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TIDEP-01006

Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors

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TIDEP-01006

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Overview

This reference design showcases autonomous robotics with the Processor SDK Linux running on the Sitara AM57x processor, and the mmWave SDK running on the IWR6843 EVM. This design demonstrates the functionality of an embedded robotic system where point-cloud data from the mmWave radar sensing is processed by the Sitara AM57x processor which runs Robot Operating System (ROS), and is the main processor for the overall system control. This design integrates enhanced processor SoCs, sensors, and builds embedded robotic systems upon widely adopted open source software components. It provides a great entry point to evaluate full autonomous robotics with Sitara processing and mmWave sensing, and enables rapid development of robotics applications by leveraging TI’s hardware and software components.

Features
  • This referece design demonstrates Robot Operating System (ROS) running on the AM572x
  • Seamless integration of the mmWave sensor with the AM57x and communicating using ROS
  • Obstacle sense and avoid capability using the mmWave sensor for incident management
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TIDUEK9E.PDF (4764 KB)

Reference design overview and verified performance test data

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TIDRIA5C.ZIP (2804 KB)

Detailed overview of design layout for component placement

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SPRR253.ZIP (23528 KB)

Detailed overview of design layout for component placement

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SPRR370D.ZIP (5334 KB)

Detailed overview of design layout for component placement

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TIDRIA4C.ZIP (3450 KB)

Complete listing of design components, reference designators, and manufacturers/part numbers

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TIDRIA7C.ZIP (13030 KB)

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SWRC355C.ZIP (121397 KB)

Design file that contains information on physical board layer of design PCB

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TIDRIA6C.ZIP (30880 KB)

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TIDRIA3C.ZIP (2066 KB)

Detailed schematic diagram for design layout and components

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SPRR254.ZIP (2990 KB)

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SWRR166B.ZIP (20416 KB)

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Products

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Industrial mmWave radar sensors

IWR1443 — Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating MCU and hardware accelerator

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Arm-based processors

AM5728 — Sitara processor: dual Arm Cortex-A15 & dual DSP, multimedia

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Industrial mmWave radar sensors

IWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating processing capability

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Hardware

Evaluation board

IWR1843BOOST — IWR1843 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz industrial radar sensor evaluation module

The IWR1843 BoosterPack™ plug-in module is an easy-to-use 77GHz mmWave sensor evaluation board for the single-chip IWR1843 device, with direct connectivity to the TI MCU LaunchPad™ development-kit ecosystem.

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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-01006 — Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors
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IWR1843BOOST — IWR1843 single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz industrial radar sensor evaluation module

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Evaluation board

IWR6843AOPEVM — IWR6843AOP evaluation module for integrated antenna-on-package (AoP) intelligent mmWave sensor

The IWR6843 antenna-on-package (AoP) evaluation module (EVM) is an easy-to-use 60-GHz mmWave sensor evaluation platform used to evaluate the IWR6843AOP product, which integrates a wide field-of-view (FoV) antenna. This EVM enables access to point-cloud data and power over a USB interface.

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Supported products & hardware

Hardware development
Reference design
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-01013 — Gesture controlled HMI with mmWave sensors and Sitara™ processors reference design
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IWR6843AOPEVM — IWR6843AOP evaluation module for integrated antenna-on-package (AoP) intelligent mmWave sensor

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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-01013 — Gesture controlled HMI with mmWave sensors and Sitara™ processors reference design
Evaluation board

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

IWR6843ISK is an easy-to-use 60 GHz mmWave sensor evaluation kit based on IWR6843 device with long-range antenna. The IWR6843ISK may be used to evaluate the IWR6843 and IWR6443 devices. This board enables access to point-cloud data and power over USB interface.

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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
Evaluation board
MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform MMWAVEPOEEVM — mmWave sensor Power over Ethernet (PoE) evaluation module
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IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 intelligent mmWave sensor standard antenna plug-in module

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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

TMDSEVM572X —

AM572x evaluation module

The AM572x evaluation module provides an affordable platform to quickly start evaluation of Sitara™ Arm® Cortex®-A15 AM57x processors (AM5728, AM5726, AM5718, AM5716) and accelerate development for HMI, machine vision, networking, medical imaging and many other industrial applications. It is a (...)

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Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Hardware development
Reference design
TIDEP-01006 — Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors TIDEP0076 — 3D Machine Vision Reference Design Based on AM572x Processor with DLP® Structured Light
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TMDSEVM572X —

AM572x evaluation module

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TIDEP-01006 — Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors TIDEP0076 — 3D Machine Vision Reference Design Based on AM572x Processor with DLP® Structured Light
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* Design guide Autonomous Robots Ref Design Using ROS on Sitara™ MPU and Antenna-On-Package mmW (Rev. E) PDF | HTML Apr 27, 2020
E-book E-book: An engineer’s guide to industrial robot designs Feb 12, 2020
Technical article Robots get wheels to address new challenges and functions PDF | HTML Apr 7, 2019

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Software development

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT (SDK)
MMWAVE-SDK — mmWave software development kit (SDK) for xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6443 and xWR6843 PROCESSOR-SDK-AM57X — Processor SDK for AM57x Sitara Processors - Linux and TI-RTOS Support

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