AWR1443BOOST:AWR 1443 Boost功能：Hardware trigger mode

Hi,

Please find my comments below. 

Datong Lu said:

The first question is: what is the flow using hardware triggering? If I set No of Frames to 401, then click on DCA1000 ARM and Trigger Frame in turn. After triggering, should a pulse trigger all 401 frames or a pulse trigger only one frame and generate a bin file only after all 401 pulses have been sent?

All frames are to be triggered by HW pulse. Trigger frame tab is required to be used once only to indicate the start. 

Datong Lu said:

The second problem is that when I click the DCA1000 ARM and Trigger Frame in turn according to the circuit connection as shown above, the data as shown below is still received without pulse input, but there is only one frame of data

For this can you once click the DCA 1000 ARM tab, Triger frame tab and then provide all the required sync in pulses for all the frames. With this you should have all the data for all the frames. 

Thanks,

Pradipta.

Hi, Pradipta.

Thank you very much for your answer.
In response to your answer to the first question, can I understand it as: When I need a bin file with 401 Frames, I just need to change the No of Frames in mmwave Studio to 401, then click DCA1000 ARM tab and Trigger Frame tab. Is it enough to input 401 pulse signals into SYNC_IN?
In response to your answer to the second question, I still don't understand why I click the DCA1000 ARM tab and Trigger Frame tab in turn, but no signal is input to SYNC_IN, but a frame of data is still generated?
I also have a question: how do I know when my data collection is over? After the previous data collection and the message "Record is completed. Record stop is done successfully." I click the DCA1000 ARM tab and Trigger Frame tab one by one again, and "Frames are already triggered for the device" will be displayed, and the data will not be received if I continue to give the pulse signal. Can you tell me what I should do?
Thank you very much,
Lu Datong.

Hi,

Datong Lu said:

In response to your answer to the first question, can I understand it as: When I need a bin file with 401 Frames, I just need to change the No of Frames in mmwave Studio to 401, then click DCA1000 ARM tab and Trigger Frame tab. Is it enough to input 401 pulse signals into SYNC_IN?
In response to your answer to the second question, I still don't understand why I click the DCA1000 ARM tab and Trigger Frame tab in turn, but no signal is input to SYNC_IN, but a frame of data is still generated?

I do not see this on the bench. Can you send across your lua script so that i can try and reproduce that. 

Thanks,

Pradipta.

Hi, Pradipta. Thank you very much for your answer.
The following code is my lua script, can you suggest some solutions to my above problems based on this script?
ar1.SOPControl(2)
ar1.Connect(3,115200,1000) --first num is Application/User UART id

--BSS and MSS firmware download
info = debug.getinfo(1,'S');
file_path = (info.source);
file_path = string.gsub(file_path, "@","");
file_path = string.gsub(file_path, "DataCapture.lua","");
fw_path = file_path.."..\\..\\rf_eval_firmware"

--Export bit operation file
bitopfile = file_path.."\\".."bitoperations.lua"
dofile(bitopfile)

--Read part ID
--This register address used to find part number for ES2 and ES3 devices
res, efusedevice = ar1.ReadRegister(0xFFFFE214, 0, 31)
res, efuseES1device = ar1.ReadRegister(0xFFFFE210, 0, 31)
efuseES2ES3Device = bit_and(efusedevice, 0x03FC0000)
efuseES2ES3Device = bit_rshift(efuseES2ES3Device, 18)

--if part number is zero then those are ES1 devices
if(efuseES2ES3Device == 0) then
if (bit_and(efuseES1device, 3) == 0) then
partId = 1243
elseif (bit_and(efuseES1device, 3) == 1) then
partId = 1443
else
partId = 1642
end
elseif(efuseES2ES3Device == 0xE0 and (bit_and(efuseES1device, 3) == 2)) then
partId = 6843
ar1.frequencyBandSelection("60G")
--if part number is non-zero then those are ES12 and ES3 devices
else
if(efuseES2ES3Device == 0x20 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x21 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x80) then
partId = 1243
elseif(efuseES2ES3Device == 0xA0 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x40)then
partId = 1443
elseif(efuseES2ES3Device == 0x60 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x61 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x04 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x62 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x67) then
partId = 1642
elseif(efuseES2ES3Device == 0x66 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x01 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0xC0 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0xC1) then
partId = 1642
elseif(efuseES2ES3Device == 0x70 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x71 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0xD0 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0x05) then
partId = 1843
elseif(efuseES2ES3Device == 0xE0 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0xE1 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0xE2 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0xE3 or efuseES2ES3Device == 0xE4) then
partId = 6843
ar1.frequencyBandSelection("60G")
else
WriteToLog("Inavlid Device part number in ES2 and ES3 devices\n" ..partId)
end
end

--ES version
res, ESVersion = ar1.ReadRegister(0xFFFFE218, 0, 31)
ESVersion = bit_and(ESVersion, 15)

-----------------------ADC_Data file path--------------------------

--data_path = file_path.."..\\PostProc"
--adc_data_path = "C:\\ti\\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\\mmWaveStudio\\PostProc\\adc_data.bin"

data_path = "D:\\LDT\\Data\\Action"
adc_data_path = "D:\\LDT\\Data\\adc_data.bin"

-- Path above mentioned can be changed according to your requirements

-- Download Firmware
if(partId == 1642) then
BSS_FW = fw_path.."\\radarss\\xwr16xx_radarss.bin"
MSS_FW = fw_path.."\\masterss\\xwr16xx_masterss.bin"
elseif(partId == 1243) then
BSS_FW = fw_path.."\\radarss\\xwr12xx_xwr14xx_radarss_ES2.0.bin"
MSS_FW = fw_path.."\\masterss\\xwr12xx_xwr14xx_masterss_ES2.0.bin"
elseif(partId == 1443) then
BSS_FW = fw_path.."\\radarss\\xwr12xx_xwr14xx_radarss.bin"
MSS_FW = fw_path.."\\masterss\\xwr12xx_xwr14xx_masterss.bin"
elseif(partId == 1843) then
BSS_FW = fw_path.."\\radarss\\xwr18xx_radarss.bin"
MSS_FW = fw_path.."\\masterss\\xwr18xx_masterss.bin"
elseif(partId == 6843) then
BSS_FW = fw_path.."\\radarss\\xwr68xx_radarss.bin"
MSS_FW = fw_path.."\\masterss\\xwr68xx_masterss.bin"
else
WriteToLog("Invalid Device partId FW\n" ..partId)
WriteToLog("Invalid Device ESVersion\n" ..ESVersion)
end

-- Download BSS Firmware
if (ar1.DownloadBSSFw(BSS_FW) == 0) then
WriteToLog("BSS FW Download Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("BSS FW Download failure\n", "red")
end

-- Download MSS Firmware
if (ar1.DownloadMSSFw(MSS_FW) == 0) then
WriteToLog("MSS FW Download Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("MSS FW Download failure\n", "red")
end

-- SPI Connect
if (ar1.PowerOn(1, 1000, 0, 0) == 0) then
WriteToLog("Power On Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("Power On failure\n", "red")
end

-- RF Power UP
if (ar1.RfEnable() == 0) then
WriteToLog("RF Enable Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("RF Enable failure\n", "red")
end

---------------------------Channel & Adc Config---------------------------
-- Tx, Rx, adcbits, outputfmt, cascading
if (ar1.ChanNAdcConfig(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 0) == 0) then
WriteToLog("ChanNAdcConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("ChanNAdcConfig failure\n", "red")
end

if (partId == 1642) then
-------------LP Mode--------------
if (ar1.LPModConfig(0, 1) == 0) then
WriteToLog("LPModConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("LPModConfig failure\n", "red")
end
else
if (ar1.LPModConfig(0, 0) == 0) then
WriteToLog("Regualar mode Cfg Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("Regualar mode Cfg failure\n", "red")
end

-------------RF LDO Bypass-------------
if (ar1.RfLdoBypassConfig(0x3) == 0) then
WriteToLog("RfLdoBypass Cfg Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("RfLdoBypass Cfg failure\n", "red")
end
end

if (ar1.RfInit() == 0) then
WriteToLog("RfInit Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("RfInit failure\n", "red")
end

RSTD.Sleep(1000)

if (ar1.DataPathConfig(1, 1, 0) == 0) then
WriteToLog("DataPathConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("DataPathConfig failure\n", "red")
end

if (ar1.LvdsClkConfig(1, 1) == 0) then
WriteToLog("LvdsClkConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("LvdsClkConfig failure\n", "red")
end

if((partId == 1642) or (partId == 1843) or (partId == 6843)) then
if (ar1.LVDSLaneConfig(0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0) == 0) then
WriteToLog("LVDSLaneConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("LVDSLaneConfig failure\n", "red")
end
elseif ((partId == 1243) or (partId == 1443)) then
if (ar1.LVDSLaneConfig(0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) == 0) then
WriteToLog("LVDSLaneConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("LVDSLaneConfig failure\n", "red")
end
end

-- if (ar1.SetTestSource(4, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, -327, 0, -327, 327, 327, 327, -2.5, 327, 327, 0, 0, 0, 0, -327, 0, -327,
-- 327, 327, 327, -95, 0, 0, 0.5, 0, 1, 0, 1.5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) == 0) then
-- WriteToLog("Test Source Configuration Success\n", "green")
-- else
-- WriteToLog("Test Source Configuration failure\n", "red")
-- end

-------------------------------------ProfileConfig-------------------------------------
if((partId == 1642) or (partId == 1843)) then
if(ar1.ProfileConfig(0, 77, 10, 6, 65, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 74.978, 0, 521, 9121, 0, 0, 30) == 0) then
WriteToLog("ProfileConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("ProfileConfig failure\n", "red")
end
elseif((partId == 1243) or (partId == 1443)) then
if(ar1.ProfileConfig(0, 77, 7, 3.66, 56.9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 70.295, 0, 256, 5000, 0, 0, 30) == 0) then
WriteToLog("ProfileConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("ProfileConfig failure\n", "red")
end
elseif(partId == 6843) then
if(ar1.ProfileConfig(0, 60.25, 200, 6, 60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 29.982, 0, 128, 10000, 0, 131072, 30) == 0) then
WriteToLog("ProfileConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("ProfileConfig failure\n", "red")
end
end
-------------------------------------ChirpConfig-------------------------------------

if (ar1.ChirpConfig(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0) == 0) then --(100)tx0
WriteToLog("ChirpConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("ChirpConfig failure\n", "red")
end

if (ar1.ChirpConfig(1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0) == 0) then --(010)tx1
WriteToLog("ChirpConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("ChirpConfig failure\n", "red")
end

if (ar1.ChirpConfig(2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1) == 0) then
WriteToLog("ChirpConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("ChirpConfig failure\n", "red")
end
-------------------------------------FrameConfig-------------------------------------
if (ar1.FrameConfig(0, 2, 401, 1, 50, 0, 0, 2) == 0) then
WriteToLog("FrameConfig Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("FrameConfig failure\n", "red")
end

-- select Device type
if (ar1.SelectCaptureDevice("DCA1000") == 0) then
WriteToLog("SelectCaptureDevice Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("SelectCaptureDevice failure\n", "red")
end

--DATA CAPTURE CARD API
if (ar1.CaptureCardConfig_EthInit("192.168.33.30", "192.168.33.180", "12:34:56:78:90:12", 4096, 4098) == 0) then
WriteToLog("CaptureCardConfig_EthInit Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("CaptureCardConfig_EthInit failure\n", "red")
end
--AWR12xx or xWR14xx-1, xWR16xx or xWR18xx or xWR68xx- 2 (second parameter indicates the device type)
if ((partId == 1642) or (partId == 1843) or (partId == 6843)) then
if (ar1.CaptureCardConfig_Mode(1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 30) == 0) then
WriteToLog("CaptureCardConfig_Mode Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("CaptureCardConfig_Mode failure\n", "red")
end
elseif ((partId == 1243) or (partId == 1443)) then
if (ar1.CaptureCardConfig_Mode(1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 30) == 0) then
WriteToLog("CaptureCardConfig_Mode Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("CaptureCardConfig_Mode failure\n", "red")
end
end

if (ar1.CaptureCardConfig_PacketDelay(25) == 0) then
WriteToLog("CaptureCardConfig_PacketDelay Success\n", "green")
else
WriteToLog("CaptureCardConfig_PacketDelay failure\n", "red")
end

--Start Record ADC data
ar1.CaptureCardConfig_StartRecord(adc_data_path, 1)
RSTD.Sleep(1000)

Thanks，

Datong Lu.

Hi, Pradipta.

Thank you very much for your patient answer.
What I can confirm is that I received the correct ADC data when I used the software trigger. When I use hardware trigger, there is no wire inserted into the SYNC_IN port, there is no data reception, when the wire is inserted, regardless of whether there is an external signal input in the pipeline, there will be a frame of data reception, that is to say, once the wire is inserted, there will be a frame of data reception, regardless of whether there is a high or low level in the line. (This is in the case of AWR1443 and MCU common ground operation).
How should this be solved?
Thanks,
Datong Lu.

Hi Datong,

Can you once solder the wire to the Sync in port and provide a pulse train on that channel. With this can you let me know if you receive the complete frame data or not?

Thanks,

Pradipta.