AWR1243: AWR1243 /1642 Part questions:

Hello Bonnie,
The AWR1243 part does not perform FFT or object detection internally. It just gives out the raw ADC data over CSI interface and you need to use external processors (like TDA3 for example) to perform the computation, detection, angle estimation etc. The data format of the raw ADC data is based on the MIPI standard for CSI2.

Regarding AWR1642, we have some example code to demonstrate the angle estimation , this is part of the mmwave demo application available in the SDK package (www.ti.com/.../mmwave-sdk). The complete code and help files that explain the function and flow in the same package.

I am not sure I understood the question (2) and (3) , what kind of test and debug you are looking for? are you looking for a software to help with the antenna placement? There is no such software as such, but the antenna design and placement would depend on the desired application. Based on the antenna gain needed, the FOV required, the virtual receive antenna required ( refer to the app note www.ti.com/.../swra553 to understand how the antenna placement impacts the effective virtual receive antenna generation etc.)

regards,
Vivek