AWR1642BOOST: Real-Time Streaming of Radar Scatter Points

Samuel Low29

Part Number: AWR1642BOOST
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Hi TI Support, I would like to stream the scatter points of the radar in real-time over to a mini computer board.

I understand that a continuous live stream is not implementable directly from the configuration nor from the Demo Visualiser, and that raw ADC data stream will be relatively slow over UART. I believe that the binary file is prepared on the AWR1642 with all the relevant TLVs we need, and then the binary file is transferred over UART to our computers, please correct me if I am wrong.

Therefore, it seems the most efficient way to read a "live stream" of the radar's point cloud for, say, 1 second, and then to save that as the binary file (or overwrite the previous one) to our mini computer, and then we have a python code, which we wrote and will share it here, to read the binary DAT file (http://pythonfiddle.com/awr1642-spatial-map/)

over 7 years ago

0 Cesar over 7 years ago

TI__Guru*** 147954 points

Hi,

We are working on a data capture card that will allow you to capture raw ADC data and stream over Ethernet to a PC

This card should be available next month.

You will need this card to be able to stream data to your PC

thank you
Cesar

0 EmbeddedDude87 over 7 years ago in reply to Cesar

Prodigy 90 points

Do you have a date for when this is coming out? Will it be in begining, mid, end of march?

Also, if we need to implement this type of system in the lab now before the new product comes out, what is the method to do that? Send data over the CSI2 Bus ?

0 Cesar over 7 years ago in reply to EmbeddedDude87

TI__Guru*** 147954 points

Probably end of march.

The LVSD interface is used to transfer the data from the AWR1642 EVM to the data capture card. Then the data is streamed through Ethernet to a PC.

Thank you
Cesar

0 EmbeddedDude87 over 7 years ago in reply to Cesar

Prodigy 90 points

So we will need the boost, the breakout board, the TSW capture card and the ethernet card? Seems like a lot.... Im looking to connect the boost right to the ethernet and not use the data capture card. Interested in raw data, real time. WIll this be possible with the new product? If not we are going to have to do our own dev boards.

Thanks

0 Cesar over 7 years ago in reply to EmbeddedDude87

TI__Guru*** 147954 points

The Ethernet data capture card will be connected to the boost evm No need for breakout board and TSW.

thank you
Cesar

0 Gelei Deng over 7 years ago in reply to Cesar

Prodigy 100 points

Hi Cesar,

May I know whether this board is out? Also, currently my plan is to read the serial input to PC continously and record the data fed to visualizer, and try to extract the data out. Is that data in the same format of the dat file?

Thank you,

Gelei

0 Cesar over 7 years ago in reply to Gelei Deng

TI__Guru*** 147954 points

For more information, please wait until the board is released
I will close this thread for now

Thank you
Cesar

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