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IWR1642BOOST: RadarStudio: My TSW1400 can not capture anything, when i program frame duration with a relatively long vualue.

Part Number: IWR1642BOOST

Hi all,

I am trying to capture moving targets within 3 meters,like torso movement, using iwr1642boost + mmwave DevPack+TSW1400. 

When i program frame duration with a relatively long vualue.like 200ms*200frame or 20ms*1000frame, the radarstudio will error. TSW1400 finished capture before frame ending and nothing was captured by TSW1400.  Sometimes i repeat click trigger button it will works as normal, while sometimes it not.

I want to know how to solve this problem.  Is this situation a common error?

 log output is given in the following.

[10:23:44] [RadarAPI]: ar1.SetupTSW1400()
[10:23:49] [RadarAPI]: TSW1400 set-up complete.
[10:23:52] [RadarAPI]: ar1.StartTsw1400Arm("E:\\ti\\mmwave_studio_01_00_00_00\\mmWaveStudio\\PostProc\\adc_data.bin")
[10:23:54] [RadarAPI]: ar1.StartFrame()
[10:23:54] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[10:23:54] Frame start async event received!
[10:24:03] [RadarAPI]: MatlabProc Status: Error Number: 1024
[10:24:03] [RadarAPI]: MatlabProc Status: Error Type:
[10:24:03] [RadarAPI]: TSW1400 capture complete
[10:24:14] [RadarAPI]: Frame Ended
[10:24:14] Frame End async event received!
[10:24:26] [RadarAPI]: ar1.StartTsw1400Arm("E:\\ti\\mmwave_studio_01_00_00_00\\mmWaveStudio\\PostProc\\adc_data.bin")
[10:24:26] [RadarAPI]: ar1.StartFrame()
[10:24:26] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[10:24:26] Frame start async event received!
[10:24:46] Frame End async event received!
[10:24:46] [RadarAPI]: Frame Ended
[10:25:01] [RadarAPI]: TSW1400 capture complete

  • Hi Kemeng,

    The TSW1400 has a capture timeout built into High Speed Data Converter Pro. Navigate to the HSDC Pro install Directory. Mine is at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\High Speed Data Converter Pro. Once there, go through 1400 Details\ADC files\. Here, you will find a file called AWR16xx_lvds_4Channel_ddr_4bit_par_centre_16_bit.ini -> this should correspond to the device driver you are using. Open this file with a text editor of your choice. Add this line at the bottom of the file
    Capture Timeout in Sec=120
    This will extend the capture timeout to 120 seconds.

    Regards,
    Justin