AWR2188EVM is a prototype evaluation module and is available in limited quantities.
AWR2188EVM
AWR2188 evaluation module
AWR2188EVM
Overview
The AWR2188EVM is a high performance front end mmWave sensing device that implements a 2-device, cascaded, array of AWR2188 mmWave sensors. In this cascaded radar configuration, a primary device distributes a 20GHz LO signal between both devices, allowing these two devices to operate as a single RF transceiver. This enables support for up to 16 TX and 16 RX antenna elements, giving a total number of 256 virtual channels in the MIMO virtual array. In TX beam-forming, beam-steering and MIMO/SIMO use-cases the larger number of antenna elements allows for higher SNR and higher angular resolution compared to a single-device system.
Features
- 2x Cascaded AWR2188 76-81GHz Radar SoC with integrated VCO, LO distribution, PA, LNA, ADC, 8TX and 8RX, ARM Cortex R5F and M4 controllers
- Huber+Suhner 16x16 3D Waveguide Antenna with 15dBi gain @ 81GHz
- CSI2.0 @ 824Mbps/lane for 6.6Gbps ADC IF data per device
- On-board FTDI and XDS110 for SPI, JTAG, I2C UART, and GPIO
- 10x on-board INA228 current sensors for power measurement
- On-board TMP112 temperature sensor
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Evaluation board
AWR2188EVM — AWR2188 evaluation module
AWR2188EVM — AWR2188 evaluation module
IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger
CCSTUDIO — Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)
Supported products & hardware
This design resource supports most products in these categories.
Check the product details page to verify support.
- Low-power 2.4-GHz products
- Microcontrollers
- Microprocessors & DSPs
- mmWave radar sensors
- Signal conditioners
- Wi-Fi products
Hardware development
Development kit
Evaluation board
CCSTUDIO — Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)
This design resource supports most products in these categories.
Check the product details page to verify support.
- Low-power 2.4-GHz products
- Microcontrollers
- Microprocessors & DSPs
- mmWave radar sensors
- Signal conditioners
- Wi-Fi products
Hardware development
Development kit
Evaluation board
Documentation
Release Information
The Code Composer Studio™ IDE is a complete integrated suite that enables developers to create and debug applications of all Texas Instruments Embedded Processors (Sitara, DSP, Automotive, Keystone), Microcontrollers (SimpleLink™, C2000 Digital Control, MSP430, TM4C, Hercules), as well as Digital Power (UCD) and Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA) devices.
CCS v20 is TI’s next generation Integrated Development Environment (IDE) based on Theia IDE framework. CCS v20.4.0 uses a modified version of the Theia-IDE framework and offers a user experience similar to Visual Studio Code™.
- Installation instructions and User's Guide
- Windows 32bit is not supported with CCSv20.
- XDS510 class debug probes are not supported with CCSv20.
What's new
- Improved project wizard interface for discovering relevant examples
- Theia IDE core v1.64.1 update
- many IDE Enhancements (search/filter, build settings, display as array, column resize, graph view anchor, etc)
- C29 device support improvements
- Compiler, SysConfig, and device support all updated
- many bug fixes
- Energia projects are no longer supported
Online training
RADAR-ACADEMY — mmWave Radar Academy
Supported products & hardware
Products
Automotive mmWave radar sensors
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
Hardware development
Evaluation board
RADAR-ACADEMY — mmWave Radar Academy
Products
Automotive mmWave radar sensors
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
Hardware development
Evaluation board
Release Information
New Modules
- Selecting the Right Radar Device -> Security Features Overview Provides a high-level overview of the security features available with TI mmWave radar devices
- These security features determine the type of application boot flow that is followed by that device
- Radar Algorithms -> Motion and Presence Detection In-depth look at the commonly used motion/presence detection state machine
- Provides context on how the state transitions work and how the algorithm can be configured for various applications
Support software
RADAR-TOOLBOX — Radar evaluation and development support package with example projects, documentation and tools
Supported products & hardware
Products
Automotive mmWave radar sensors
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
Hardware development
Reference design
Evaluation board
RADAR-TOOLBOX — Radar evaluation and development support package with example projects, documentation and tools
Products
Automotive mmWave radar sensors
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
Hardware development
Reference design
Evaluation board
Documentation
Release Information
See attached release notes
Design files
Technical documentation
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