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IWR1843BOOST: Dimension, Weight, ROS Support and Programmability

Art Mecina
Genius 16655 points
Part Number: IWR1843BOOST
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DCA1000EVM

Hello Guys,

Good day.

Our customer have a few inquiries on IWR1843BOOST.

(1) What are the dimensions and weight?

(2) Does the ROS support include simulation capability? Is there a simulator for it?

(3) Can they program both DSP and MCU? For example, can he obtain the output of 2-D FFT data by programming MCU/DSP, or is it only possible to get the information about "detected" objects? Can he develop his own processing algorithm?

(4) He knows that he cannot get raw ADC data without DCA1000EVM board, but can he at least get a portion of the raw data from radar data memory?

(5) Do you have ROS support for all BoosterPack boards? This board seems enough for him but he wants to know if there is ROS support for other products as well.

Thanks and regards,

Art

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    TI__Mastermind 23725 points

    Hello

    Are you asking about the EVM's dimension and weight?

    Or

    About the ROS platform?

    Thank you,

    Vaibhav

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    TI__Mastermind 30790 points

    1. The weight of the EVM is 30g. For exact 3D dimensions, you can download the Altium database from the product page: https://www.ti.com/tool/IWR1843BOOST

    2. There is no simulation capabilities available for TI mmWave radar.

    3. Yes it is possible to develop custom algorithms. However, it is highly recommend to first be familiar with the source code and demo provided in the TI mmWave SDK before programming: https://www.ti.com/tool/MMWAVE-SDK. 

    4. The following data is available from the EVM without the use of DCA1000 (using the out of box demo): Point cloud, range profile, doppler velocity, noise profile, and CPU statistics.

    5. In terms of TI boosterpacks, I'm not aware of any modules that support ROS. It is more than likely that the ROS community has developed something that you might be looking for.

  • 0 in reply to Sabeeh Khan1
    TI__Genius 16655 points

    Thanks for looking into this Sabeeh!

    Just like to confirm if IWR1843BOOST is still supported with ROS drivers?

    Our customer intention is to modify, if needed, the out-of-box-demo source code for their application without touching ROS-related parts, or using out-of-box-demo as reference for further development. Is this possible?

    Thanks to confirm.

    Art

  • 0 in reply to Art Mecina
    TI__Mastermind 30790 points

    Yes, the 1843 is supported. However, any changes to the 18xx out of box demo's UART output will then require a change in the ROS driver.