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Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator

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Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz automotive radar sensor integrating DSP, MCU and radar accelerator

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Number of Rx 4 Number of Tx 3 ADC sampling rate (Max) (MSPS) 25 Arm CPU ARM-Cortex R4F 200MHz Interface type CAN, CAN-FD, I2C DSP C674x DSP 600MHz Hardware accelerators Radar hardware accelerator RAM 2048 Rating Automotive Operating temperature range (C) -40 to 125 TI functional safety category Functional Safety-Compliant open-in-new Find other Automotive mmWave radar sensors

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FC/CSP (ABL) 161 108 mm² 10.4 x 10.4 open-in-new Find other Automotive mmWave radar sensors

Features

  • FMCW transceiver
    • Integrated PLL, transmitter, receiver, Baseband, and A2D
    • 76- to 81-GHz coverage with 4 GHz available bandwidth
    • Four receive channels
    • Three transmit channels
    • Ultra-accurate chirp engine based on fractional-N PLL
    • TX power: 12 dBm
    • RX noise figure:
      • 14 dB (76 to 77 GHz)
      • 15 dB (77 to 81 GHz)
    • Phase noise at 1 MHz:
      • –95 dBc/Hz (76 to 77 GHz)
      • –93 dBc/Hz (77 to 81 GHz)
  • Built-in calibration and self-test (monitoring)
    • ARM® Cortex®-R4F-based radio control system
    • Built-in firmware (ROM)
    • Self-calibrating system across frequency and temperature
  • C674x DSP for FMCW signal processing
  • On-chip Memory: 2MB
  • Cortex-R4F microcontroller for object tracking and classification, AUTOSAR, and interface control
    • Supports autonomous mode (loading user application from QSPI flash memory)
  • Integrated peripherals
    • Internal memories With ECC
  • Host interface
    • CAN and CAN-FD
  • Other interfaces available to user application
    • Up to 6 ADC channels
    • Up to 2 SPI channels
    • Up to 2 UARTs
    • I2C
    • GPIOs
    • 2-lane LVDS interface for raw ADC data and debug instrumentation
  • Functional Safety-Compliant targeted
    • Developed for functional safety applications
    • Documentation is available to aid ISO 26262 functional safety system design
    • Hardware integrity up to ASIL B targeted
    • Safety-related certification
      • ISO 26262 certification by TUV Sud planned
  • AEC-Q100 qualified
  • AWR1843 advanced features
    • Embedded self-monitoring with no host processor involvement
    • Complex baseband architecture
    • Embedded interference detection capability
    • Programmable phase rotators in transmit path to enable beam forming
  • Power management
    • Built-in LDO network for enhanced PSRR
    • I/Os support dual voltage 3.3 V/1.8 V
  • Clock source
    • Supports external oscillator at 40 MHz
    • Supports externally driven clock (square/sine) at 40 MHz
    • Supports 40 MHz crystal connection with load capacitors
  • Easy hardware design
    • 0.65-mm pitch, 161-pin 10.4 mm × 10.4 mm flip chip BGA package for easy assembly and low-cost PCB design
    • Small solution size
  • Supports automotive temperature operating range

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Description

The AWR1843 device is an integrated single-chip FMCW radar sensor capable of operation in the 76- to 81-GHz band. The device is built with TI’s low-power 45-nm RFCMOS process and enables unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor. The AWR1843 is an ideal solution for low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in the automotive space.

The AWR1843 device is a self-contained FMCW radar sensor single-chip solution that simplifies the implementation of Automotive Radar sensors in the band of 76 to 81 GHz. It is built on TI’s low-power 45-nm RFCMOS process, which enables a monolithic implementation of a 3TX, 4RX system with built-in PLL and A2D converters. It integrates the DSP subsystem, which contains TI’s high-performance C674x DSP for the Radar Signal processing. The device includes a BIST processor subsystem, which is responsible for radio configuration, control, and calibration. Additionally the device includes a user programmable ARM R4F based for automotive interfacing. The Hardware Accelerator block (HWA) can perform radar processing and can help save MIPS on the DSP for higher level algorithms. Simple programming model changes can enable a wide variety of sensor implementation (Short, Mid, Long) with the possibility of dynamic reconfiguration for implementing a multimode sensor. Additionally, the device is provided as a complete platform solution including TI reference designs, software drivers, sample configurations, API guides, and user documentation.

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Technical documentation

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* Datasheet AWR1843 Single-Chip 77- to 79-GHz FMCW Radar Sensor datasheet (Rev. B) Apr. 09, 2020
* Errata AWR1843 Device Errata, Silicon Revision 1.0 (Rev. B) Sep. 13, 2019
User guides AWR1843BOOST and IWR1843BOOST Single-Chip mmWave Sensing Solution User's Guide (Rev. B) May 19, 2020
User guides AWR18xx/16xx/14xx/68xx Technical Reference Manual (Rev. E) May 18, 2020
Technical articles 3 ways radar technology is changing the in-cabin sensing market May 03, 2020
Application notes Programming Chirp Parameters in TI Radar Devices (Rev. A) Feb. 13, 2020
Application notes AWR1xx and AWR22xx Data Path Programmer’s Guide (Rev. A) Feb. 13, 2020
Application notes IWR6x43 Flash Variants Supported by the mmWave Sensor (Rev. B) Jan. 29, 2020
Application notes TPS65313-Q1 and TPS65653-Q1 LDO free power solution for AWR1642/AWR1843 Jan. 27, 2020
Application notes Interference Management Using AWR/IWR Devices Jan. 03, 2020
Technical articles Driving industrial innovation with small-size sensors Sep. 12, 2019
User guides AWR1843 Quick Start Guide Aug. 12, 2019
Technical articles Using TI mmWave technology for car interior sensing Jul. 25, 2019
Application notes How to select the right proximity sensor technology Jul. 19, 2019
Technical articles Imaging radar: one sensor to rule them all Jul. 09, 2019
White papers Automated parking made possible with TI mmWave radar and ultrasonic sensors (Rev. A) Jun. 28, 2019
Application notes AWR1642/AWR1843 Application Startup Sequence (Rev. A) Oct. 29, 2018
Application notes MIMO Radar (Rev. A) Jul. 26, 2018
Application notes Watchdog Timer for mmwave Radar Sensors (Rev. A) Jun. 08, 2018
Application notes Adding CAN-FD Tx and Rx to an Existing mmWave Project Apr. 12, 2018
Application notes Self-Calibration of mmWave Radar Devices Apr. 02, 2018
Application notes XWR1xxx Power Management Optimizations - Low Cost LC Filter Solution Oct. 16, 2017

Design & development

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Hardware development

EVALUATION BOARDS Download
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Description

Step 1: Buy this EVM (AWR1843BOOST)
Step 2: Download mmWave SDK
Step 3: Take the mmWave sensor device trainings
Step 4: Evaluate performance for short-range or medium-range radar and automated parking applications

The AWR1843 BoosterPack™ plug-in module is an easy-to-use evaluation (...)

Features
  • Onboard antenna enables field testing
  • XDS110-based JTAG with serial-port interface for flash programming
  • UART-to-USB interface for control, configuration, and data visualization
  • TI LaunchPad development-kit interface to seamlessly connect to TI MCUs
  • CAN connector enables direct interfact to car units
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EVALUATION BOARDS Download
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The DCA1000 evaluation module (EVM) provides real-time data capture and streaming for two- and four-lane low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) traffic from TI radar-sensor BoosterPack™ EVMs. The data can be streamed out via 1-Gbps Ethernet in real time. The data (...)

Features
  • Supports lab and mobile collection scenarios
  • Captures LVDS data from AWR/IWR radar sensors
  • Streams output in real time through 1-Gbps Ethernet
  • Controlled via onboard switches or GUI/library
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Software development

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KITS (SDK) Download
mmWave software development kit (SDK)
MMWAVE-SDK — The mmWave software development kit (SDK) is a unified software platform for the TI mmWave Sensing Portfolio, providing easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to evaluation and development. All releases of the mmWave SDK scale between the full TI mmWave Sensing Portfolio, enabling seamless reuse (...)
Features
  • Building blocks
    • Full driver availability
    • Layered approach to programming analog front end (AFE)
    • Catalog of mmWave algorithms optimized for C674x DSPs
  • Demonstrations and examples
    • TI RTOS-based demos
    • Out-of-box demo with easy configurability via TI cloud-based GUI
    • Representation of "point cloud" and (...)
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DEBUG PROBES Download
XDS110 JTAG Debug Probe
TMDSEMU110-U — The Texas Instruments XDS110 is a new class of debug probe (emulator) for TI embedded processors. The XDS110 replaces the XDS100 family while supporting a wider variety of standards (IEEE1149.1, IEEE1149.7, SWD) in a single pod. Also, all XDS debug probes support Core and System Trace in all ARM and (...)
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The XDS110 is the latest entry level debug probe (emulators) for TI embedded processors. Designed to be a complete solution that delivers JTAG and SWD connectivity at a low cost, the XDS110 is the debug probe of choice for entry-level debugging of TI microcontrollers, processors and SimpleLink (...)

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DEBUG PROBES Download
XDS200 USB Debug Probe
TMDSEMU200-U — The Spectrum Digital XDS200 is the first model of the XDS200 family of debug probes (emulators) for TI processors. The XDS200 family features a balance of low cost with good performance between the super low cost XDS110 and the high performance XDS560v2, while supporting a wide variety of standards (...)
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The XDS200 is the mid-range family of JTAG debug probes (emulators) for TI processors. Designed to deliver good performance and the most common features that place it between the low cost XDS110 and the high performance XDS560v2, the XDS200 is the balanced solution to debug TI microcontrollers (...)

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DEBUG PROBES Download
XDS560v2 System Trace USB Debug Probe
TMDSEMU560V2STM-U — The XDS560v2 System Trace is the first model of the XDS560v2 family of high-performance debug probes (emulators) for TI processors. The XDS560v2 is the highest performance of the XDS family of debug probes and supports both the traditional JTAG standard (IEEE1149.1) and cJTAG (IEEE1149.7).

The (...)
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XDS560v2 is the latest variant of the XDS560 family of high-performance debug probes (emulators) for TI processors. With the fastest speeds and most features of the entire XDS family, XDS560v2 is the most comprehensive solution to debug TI microcontrollers, processors and wireless connectivity (...)

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DEBUG PROBES Download
XDS560v2 System Trace USB & Ethernet Debug Probe
TMDSEMU560V2STM-UE — The XDS560v2 System Trace is the first model of the XDS560v2 family of high-performance debug probes (emulators) for TI processors. The XDS560v2 is the highest performance of the XDS family of debug probes and supports both the traditional JTAG standard (IEEE1149.1) and cJTAG (IEEE1149.7).

The (...)
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  • XDS560v2 is the latest variant of the XDS560 family of high-performance debug probes (emulators) for TI processors. With the fastest speeds and most features of the entire XDS family, XDS560v2 is the most comprehensive solution to debug TI microcontrollers, processors and wireless connectivity (...)

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DEBUG PROBES Download
XDS560v2 PRO TRACE Receiver & Debug Probe
TMDSEMUPROTRACE — The XDS560v2 PRO TRACE Receiver is the latest model of the XDS560v2 family of high-performance debug probes (emulators) for TI processors. The XDS560v2 is the highest performance of the XDS family of debug probes and supports both the traditional JTAG standard (IEEE1149.1) and cJTAG (IEEE1149.7).

The (...)
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XDS560v2 is the latest variant of the XDS560 family of high-performance debug probes (emulators) for TI processors. With the fastest speeds and most features of the entire XDS family, XDS560v2 is the most comprehensive solution to debug TI microcontrollers, processors and wireless connectivity (...)

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IDES, CONFIGURATION, COMPILERS & DEBUGGERS Download
Code Composer Studio (CCS) Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
CCSTUDIO —

Code Composer Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) that supports TI's Microcontroller and Embedded Processors portfolio. Code Composer Studio comprises a suite of tools used to develop and debug embedded applications. It includes an optimizing C/C++ compiler, source code editor (...)
IDES, CONFIGURATION, COMPILERS & DEBUGGERS Download
mmWave studio
MMWAVE-STUDIO — mmWave Studio is designed to characterize and evaluate TI mmWave sensors. mmWave sensors are configured and controlled from mmWave Studio by sending commands to the devices over SPI. Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) data is captured using the DCA1000EVM board, processed in MATLAB®, and results (...)
Features
  • mmWave Studio
    • Post-processing of ADC data and visualization of processed data
    • Board control (SOP change, reset control)
    • RS-232 connection and firmware download
    • Configures mmWave sensors using radar API commands
    • Interface to DCA1000EVM for raw ADC data capture
  • mmWave Sensing Estimator
    • Enables calculation of (...)
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IDES, CONFIGURATION, COMPILERS & DEBUGGERS Download
SafeTI™ Compiler Qualification Kit
SAFETI_CQKIT — The SafeTI Compiler Qualification Kit was developed to assist customers in qualifying their use of the TI ARM, C6000, C7000 or C2000/CLA C/C++ Compiler to functional safety standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO 26262.

The SafeTI Compiler Qualification Kit:

  • does not require the user to run qualification (...)
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The SafeTI Compiler Qualification Kit has been assessed by TÜV Nord to comply with both IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 and was developed in collaboration with by Validas, a consulting company that specializes in software tool qualification.

What's Included

SafeTI Compiler Qualification Kit includes: 

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IDES, CONFIGURATION, COMPILERS & DEBUGGERS Download
System configuration tool
SYSCONFIG — To help simplify configuration challenges and accelerate software development, we created SysConfig, an intuitive and comprehensive collection of graphical utilities for configuring pins, peripherals, radios, subsystems, and other components.  SysConfig helps you manage, expose and resolve (...)
Features

  • Interactive and intuitive graphical tool for enabling, configuring and generating initialization code for pinmuxing, TI Drivers and stack configuration (Bluetooth® Low Energy, ZigBee®, Thread, TI-15.4, EasyLink and NDK)

  • Real-time conflict management to ensure developers are creating a valid system (...)

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PROGRAMMING TOOLS Download
UniFlash stand-alone flash tool for microcontrollers, Sitara™; processors and SimpleLink™
UNIFLASH — Supported devices: CC13xx, CC25xx, CC26xx, CC3x20, CC3x30, CC3x35, Tiva, C2000, MSP43x, Hercules, PGA9xx, IWR12xx, IWR14xx, IWR16xx, IWR18xx , IWR68xx, AWR12xx, AWR14xx, AWR16xx, AWR18xx.  Command line only: AM335x, AM437x, AM571x, AM572x, AM574x, AM65XX, K2G

CCS Uniflash is a standalone tool used to (...)

Design tools & simulation

SIMULATION MODELS Download
SPRM739.ZIP (1 KB) - BSDL Model
SIMULATION MODELS Download
SPRM740.ZIP (2353 KB) - IBIS Model
ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS Download
SPRACL2.ZIP (1127 KB)

Reference designs

REFERENCE DESIGNS Download
Beamsteering for corner radar reference design
TIDEP-01021 — This reference design provides a foundation for blind-spot detection (BSD), cross-traffic alert (CTA), lane-change assist (LCA), and traffic-jam assist (TJA) applications using the AWR1843BOOST evaluation module (EVM). This design allows the estimation (in the azimuthal and elevation plane (...)
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REFERENCE DESIGNS Download
Automated parking system reference design using 77-GHz mmWave sensor
TIDEP-01011 — This reference design demonstrates the use of AWR1843, a 77-GHz single-chip mmWave sensor with integrated DSP, MCU, and hardware accelerator as an automated parking sensor, which enables robust detection of objects around a car in challenging parking and environmental conditions. With a range (...)
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