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IWR6843ISK: Device unable to communicate to the Computer

Part Number: IWR6843ISK
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DCA1000EVM, MMWAVEICBOOST, IWR6843

I'm just trying to run IWR6843ISK basic demo on mmWave_Demo_Visualizer ver-3.5.0, I performed the following steps in this order:

1. I mounted IWR6843ISK on MMWAVEICBOOST and connected the setup to DCA1000EVM

2. Connected a 5v Power supply to MMWAVEICBOOST

3. Installed mmWave_Demo_Visualizer 3.5 and opened the GUI on chrome browser

4. Connected the USB to system from the carrier board and RJ45 from DCA1000EVM to the system

5. Change the Platform to xWR68xx, while the SDK version stayed 3.5 and the rest of the setting was unchanged(default)

6. Pressed NRST button

7. Opened options and it automatically detected the CFI and DATA port, set them up as 3 and 4 (verified them on windows device manager) with the default baud rates

8. The connections panel reflected the status as below

9. However I went ahead and hit "SEND CONFIG TO MMWAVE DEVICE" that insisted that the SDK supported by the board is 3,3.

10.  Hence I changed the SDK version to 3.3 and tried all over again. But the problem persisted as shown below

11. When I tried the upload the config to the device, it returns

The log returns:

mmwDemo:/>% ***************************************************************
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Created for SDK ver:03.03
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Created using Visualizer ver:3.3.0.0
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Frequency:60
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Platform:xWR68xx
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Scene Classifier:best_range_res
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Azimuth Resolution(deg):15
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Range Resolution(m):0.044
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Maximum unambiguous Range(m):9.02
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Maximum Radial Velocity(m/s):1
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Radial velocity resolution(m/s):0.13
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Frame Duration(msec):100
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Range Detection Threshold (dB):15
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Doppler Detection Threshold (dB):15
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Range Peak Grouping:enabled
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Doppler Peak Grouping:enabled
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Static clutter removal:disabled
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Angle of Arrival FoV: Full FoV
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Range FoV: Full FoV
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% Doppler FoV: Full FoV
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>% ***************************************************************
Skipped

mmwDemo:/>sensorStop
Done

mmwDemo:/>flushCfg
Done

mmwDemo:/>dfeDataOutputMode 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>channelCfg 15 5 0
Done

mmwDemo:/>adcCfg 2 1
Done

mmwDemo:/>adcbufCfg -1 0 1 1 1
Error: Invalid usage of the CLI command

Error -1

How should I proceed further to erradicate this problem, any sort of help would be appreciated.

  • Hello,

    It looks like it is almost running, maybe just missed a step.  Please make sure you have flashed the latest prebuilt binary file from industrial toolbox v. 4.5.1. This will set the IWR6843 up for SDK v3.5.  Also, please select 4Rx, 3Tx for the antenna configuration of the IWR6843ISK. The DCA1000 is not needed for this visualizer.

    The full instructions can be viewed here.

    Best Regards,

    Jackson