SPRADT3 June   2026 AWR2188

 

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  2.   Abstract
  3. 1Introduction to AWR2188
  4. 2Hardware Architecture and Design
    1. 2.1 Radar System Architecture
    2. 2.2 AWR2188 Radar Hardware Design
    3. 2.3 SOP Pin Configuration
    4. 2.4 AWR2188 Reset and RBL Boot Process
  5. 3AWR2188 External Processor Software Configuration
    1. 3.1 External Processor Powers on and Configures MSS
    2. 3.2 DFP Image Download
    3. 3.3 MSS Application Boot and Configuration
  6. 4AWR2188 SPI/I2C Configuration and Signal Analysis
    1. 4.1 SPI Boot Configuration and Timing
    2. 4.2 I2C Boot Configuration and Timing
  7. 5References
  8. 6Modification History

Radar System Architecture

Currently, there are two mainstream mmWave radar system architectures on the market: one is the satellite radar architecture. The mmWave front-end sensor chip MMIC directly transmits the collected raw data to the vehicle's central domain controller processor through a high-speed interface (Serdes/Ethernet), and the raw data processing is performed in the central domain controller. The other is the edge radar architecture. That is, the MMIC and the processor are integrated on one board or the same chip. The MMIC hands over the collected raw data to the processor to be processed into point clouds or target data, and then transmits it to the vehicle's central domain controller processor through a CAN-FD or Ethernet interface for the next step of decision-making. Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2 are the hardware block diagrams of these two architectures.

 Satellite Radar ArchitectureFigure 2-1 Satellite Radar Architecture
 Edge Radar ArchitectureFigure 2-2 Edge Radar Architecture