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CCS/AWR1642BOOST: Data Capture

Part Number: AWR1642BOOST

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

Hello,

I am trying to capture data using this SDK, and I am trying to follow the instructions as explained in the "MMWAVE SDK User Guide",section 3.4   which I have downloaded from the following location: 
http://software-dl.ti.com/ra-processors/esd/MMWAVE-SDK/latest/exports/mmwave_sdk_user_guide.pdf

I have jumper in SOP 0, what i assume puts device in the functional mode.

There are several issues that I cannot resolve at this moment, hope you can help:

First of all, there is discrepancy between the document and what I see from the device, specifically, in the Guide:

However, when i connect the board, I see different CLI messages, specifically, I only see these:

******************************************
xWR16xx MMW Demo 01.00.00.04
******************************************
mmwDemo:/>

However, I can send commands as explained in the memory capture procedure.

******************************************
xWR16xx MMW Demo 01.00.00.04
******************************************
mmwDemo:/>flushCfg
Done
mmwDemo:/>dfeDataOutputMode 1
Done
mmwDemo:/>channelCfg 2 1 0
Done
mmwDemo:/>adcCfg 2 1
Done
mmwDemo:/>adcbufCfg 0 0 1 1
Done
mmwDemo:/>profileCfg 0 77 20 5 80 0 0 40 1 256 8000 0 0 30
Done
mmwDemo:/>chirpCfg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Done
mmwDemo:/>frameCfg 0 0 128 1 20 1 0
Done
mmwDemo:/>lowPower 0 0
Done
mmwDemo:/>sensorStart
Done

I can connect EVM to CCS, but when I read the data from the location gFrameAddress[0] (for example, 2099084569, as shown below), i am getting all "0" values.

Please let me know how I can access raw data from the EVM.

thanks much in advance,

Volodimir

  • Hello Volodimir,
    Have you flashed the capture demo binary (xwr16xx_capture_demo.bin) to the device ? Please refer to the section 4.1 in the user guide for instruction to do this.
    Basically the application you want to run needs to be programming onto the serial flash or downloaded from CCS. In the SDK package there are two demo application we provide - mmw demo and capture demo. By default the EVMs have the mmw demo binary flashed and looks like that is the binary you have on the EVM right now.

    Regards,
    Vivek
  • thanks, Vivek. This worked for me.