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MMWAVEICBOOST

mmWave sensors carrier card platform

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MMWAVEICBOOST

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Overview

The MMWAVEICBOOST carrier card expands capabilities of select 60 GHz mmWave evaluation modules. This board provides advanced software developement, debug features such as trace and single step via TI’s Code Composers compatible debuggers. On-board Launchpad interface enables pairing with TI’s BoosterPack™ compatible hardware for additional sensors and wireless connectivity. TI's LaunchPad ecosystem enables MMWAVEICBOOST access to a wider set of peripherals and connectivity.

The MMWAVEICBOOST includes a LaunchPad™ development kit interface for expanded connectivity, such as Power over Ethernet (PoE), Wi-Fi®, sub-GHz and more.

Features
  • Modular connectivity to mmWave antenna plug-in module
  • BoosterPack™ plug-in module interface
  • Debug and emulation through onboard XDS110
  • DCA1000EVM interface for raw ADC data capture
  • Compatible with mmWave studio (MMWAVE-STUDIO) tools, including mmWave demo visualizer (MMWAVE-DEMO-VISUALIZER)

  • MMWAVEICBOOST
  • Warranty card (disclaimer sheet)
  • Standoffs
  • Screws and nuts
  • 3-ft USB cable
  • Quick Start Guide
AC/DC & DC/DC converters (integrated FET)
LM53625-Q1 — 2.5-A, 36-V synchronous, 2.1-MHz, automotive step-down DC-DC converter LM53635-Q1 — 3.5-A, 36-V synchronous, 2.1-MHz, automotive step-down DC-DC converter TPS61240 — 2.3-V to 5.5-V input range, 3.5-MHz fixed frequency 450-mA boost converter

 

Analog switches & muxes
TS3A5018 — 3.3-V, 2:1 (SPDT), 4-channel general-purpose analog switch

 

Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWR6443 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating MCU and radar accelerator AWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator AWR6843AOP — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating antenna on package, DSP and MCU

 

CAN transceivers
SN65HVDA540 — 5-V CAN Transceiver With I/O Level Shifting and Supply Optimization TCAN1042HGV-Q1 — Automotive Fault Protected CAN Transceiver With Flexible Data-Rate

 

Industrial mmWave radar sensors
IWR6443 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating processing capability IWR6843AOP — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor with integrated antenna on package (AoP)

 

Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators
TPS796 — 1-A, low-dropout voltage regulator with enable

 

Load switches
TPS22918-Q1 — 1-ch, 5.5-V, 2-A, 52-mΩ automotive load switch with adj. rise time and adj. output discharg

 

Multi-channel ICs (PMICs)
LP87524J-Q1 — Multiphase 4MHz, 4A/1.0V + 2.5A/1.8V + 1.5A/3.3V + 1.5A/1.2V buck converters for AWR and IWR MMICs

 

Shunt voltage references
LM4040 — Fixed voltage, 45-µA, precision micropower shunt voltage reference
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Evaluation board

DCA1000EVM — Real-time data-capture adapter for radar sensing evaluation module

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWR2944EVM — AWR2944 evaluation module for automotive, second-generation 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance SoC AWR6843ISK — AWR6843 single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor antenna plug-in module MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform
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AWR2944EVM — AWR2944 evaluation module for automotive, second-generation 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance SoC AWR6843ISK — AWR6843 single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor antenna plug-in module MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform
Evaluation board

IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 intelligent mmWave sensor standard antenna plug-in module

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Hardware development
Reference design
TIDEP-0090 — Traffic Monitoring Object Detection and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01000 — People Counting and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01006 — Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors TIDEP-01010 — Area scanner using mmWave Sensor with integrated antenna-on-package reference design TIDEP-01018 — Automated doors reference design using TI mmWave sensors TIDEP-01025 — mmWave diagnostic and monitoring reference design
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MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform MMWAVEPOEEVM — mmWave sensor Power over Ethernet (PoE) evaluation module
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Reference design
TIDEP-0090 — Traffic Monitoring Object Detection and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01000 — People Counting and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01006 — Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors TIDEP-01010 — Area scanner using mmWave Sensor with integrated antenna-on-package reference design TIDEP-01018 — Automated doors reference design using TI mmWave sensors TIDEP-01025 — mmWave diagnostic and monitoring reference design
Evaluation board
MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform MMWAVEPOEEVM — mmWave sensor Power over Ethernet (PoE) evaluation module
Evaluation board

MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWR6843ISK — AWR6843 single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor antenna plug-in module IWR6843AOPEVM — IWR6843AOP evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz antenna-on-package (AoP) mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz long-range antenna mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK-ODS — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz overhead detection antenna mmWave sensor MMWAVEPOEEVM — mmWave sensor Power over Ethernet (PoE) evaluation module
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AWR6843ISK — AWR6843 single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor antenna plug-in module IWR6843AOPEVM — IWR6843AOP evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz antenna-on-package (AoP) mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz long-range antenna mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK-ODS — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz overhead detection antenna mmWave sensor MMWAVEPOEEVM — mmWave sensor Power over Ethernet (PoE) evaluation module
IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger

MMWAVE-STUDIO — mmWave studio GUI tools for 1st-generation parts (xWR1243, xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6843, xWR6443)

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWR1243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC AWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator AWR1642 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP and MCU AWR1843 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator AWR2243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive second-generation high-performance MMIC AWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
IWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR1642 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating DSP and MCU IWR1843 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz industrial radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator IWR6443 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating processing capability IWR6843AOP — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor with integrated antenna on package (AoP)
Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWR1243BOOST — AWR1243 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC evaluation module AWR1443BOOST — AWR1443 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR1642BOOST — AWR1642 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR1843BOOST — AWR1843 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming IWR1443BOOST — IWR1443 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR1642BOOST — IWR1642 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR1843BOOST — IWR1843 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz long-range antenna mmWave sensor MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform MMWCAS-DSP-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar DSP evaluation module MMWCAS-RF-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar RF evaluation module
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MMWAVE-STUDIO — mmWave studio GUI tools for 1st-generation parts (xWR1243, xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6843, xWR6443)

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Release date: May 6, 2020
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MMWAVE_STUDIO 02.01.01.00 installer for Windows Host

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Products
Automotive mmWave radar sensors
AWR1243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC AWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator AWR1642 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP and MCU AWR1843 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator AWR2243 — 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive second-generation high-performance MMIC AWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator
Industrial mmWave radar sensors
IWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR1642 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating DSP and MCU IWR1843 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz industrial radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator IWR6443 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator IWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating processing capability IWR6843AOP — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor with integrated antenna on package (AoP)
Hardware development
Evaluation board
AWR1243BOOST — AWR1243 76-GHz to 81-GHz high-performance automotive MMIC evaluation module AWR1443BOOST — AWR1443 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR1642BOOST — AWR1642 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module AWR1843BOOST — AWR1843 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor evaluation module DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming IWR1443BOOST — IWR1443 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR1642BOOST — IWR1642 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR1843BOOST — IWR1843 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz long-range antenna mmWave sensor MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform MMWCAS-DSP-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar DSP evaluation module MMWCAS-RF-EVM — mmWave cascade imaging radar RF evaluation module

Documentation

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mmwave_studio_release_notes.pdf

Release Notes for MMWAVE STUDIO

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mmwave_studio_user_guide.pdf

User Guide for MMWAVE STUDIO

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mmwave_studio_cascade_user_guide.pdf

Cascade Setup User Guide for MMWAVE STUDIO

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mmwave_studio_manifest.html

Software Manifest of Components Inside the MMWAVE STUDIO

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DCA1000_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf

Quick start guide for the DCA1000 capture card

Release Information

mmWave Studio GUI is designed to characterize and evaluate TI mmWave sensor devices. This package includes the GUI, associated tools and firmware for the performance evaluation of TI mmWave sensor devices. For more information please refer to the MMWAVE Studio User Guide and Release note. This version supports the following device variants - AWR1243 ES3.0 Single-chip/4-chip-Cascade, AWR1443 ES3.0, IWR1443 ES3.0, AWR1642 ES2.0, IWR1642 ES2.0, AWR1843 ES1.0, IWR1843 ES1.0 and IWR6843 ES2.0. For Cascade system, refer to MMWAVE STUDIO Cascade User Guide.
TI's Standard Terms and Conditions for Evaluation Items apply.

Design files

download xWR6843 EVM Altium Design Files, Fabrication & Assembly Package (Rev. C)
SWRC355C.ZIP (121397 KB)
download xWR6843 EVM Schematic Drawing, Assembly Drawing, and Bill of Materials (Rev. C)
SWRR164C.ZIP (73375 KB)

Technical documentation

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User guide 60GHz mmWave Sensor EVMs (Rev. E) PDF | HTML May 6, 2022
Certificate MMWAVEICBOOST EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC) (Rev. A) Jul 23, 2019
User guide MMWAVEICBOOST Quick Start Guide May 6, 2019
White paper Leveraging the 60-GHz RF band to enable accurate mmWave sensing Oct 19, 2018

Related design resources

Hardware development

EVALUATION BOARD
DCA1000EVM — DCA1000 evaluation module for real-time data capture and streaming IWR6843AOPEVM — IWR6843AOP evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz antenna-on-package (AoP) mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz long-range antenna mmWave sensor IWR6843ISK-ODS — IWR6843 evaluation module for single-chip 60GHz overhead detection antenna mmWave sensor

Software development

IDE, CONFIGURATION, COMPILER OR DEBUGGER
MMWAVE-STUDIO — mmWave studio
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT (SDK)
MMWAVE-SDK — mmWave software development kit (SDK) for xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6443 and xWR6843

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