know if this ICBOOST board has worked for you for running demos in the past?

Regards,

Josh

Hi,

Can you please confirm the LED status for the MMWAVE IC BOOST.

D11 

D14 

DS1 

D10 

DS3 

DS4

Regards

Ankit

Josh, Ankit, This is my first and only ICBOOST - so it never worked for me before
Please see in that attach zip with images of the LEDs
My post above also have a very clear picture of the LEDs in both the EVM and ICBOOST 

I also added to the zip a video of the boards during the crash  
Pay attention in the video for the LED on the EVM that blinks just when crash happens 


BTW, If it is not clear from the image than note that"
DS4 on
DS3 off
D10 on





1234.ti.zip

Hi,
    MMWAVE IC-BOOST LEDs status looks fine to me. LED which is blinking in your video is "LD6" in Bluetooth section and it is not related to OOB demo. 
Just for double confirmation, can you please confirm if the demo is working fine with stand-alone operation of AWR843AoP EVM? Can you please also check the mmWaveStudio and/or CCS Studio connectivity with IC boost.

Thanks and Regards,
Sivaprasad

Yes, the EVM works fine and runs the demo as standalone.
In CSS I manage to debug and step until the point i crash as show in the picture of the first post - so I guess the connection is OK - is there another way to check it ?

Hi Avraham,
Thanks for the confirmation. JTAG interface is being used for connectivity in CCS. Therefore, I would recommend you connecting to mmWaveStudio for validating RS232 interface and it's path. Can you please perform the steps till RF power up?
SOP2 Mode selection->Connect to the RS232 COM port->Device selection->FW download->SPI Connect->RF power up.
You can also try to read some memory (e.g : 0xFFFFE268) through RegOp tab in mmWaveStudio.

Thanks and Regards,
Sivaprasad

I never used mmWaveStudio I need the ICBOOST only for code debugging - so I don't see how this step that bypass the JTAG can help me.
If you still think it is necessary - please send a link with the setup guide for mmWaveStudio and ICBOOST

Hi Avraham,
I apologize for the delay due to holidays. If you are not familiar with mmWaveStudio, can you please try/confirm below steps?
1. Were you able to flash the appimage through IC Boost connected to EVM?
2. Can you please try running OOB with the appimage present in latest SDK - "mmwave_sdk_03_06_02_00-LTS"

Thanks and Regards,
Sivaprasad

Hi Sivaprasad,

1. As mentioned in the first post flashing through IC Boost connected to EVM works fine.

2. So far I tried the bin under  C:\ti\radar_toolbox_2_30_00_12\source\ti\examples\Out_Of_Box_Demo\prebuilt_binaries\out_of_box_6843_aop.bin
As for your request I now tried the bin under under C:\ti\mmwave_sdk_03_06_02_00-LTS\packages\ti\demo\xwr68xx\mmw\xwr68xx_mmw_demo.bin
(which is not for AOP) - It also crashes after sensor start 
If you want me to try a different bin please specify the file location 

Regards

Hi Avraham,
    1. If you can try flashing through EVM+IC boost setup, it will help in validating RS232 communication with IC boost + EVM setup.
    2. You can select xWR68xx in the visualizer instead of xWR68xx AoP, the demo should run with the same appimage.
        If this is also not working, please raise a replacement request of IC boost in CSM Service Catalog - Customer Support

Thanks and Regards,
Sivaprasad

Hi Sivaprasad
I did both
I am flashing through the IC boost with EVM mounted and I confirm it works fine 

I  flashed the xwr68xx_mmw_demo.bin from  C:\ti\mmwave_sdk_03_06_02_00-LTS\packages\ti\demo\xwr68xx\mmw\
and I changed the visualizer to xWR68xx
The result is the same - it crashed after sensorStart was sent - just like the other bin