CCS/IWR1642BOOST: Get Started with AWR1642 BOOST EVM for PPCount

Hi Sir

1. the SDK is mmwave_sdk_02_00_00_04

2. The pre-image size is 480KB. Our building image is 327KB, It all failed in AWR1642 ES2.0 EVM.

3. We try IWR1642 2.0 EVM. the result is ok. 

please advise how to do ppcount in AWR1642 ES2.0 EVM

BR

Yimin

Hi Yimin,

Please find one of the chirp configurations available in <Industrial_Toolbox_2.5.0>/chirps/images/People+Counting+Tracking/.  Please edit this configuration so that the line starting with lowPower reads lowPower 0 1.  This sets the device to run in lowPower mode, which is required for ES2.0 devices.

Regards,

Justin

Hi Sir

I don't understand what you mean.

Do you know which chirp configuration will be loaded if we use lab0011_pplcount_quickstart/pplcount_gui.exe ?

to my understaning , it should use lab0011_pplcount_gui/mmw_pplcount_demo_default.cfg file and the the setting is lowPower 0 1.

please advise if i am wrong.

BR
Yimin

Hi Yimin,

When using the precompiled GUI, the GUI will send a preset configuration. By default, the mmw_pplcount_demo_default.cfg file is a copy of this, but changing the settings in this file will not change the default parameters. You will have to manually select the mmw_pplcount_demo_default.cfg file with the select file button.

Regards,
Justin

Hi Sir

We followed the rule and it still failed in AWR1642 ES2.0 for ppcount

Opening configuration file C:\ti\mmwave_industrial_toolbox_2_5_0\chirps\images\People+Tracking+and+Counting+Application\AWR1642_enable low power\mmw_PC_14m_OfficeSpace.cfg ...

Opening configuration file C:\ti\mmwave_industrial_toolbox_2_5_0\chirps\images\People+Tracking+and+Counting+Application\AWR1642_enable low power\mmw_PC_14m_OfficeSpace.cfg ...

Sending configuration from C:\ti\mmwave_industrial_toolbox_2_5_0\chirps\images\People+Tracking+and+Counting+Application\AWR1642_enable low power\mmw_PC_14m_OfficeSpace.cfg file to IWR16xx ...

  Serial Port Object : Serial-COM11

  Communication Settings

     Port:               COM11

     BaudRate:           115200

     Terminator:         'LF'

  Communication State

     Status:             open

     RecordStatus:       off

  Read/Write State

     TransferStatus:     idle

     BytesAvailable:     0

     ValuesReceived:     0

     ValuesSent:         0

dfeDataOutputMode 1

Warning: Unexpected Warning: A timeout occurred before the Terminator was reached.

Warning: Unexpected Warning: A timeout occurred before the Terminator was reached.

Warning: Unsuccessful read: The specified amount of data was not returned within the Timeout period..

channelCfg 15 3 0

In mmw_PC_14m_OfficeSpace.cfg

dfeDataOutputMode 1
channelCfg 15 3 0
adcCfg 2 1
adcbufCfg 0 1 1 1
profileCfg 0 77 30 7 62 0 0 24 1 128 2500 0 0 30
chirpCfg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
chirpCfg 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
frameCfg 0 1 128 0 50 1 0
lowPower 0 1
guiMonitor 1 1 0 0
cfarCfg 6 4 4 0 0 16 16 4 4 50 62 0
doaCfg 600 1875 30 1
SceneryParam -1 1 0.05 15
GatingParam 4 3 2 0
StateParam 5 5 10 100 5
AllocationParam 100 0.01 8 1 2
VariationParam 0.289 0.289 1.0
trackingCfg 1 2 250 20 200 50 90
sensorStart

To TI expert, have you tried this experiment in your AWR1642 ES2.0 EVM ? 

please advise 

BR

Yimin

Hi Yimin,

I have reproduced your error on my own AWR1642 ES2.0. I was able to resolve the error by recompiling the lab in CCS then loading the new compiled binary on the device. I did not have to change any compile settings in CCS.

Regards,
Justin