SPRADM3 March   2025 AWR1243 , AWR1642 , AWR1843 , AWR1843AOP , AWR2243 , AWR2544 , AWR2944 , AWR2944P , AWR6443 , AWR6843 , AWR6843AOP , AWRL1432 , AWRL6432 , IWR2944

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Terminology
  6. 3Discover Phase
    1. 3.1 What is a mmWave Sensor?
    2. 3.2 Why are mmWave Sensors Required in Automotive and ADAS?
    3. 3.3 Understanding Frequency Choice and Regulations
    4. 3.4 What is Imaging Radar?
    5. 3.5 How to Check TI Portfolio and Select Product?
      1. 3.5.1 Selecting a Part Based on Application
  7. 4Evaluation Phase
    1. 4.1 Hardware
      1. 4.1.1 EVM
      2. 4.1.2 DCA1000EVM
    2. 4.2 Software and Tools
      1. 4.2.1 Software Development Kits (SDK)
      2. 4.2.2 Radar Toolbox
      3. 4.2.3 mmWave DFP
      4. 4.2.4 mmWave Sensing Estimator
      5. 4.2.5 mmWave Studio
      6. 4.2.6 Code Composer Studio™
      7. 4.2.7 UniFlash
    3. 4.3 Find and Select the Right Partner Resource
  8. 5Development Phase
    1. 5.1 Primary and Secondary Bootloader
    2. 5.2 SDK
    3. 5.3 Compilers
    4. 5.4 RF Front-end Configurations and mmWave DFP
    5. 5.5 Safety Aspects
    6. 5.6 Security Aspects
    7. 5.7 Signal Processing Chain
      1. 5.7.1 How Can FMCW Radars Be Used?
    8. 5.8 MCAL and Autosar
    9. 5.9 Hardware Module Design
  9. 6Production Phase
    1. 6.1 Calibration
    2. 6.2 mmWave Production Testing
    3. 6.3 FCC and RED Compliance
    4. 6.4 Functional Safety Certification
    5. 6.5 Quality Process and Customer Returns
      1. 6.5.1 Customer Return Process
      2. 6.5.2 Reference
    6. 6.6 OTP KeyWriter
  10. 7Summary
  11. 8References

4.1.2 DCA1000EVM

The DCA1000 evaluation module (EVM) is a capture design that provides real-time data capture and streaming through two-lanes (with AWR1642, AWR1843, AWR294x) and four-lanes (with AWR2243) low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) traffic from TI AWR radar sensor EVMs. The data can be streamed out through 1Gbps Ethernet® in real-time to a PC running the MMWAVE-STUDIO tool for capture, and visualization, and then can be passed to an application of choice for data processing and algorithm development.

TI Reference Collaterals

  • DCA1000 EVM is the landing page of the DCA1000EVM. Users can refer to the design files, technical documents, support and training resources and order the kit.
  • DCA1000 Training Video describes how to capture and post process raw data using a mmWave EVM with the DCA1000 Capture Card and mmWave Studio
Note: The DCA1000, along with the MMWAVE-STUDIO, form a very sustainable combination to evaluate the TI offerings in mmWave sensors. The EVM can be used directly to run the pre-flashed OOB demo and the ADC data can be captured by using the DCA1000. This data can then be evaluated by any post processing algorithms for accuracy and correctness. TI highly recommends to use this setup for evaluation.