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AWR1642BOOST: AWR1642Boost sensor start error -1 from Demo Visualizer

Part Number: AWR1642BOOST
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AWR1642

Hi,

my name is Ken and i am new to AWR1642 board. previously, it's OK to run mmWave Demo Visualizer, but after flash xwr16xx_mmw_demo.bin to AWR1642 board couple days ago from mmwave_sdk_02_00_00_04, i got SensorStart error -1 from mmWave Demo Visualizer. Below is error message from console,  could i get some advice on how to resolve this issue? thanks!

mwDemo:/>% ***************************************************************
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Created for SDK ver:02.00
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Created using Visualizer ver:2.0.0.0
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Frequency:77
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Platform:xWR16xx
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Scene Classifier:best_range_res
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Azimuth Resolution(deg):15
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Range Resolution(m):0.044
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Maximum unambiguous Range(m):9.02
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Maximum Radial Velocity(m/s):1
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Radial velocity resolution(m/s):0.13
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Frame Duration(msec):100
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Range Detection Threshold (dB):15
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Doppler Detection Threshold (dB):15
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Range Peak Grouping:enabled
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Doppler Peak Grouping:enabled
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Static clutter removal:disabled
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% ***************************************************************
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>sensorStop
Done

mmwDemo:/>flushCfg
Done

mmwDemo:/>dfeDataOutputMode 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>channelCfg 15 3 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>adcCfg 2 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>adcbufCfg -1 0 0 1 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>profileCfg 0 77 429 7 57.14 0 0 70 1 256 5209 0 0 30
Done

mmwDemo:/>chirpCfg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>chirpCfg 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Done

mmwDemo:/>frameCfg 0 1 16 0 100 1 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>lowPower 0 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>guiMonitor -1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>cfarCfg -1 0 0 8 4 4 0 5120
Done

mmwDemo:/>cfarCfg -1 1 0 4 2 3 0 5120
Done

mmwDemo:/>peakGrouping -1 1 1 1 1 255
Done

mmwDemo:/>multiObjBeamForming -1 1 0.5
Done

mmwDemo:/>clutterRemoval -1 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>calibDcRangeSig -1 0 -5 8 256
Done

mmwDemo:/>extendedMaxVelocity -1 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>bpmCfg -1 0 0 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>lvdsStreamCfg -1 0 0 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>nearFieldCfg -1 0 0 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>compRangeBiasAndRxChanPhase 0.0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>measureRangeBiasAndRxChanPhase 0 1.5 0.2
Done

mmwDemo:/>CQRxSatMonitor 0 3 5 123 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>CQSigImgMonitor 0 127 4
Done

mmwDemo:/>analogMonitor 1 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>sensorStart
Error -1

mmwDemo:/>MSS Exception: mss/mss_main.c, line 2102.

  • Hello Ken,
    Could you confirm few of things about source and setup?
    1. mmWave SDK v1.2 supports AWR1642 ES1.0 Silicon version and mmWave SDKv2.0 supports AWR1642 ES2.0 Silicon. As you are using SDK v2.0, make sure that your EVM has AWR1642 ES2.0 Silicon on it. ES1.0 Silicon will have 'xWR1642' marking on top of Chip and ES2.0 will have 'AWR1642' marking on chip.
    2. Assuming Silicon version is ES2.0, have you done any modification in your source code which causes this error?
    3. If not could you please try flashing default 'C:\ti\mmwave_sdk_02_00_00_04\packages\ti\demo\xwr16xx\mmw\xwr16xx_mmw_demo.bin' binary to device which comes along with SDK installation.
    4. And what happens when you try same scenario with CCS. Flashing ccsdebug.bin and then download debug image over JTAG via CCS to the device.


    Regards,
    Jitendra
  • Hi Jitendra,

    Thanks for your reply . assume my board only support SDK v1.2 w/ below info, please let me know if it's correct? thanks!
    1. it's xAR1642 on the chip, so is it same as xWR1642?
    2. no, i didn't make any modification to source code.
    3. xwr16xx_mmw_demo.bin from SDK 2.0 was flashed w/ issue. try to flash bin file from SDK 1.2 and it works w/ demo visualizer.
  • Hello Ken,
    As per marking chip you have is AWR1642 ES1.0. In that case you need to use binary/debug image from SDK v1.2 only not from SDK v2.0.
    xwr16xx_mmw_demo.bin from SDK 2.0 will not work on your Silicon version (ES1.0).

    Regards,
    Jitendra
  • thanks for confirmation, Jitendra.

    Regards,

    Ken Hsieh