IWR6843ISK: REV D. Problem faced with MMWAVE STUDIO

Hi,

Additionally, i am using a REV D IWR6843ISK board & a REV A DCA1000EVM board. Are they compatible? However, both boards are no lodging together well.

Thank You.

Hello

Please look at the very first error message in red in the snapshot and try to resolve that.

Check   IWR6843Rev D UG,  for how to seti it up for DCA1000 connectivity :  MMWAVEICBOOST and Antenna Module User's Guide (Rev. -)

Check all steps for DCA1000 guide or follow the training video :  2.4 DCA1000 Training Video

Please make sure all SW installation steps are followed.

Thank you,

Vaibhav

Here are some photo that may be useful in helping troubleshoot the issue with not being able to connect successfully via SPI in mmwave studio. 

Since we are using a Rev D IWR6843ISK board and a DCA1000EVM Rev A board, there are some problems in connecting both boards together. Does this affect anything in anyway?

Here below is the program output in mmWave Studio.

[14:28:02] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[14:28:04] [RadarAPI]: ar1.SelectChipVersion("IWR6843")
[14:28:04] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[14:28:04] [RadarAPI]: ar1.deviceVariantSelection("IWR6843")
[14:28:04] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[14:28:05] [RadarAPI]: ar1.Connect(6,921600,1000)
[14:28:07] [RadarAPI]: Error: Connection failed: Calling_ConnectTarget returned 3
[14:28:07] [RadarAPI]: ar1.Calling_IsConnected()
[14:28:07] [RadarAPI]: ar1.SaveSettings('C:\Users\Jay\AppData\Roaming\RSTD\ar1gui.ini')
[14:28:13] [RadarAPI]: ar1.DownloadBSSFw("C:\\Users\\Jay\\Desktop\\Jay Back Up\\Rapsodo\\software\\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\\rf_eval_firmware\\radarss\\xwr68xx_radarss.bin")
[14:28:13] [RadarAPI]: Error: Download FW failed with error -1
[14:28:15] [RadarAPI]: ar1.DownloadMSSFw("C:\\Users\\Jay\\Desktop\\Jay Back Up\\Rapsodo\\software\\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\\rf_eval_firmware\\masterss\\xwr68xx_masterss.bin")
[14:28:15] [RadarAPI]: Error: Download FW failed with error -1
[14:28:22] [RadarAPI]: ar1.PowerOn(0, 1000, 0, 0)
[14:28:22] Status: Failed, Error Type: RESP TIMEOUT
[14:28:26] MSS Power Up async event was not received!
[14:28:27] [RadarAPI]: Single Chip Configuration
[14:28:27] Provide Valid Capture Setup File Path
[14:28:46] [RadarAPI]: ar1.GetCaptureCardDllVersion()
[14:28:46] [RadarAPI]: Sending dll_version command to DCA1000
[14:28:46] [RadarAPI]:
[14:28:46] DLL Version : 1.0
[14:28:46] [RadarAPI]: ar1.SelectCaptureDevice("DCA1000")
[14:28:46] [RadarAPI]: Status: Passed
[14:28:53] [RadarAPI]: ar1.CaptureCardConfig_EthInit("192.168.33.30", "192.168.33.180", "12:34:56:78:90:12", 4096, 4098)
[14:28:53] [RadarAPI]: ar1.CaptureCardConfig_Mode(1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 30)
[14:28:53] [RadarAPI]: ar1.CaptureCardConfig_PacketDelay(25)
[14:28:53] [RadarAPI]: Sending fpga command to DCA1000
[14:29:03] [RadarAPI]:
[14:29:03] FPGA Configuration :
[14:29:03] Timeout Error! System disconnected
[14:29:03] [RadarAPI]: Sending record command to DCA1000
[14:29:13] [RadarAPI]:
[14:29:13] Configure Record :
[14:29:13] Timeout Error! System disconnected
[14:29:13] [RadarAPI]: ar1.GetCaptureCardFPGAVersion()
[14:29:13] [RadarAPI]: Sending fpga_version command to DCA1000
[14:29:13] [RadarAPI]:
[14:29:13]
[14:29:13] FPGA Version : 2.7 [Record]
[14:29:13]
[14:29:26] [RadarAPI]: ar1.DownloadBSSFw("C:\\Users\\Jay\\Desktop\\Jay Back Up\\Rapsodo\\software\\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\\rf_eval_firmware\\radarss\\xwr68xx_radarss.bin")
[14:29:26] [RadarAPI]: Error: Download FW failed with error -1
[14:29:28] [RadarAPI]: ar1.DownloadBSSFw("C:\\Users\\Jay\\Desktop\\Jay Back Up\\Rapsodo\\software\\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\\rf_eval_firmware\\radarss\\xwr68xx_radarss.bin")
[14:29:28] [RadarAPI]: Error: Download FW failed with error -1
[14:29:33] [RadarAPI]: ar1.PowerOn(0, 1000, 0, 0)
[14:29:33] Status: Failed, Error Type: RESP TIMEOUT
[14:29:38] MSS Power Up async event was not received!
[14:30:08] [RadarAPI]: ar1.DownloadBSSFw("C:\\Users\\Jay\\Desktop\\Jay Back Up\\Rapsodo\\software\\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\\rf_eval_firmware\\radarss\\xwr68xx_radarss.bin")
[14:30:08] [RadarAPI]: Error: Download FW failed with error -1
[14:30:11] [RadarAPI]: ar1.DownloadBSSFw("C:\\Users\\Jay\\Desktop\\Jay Back Up\\Rapsodo\\software\\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\\rf_eval_firmware\\radarss\\xwr68xx_radarss.bin")
[14:30:11] [RadarAPI]: Error: Download FW failed with error -1
[14:30:17] [RadarAPI]: ar1.PowerOn(0, 1000, 0, 0)
[14:30:17] Status: Failed, Error Type: RESP TIMEOUT
[14:30:21] MSS Power Up async event was not received!
[14:30:25] [RadarAPI]: Error: ReadRegister failed with error -2
[14:30:27] [RadarAPI]: Error: ReadRegister failed with error -2
[14:30:27] [RadarAPI]: Error: ReadRegister failed with error -2
[14:30:28] [RadarAPI]: Error: ReadRegister failed with error -2