AWR1642BOOST: How to use the AWR1642BOOST

Mickey Zhang

Genius 12080 points

Part Number: AWR1642BOOST

Hi team,

The customer bought the AWR1642BOOST. Now he does not know how to use the AWR1642BOOST.

Q1: How to use the AWR1642BOOST? Please show a correctly step.

E.g. (1). How to connect the hardware correctly?

(2). Which software should the customer download in the attach?

Q2: Do we provide the demo code for the AWR1642BOOST? If we do, please share with me. I will send to the customer.

Q3: How to download the code for the AWR1642BOOST? Is there any documents?

Best Wishes,
Mickey Zhang
Asia Customer Support Center
Texas Instruments

over 8 years ago

0 Ewald Schan over 8 years ago

TI__Intellectual 2930 points

Mickey,

I found a good starting point is www.ti.com/.../mmwave-sdk. Please check the User's Guide. It includes step-by-step instructions, demo and source code.

0 Mickey Zhang over 8 years ago in reply to Ewald Schan

TI__Genius 12080 points

Hi ejs,

Is the http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/swru529/swru529.pdf?

I found it does not include step-by-step instructions, demo and source code.

Could you explain more detail?

0 Ewald Schan over 8 years ago in reply to Mickey Zhang

TI__Intellectual 2930 points

Mickey,

the mmwave Demo Visualizer that you refer to is used to visualize data (sensor output).
Please check the mmWave SDK User's Guide.

0 Mickey Zhang over 8 years ago in reply to Ewald Schan

TI__Genius 12080 points

Hi ejs,

Which software should the customer download ?

0 Vivek Dham over 8 years ago in reply to Mickey Zhang

TI__Guru 58035 points

Hello Mickey,
If you are using a windows machine use the "windows installer". This would install the SDK software. To supporting tools to be installed refer to the "MMWAVE SDK release notes" and the "MMWAVE SDK user guide" documents.

Regards,
Vivek

0 Mickey Zhang over 8 years ago in reply to Vivek Dham

TI__Genius 12080 points

Hi Vivek,

Q1: I have installed the "windows installer" without the EVM. But the software is empty on my computer. Please check the attach.

Why does this happen? Is there other software to be installed?

Q2: What is "MMWAVE SDK debug/compilation tools (Refer to Release Notes for complete list"? Should the "MMWAVE SDK debug/compilation tools (Refer to Release Notes for complete list" be downloaded?

Q3: How far can the AWR1642BOOST measure?

0 Vivek Dham over 8 years ago in reply to Mickey Zhang

TI__Guru 58035 points

Hello Mickey,
The software would be present in the folder location that you selected during the installation. But before you start using the SDK I would suggest you look at the out of box demo that is provided. For using this I would recommend looking at the following video :training.ti.com/mmwave-sdk-evm-out-box-demo-0

This would show you the basic demo application using the AWR1642BOOST.
The demo is displayed using a mmwave visualizer which is a browser based GUI available at the following location : dev.ti.com/.../

Incase you have issues running the demo you can refer to section 3.4 in the SDK user guide (software-dl.ti.com/.../mmwave_sdk_user_guide.pdf).

Regards,
Vivek

0 Mickey Zhang over 8 years ago in reply to Vivek Dham

TI__Genius 12080 points

Hi Vivek,

Thanks for your support. But how far can the AWR1642BOOST measure? You mean the customer can use a mmwave visualizer which is a browser based GUI that you send the link to verify the distance?

0 Vivek Dham over 8 years ago in reply to Mickey Zhang

TI__Guru 58035 points

Hello Mickey,
Yes, the GUI I sent does indicate the distance of the object it is detecting. There is also a user guide available for the visualizer GUI (www.ti.com/.../swru529)

The range of measurement would depend on the chirp configuration used , the antenna used etc. The EVM and the demo application is just one example.
There is a sensing estimator GUI which allows the user to compute how the chirp configuration , gain etc. impact system parameters like max range, max velocity etc. You can find it at the following location dev.ti.com/.../

The user can adjust the parameters according to his specific use case to come up with the appropriate configuration for his/her application.

Regards,
Vivek

0 Vivek Dham over 8 years ago in reply to Vivek Dham

TI__Guru 58035 points

Hello Mickey,
Did this help you with getting started?

Regards,
Vivek

0 Mickey Zhang over 8 years ago in reply to Vivek Dham

TI__Genius 12080 points

Hi Vivek,

Yes. Thank you for your help. I am still confused which software should the customer download for the EVM? Does the customer need to
download the " MMWAVE SDK debug/compilation tools (Refer to Release Notes for complete list)" software?

0 Vivek Dham over 8 years ago in reply to Mickey Zhang

TI__Guru 58035 points

Hello Mickey,
Were you also to get started on the AWR1642BOOST EVM?

Regards,
Vivek

0 Mickey Zhang over 8 years ago in reply to Vivek Dham

TI__Genius 12080 points

Hi Vivek,

No, many customer have some questions for the mmWave Sensors, so I may need our team's support.

0 Vivek Dham over 8 years ago in reply to Mickey Zhang

TI__Guru 58035 points

Hello Mickey,
Was the customer able to run the mmw demo (or out of box demo) application and visualize the detected objects using the demo visualizer ? I think that would be the starting point .

Regards,
Vivek

0 Mickey Zhang over 8 years ago in reply to Vivek Dham

TI__Genius 12080 points

Hi Vivek,

Yes, the customer is able to run n the mmw demo application and visualize the detected objects using the demo visualizer.

0 Vivek Dham over 8 years ago in reply to Mickey Zhang

TI__Guru 58035 points

Ok , that's good. The next step is for the customers to develop their own code.
Have they downloaded the SDK from the link provided above? If they are using a windows machine it would the windows installer. After the installation go to the installed location and in the docs folde there is a "mmwave_sdk_user_guide" document which has the instructions to do this. They need to install all the tools mentioned in the release notes in order to be able to compile their code.

Regards,
Vivek

0 Mickey Zhang over 8 years ago in reply to Vivek Dham

TI__Genius 12080 points

Hi Vivek,

Yes, the customer has downloaded the SDK. If the customer has other questions, I will post on e2e forum.

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