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AWR1642: mmwave sensor Evaluation Boards and Design Kits

AWR1642: mmwave sensor Evaluation Boards and Design Kits

Alper Fatih
Expert 1040 points
Part Number: AWR1642

Dear Kyle

Thanks again for the guidance. All queries resolved, except two and I will re-phrase them as follows:

1) About AWR1642 : I understand that the RF received signal goes through the mixer. Then it is digitized by the ADC and the raw ADC data is made available to the user over 2-lanes LVDS.

Apart from that, and in addition to that, is the RF received analog signal, after having passed through the mixer, in analog form, before being digitized by the ADC, available to the end user in some form (in addition to LVDS) or NOT ? If yes, then in what form and at which pins?

2) AWR1642BOOST EVM User Guide states that it has interface for TI MCU Launchpad kits over a 20 pin connector.Can you please advise that what could be the various general scenarios in which I could benefit from this feature of AWR1642BOOST.

At the moment I do not have any TI Launchpad kit; based on your guidance I will decide to buy one along with AWR1642BOOST EVM or not.

Thanks and regards

Alper

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    TI__Guru 58035 points
    Hello Alper,
    Please find my reply below:

    >>1) About AWR1642 : I understand that the RF received signal goes through the mixer. Then it is digitized by the ADC and the raw ADC data is
    >>made >>available to the user over 2-lanes LVDS.
    >>Apart from that, and in addition to that, is the RF received analog signal, after having passed through the mixer, in analog form, before being >>digitized by the ADC, available to the end user in some form (in addition to LVDS) or NOT ? If yes, then in what form and at which pins?

    No, the IF data is not available before it is digitized. So you can just get the ADC data.

    >>2) AWR1642BOOST EVM User Guide states that it has interface for TI MCU Launchpad kits over a 20 pin connector. Can you please advise that
    >>what could be the various general scenarios in which I could benefit from this feature of AWR1642BOOST.

    The Launchpads provide access to TI's micro-controller family. In some applications you want a micro-controller along with a Radar sensor. For example you could connect TIs Simple Link WiFi MCU CC3220 which could be interfaced to a AWR1642 to send the object data from AWR1624 over WiFi either to cloud or a remote device. This is just an example , there could be other such interesting applications that you could think off.

    Regards,
    Vivek