Other Parts Discussed in Thread: AWR1642BOOST, AWR1642
Tool/software: Code Composer Studio
I am doing a senior design project in which I will mount the AWR1642BOOST on the back of a bicycle in order to track/monitor the vehicles passing the bicyclist. From the research I've done so far I've came to the conclusion that the SSR demo should be adequate for the project's needs. I've looked through the CCS code as well as the GUI code and I have a few questions to verify my understandings.
1. If I want to track rear approaching traffic and warn the rider at specified times (i.e. car approaching fast or in the direction of the rider) then all I need to extract from the AWR1642 is the tracker info, which contains the x, y cordinates of the vehicle being tracked, as well as its velocity? This should contain everything i need, so I can ignore the other types of data being sent via the serial port correct?
2. I want to receive this data using a separate microcontroller to do further processing. I figured using UART to receive the data would be easiest since the PC GUI is already using UART communication. How do I set the board up so that I can access the data from UART? Do I use the PinMux application to set the appropriate pin outs to UART TX and RX or do I need to write code in CCS so it outputs that data to the desired pinouts?