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  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

4.2.2 Radar Toolbox

The Radar Toolbox and Resource Explorer is a collection of tools and example code for a wide variety of applications. Users can find the example code for various applications and visualizers for viewing the output data. Figure 4-3 through Figure 4-6 provides an insight of the toolbox and the contents.

Note: The Toolbox is highly recommended by TI to be used for referencing, learning and understanding the development with mmWave sensors.
Note: The radar toolbox can be accessed by Radar Toolbox.

Figure 4-3 shows the landing page for the Radar Toolbox.

Radar Toolbox Landing Page Figure 4-3 Radar Toolbox Landing Page

Figure 4-4 illustrates the various applications that are covered by the toolbox. TI provides reference code for most of the in demand applications in the automotive domain like the corner radar, front radar and so forth.

Radar Toolbox Application list Figure 4-4 Radar Toolbox Application list

TI provides many example projects for users to perform the evaluation as per the application requirements and enter the development phase. The topics covered by the radar toolbox are Safety demos, HECR demo, MRR or SRR demos, and BSD.

Radar Toolbox Example Projects List Figure 4-5 Radar Toolbox Example Projects List

A wide variety of tools are supported by TI. The most requested tools like JTAG flasher, or Studio CLI are available in the toolbox.

Radar Toolbox Tools List Figure 4-6 Radar Toolbox Tools List