MMWCAS-DSP-EVM: MMWCAS-DSP-EVM

Hi Shahrokh, 

Unlike the single-device EVM, the UART connection of the AWRx devices is not utilized. Only the SPI ports are utilized. Because of this the RS232 indications in the mmWave Studio GUI will stay in the disconnected state. 

Thank you,

-Randy

Hi Randy,

Thanks for getting back to me. 

So that explains it. I just wanted to make sure that everything works correctly. 

Right now, instead of going through the whole GUI I am using the lua script to capture data and it has been successful.

I have two more questions and would appreciate it if you could kindly help with them:

1 - when I was using the AWR1243 single chip with DCA1000EVM there was a pdf file from TI explaining the data format which enabled me to unpack the data and process them, I wonder if there is anything like that for the cascade board as well,

2 - to capture the raw data I use the lua scripts in "C:\ti\mmwave_studio_02_01_00_00\mmWaveStudio\Scripts\Cascade", I run "Cascade_Configuration_MIMO.lua" first for example and then "Cascade_Capture.lua" and I expect the radar to operate in TDM mode which means, when TX1 fires all the RXs of all 4 chips (all 16 of them) receive reflections and then we have TX2 transmitting and again all 16 RXs are receiving signals and so on which simply means that we get 12x16 signals at the end, is this the way that the cascade board operates using these two lua scripts (of course I just ignored the calibration part)?

Regards, 

Shahrokh  

Hi Randy,

Sorry, I just found a file in mmwave studio folder that unpacks the raw data for me, so it answers my first question. 

Thanks,  

Shahrokh