IWR1642

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Single-chip 76-GHz to 81-GHz mmWave sensor integrating DSP and MCU

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Type IC Frequency range 76 - 81 GHz Number of receivers 4 Number of transmitters 2 ADC sampling rate (ksps) 12500 TX power (dBm) 12 Arm CPU Arm Cortex-R4F at 200 MHz Hardware accelerators Radar hardware accelerator Edge AI enabled Yes DSP type 1 C67x DSP @ 600MHz Interface type CAN, I2C, LVDS, QSPI, SPI, UART RAM (kByte) 1536 Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 105 Power supply solution LP87702-Q1, LP87745-Q1 Rating Catalog
Type IC Frequency range 76 - 81 GHz Number of receivers 4 Number of transmitters 2 ADC sampling rate (ksps) 12500 TX power (dBm) 12 Arm CPU Arm Cortex-R4F at 200 MHz Hardware accelerators Radar hardware accelerator Edge AI enabled Yes DSP type 1 C67x DSP @ 600MHz Interface type CAN, I2C, LVDS, QSPI, SPI, UART RAM (kByte) 1536 Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 105 Power supply solution LP87702-Q1, LP87745-Q1 Rating Catalog
FCCSP (ABL) 161 108.16 mm² 10.4 x 10.4
  • FMCW Transceiver
    • Integrated PLL, Transmitter, Receiver, Baseband, and A2D
    • 76- to 81-GHz Coverage With 4-GHz Continuous Bandwidth
    • Four Receive Channels
    • Two Transmit Channels
    • Ultra-Accurate Chirp (Timing) Engine Based on Fractional-N PLL
    • TX Power: 12.5 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: 1.5MB
  • Cortex-R4F Microcontroller for Object Tracking, Classification, and Interface Control
    • Supports Autonomous Mode (Loading User Application from QSPI Flash Memory)
  • Internal Memories With ECC
  • Integrated Peripherals
    • Up to 6 ADC Channels
    • Up to 2 SPI Channels
    • Up to 2 UARTs
    • CAN Interface
    • I2C
    • GPIOs
    • 2-Lane LVDS Interface for Raw ADC Data and Debug Instrumentation
  • IWR1642 Advanced Features
    • Embedded Self-monitoring With No Host Processor Involvement
    • Complex Baseband Architecture
    • Embedded Interference Detection Capability
  • 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
  • Operating Conditions
    • Junction Temp Range: –40°C to 105°C
  • FMCW Transceiver
    • Integrated PLL, Transmitter, Receiver, Baseband, and A2D
    • 76- to 81-GHz Coverage With 4-GHz Continuous Bandwidth
    • Four Receive Channels
    • Two Transmit Channels
    • Ultra-Accurate Chirp (Timing) Engine Based on Fractional-N PLL
    • TX Power: 12.5 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: 1.5MB
  • Cortex-R4F Microcontroller for Object Tracking, Classification, and Interface Control
    • Supports Autonomous Mode (Loading User Application from QSPI Flash Memory)
  • Internal Memories With ECC
  • Integrated Peripherals
    • Up to 6 ADC Channels
    • Up to 2 SPI Channels
    • Up to 2 UARTs
    • CAN Interface
    • I2C
    • GPIOs
    • 2-Lane LVDS Interface for Raw ADC Data and Debug Instrumentation
  • IWR1642 Advanced Features
    • Embedded Self-monitoring With No Host Processor Involvement
    • Complex Baseband Architecture
    • Embedded Interference Detection Capability
  • 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
  • Operating Conditions
    • Junction Temp Range: –40°C to 105°C

The IWR1642 device is an integrated single-chip mmWave sensor based on FMCW radar technology capable of operation in the 76- to 81-GHz band with up to 4 GHz continuous chirp. The device is built with TI’s low-power 45-nm RFCMOS process, and this solution enables unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor. The IWR1642 is an ideal solution for low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in industrial applications such as building automation, factory automation, drones, material handling, traffic monitoring, and surveillance.

The IWR1642 device is a self-contained, single-chip solution that simplifies the implementation of mmWave sensors in the band of 76 to 81 GHz. IWR1642 includes a monolithic implementation of a 2TX, 4RX system with built-in PLL and A2D converters. The IWR1642 also integrates a DSP subsystem, which contains TI’s high-performance C674x DSP for the radar signal processing. The device includes an ARM R4F-based processor subsystem, which is responsible for front-end configuration, control, and calibration. Simple programming model changes can enable a wide variety of sensor implementation with the possibility of dynamic reconfiguration for implementing a multimode sensor. Additionally, the device is provided as a complete platform solution including reference hardware design, software drivers, sample configurations, API guide, training, and user documentation.

The IWR1642 device is an integrated single-chip mmWave sensor based on FMCW radar technology capable of operation in the 76- to 81-GHz band with up to 4 GHz continuous chirp. The device is built with TI’s low-power 45-nm RFCMOS process, and this solution enables unprecedented levels of integration in an extremely small form factor. The IWR1642 is an ideal solution for low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems in industrial applications such as building automation, factory automation, drones, material handling, traffic monitoring, and surveillance.

The IWR1642 device is a self-contained, single-chip solution that simplifies the implementation of mmWave sensors in the band of 76 to 81 GHz. IWR1642 includes a monolithic implementation of a 2TX, 4RX system with built-in PLL and A2D converters. The IWR1642 also integrates a DSP subsystem, which contains TI’s high-performance C674x DSP for the radar signal processing. The device includes an ARM R4F-based processor subsystem, which is responsible for front-end configuration, control, and calibration. Simple programming model changes can enable a wide variety of sensor implementation with the possibility of dynamic reconfiguration for implementing a multimode sensor. Additionally, the device is provided as a complete platform solution including reference hardware design, software drivers, sample configurations, API guide, training, and user documentation.

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IWR1642 is part of the TI award-winning mmWave sensor portfolio. Acknowledgements include:

  • CES 2018 Innovation Award Honoree in three categories
  • Electronic Products 2017 Product of the Year in the Sensing Category
  • 2017 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Award for Sensor of the Year
  • Elektronik 2018 Reader’s Choice Product of the Year in Active Components Category

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* Data sheet IWR1642 Single-Chip 76- to 81-GHz mmWave Sensor datasheet (Rev. B) PDF | HTML 26 Apr 2018
* Errata IWR1642 Device Errata, Silicon Revisions 1.0, 2.0 (Rev. C) PDF | HTML 28 May 2021
* User guide IWR14xx/16xx/18xx/68xx/64xx Industrial Radar Family Technical Reference Manual (Rev. E) 08 Jun 2020
Application note Flash Variants Supported by the mmWave Sensor (Rev. G) PDF | HTML 17 Dec 2024
Application note Flash Variants Supported by the mmWave Sensor (Rev. E) PDF | HTML 24 Jan 2024
Application brief Best Practices for Placement and Angle of mmWave Radar Devices PDF | HTML 27 Jan 2023
Application note Migrating to xWR68xx and xWR18xx Millimeter Wave Sensors (Rev. C) PDF | HTML 12 Oct 2022
Application note Interference Mitigation For AWR/IWR Devices (Rev. A) PDF | HTML 22 Sep 2022
Application note TI mmWave Radar Device Regulatory Compliance Overview (Rev. C) PDF | HTML 14 Dec 2021
Application note mmWave Radar Radome Design Guide PDF | HTML 17 Aug 2021
Application note mmWave Radar Sensors: Object Versus Range (Rev. A) 10 May 2021
Application note mmWave Production Testing Overview PDF | HTML 10 Apr 2021
Application note Power Management Optimizations - Low Cost LC Filter Solution (Rev. A) PDF | HTML 11 Nov 2020
White paper The fundamentals of millimeter wave radar sensors (Rev. A) 27 Aug 2020
E-book Ein Techniker-Leitfaden für Industrieroboter-Designs 25 Mar 2020
E-book E-book: An engineer’s guide to industrial robot designs 12 Feb 2020
White paper Bringing intelligent autonomy to fine motion detection (Rev. A) 20 Dec 2018
Application note mmwave Radar Device ADC Raw Data Capture (Rev. B) 23 Oct 2018
Application note MIMO Radar (Rev. A) 26 Jul 2018
Application note Watchdog Timer for mmwave Radar Sensors (Rev. A) 08 Jun 2018
White paper mmWave radar: Enabling greater intelligent autonomy at the edge 06 Jun 2018
White paper Robust traffic and intersection monitoring using millimeter wave sensors (Rev. B) 17 May 2018
Application note TI mmWave Radar sensor RF PCB Design, Manufacturing and Validation Guide 07 May 2018
Technical article Create an intelligent building system: use mmWave to count and track people PDF | HTML 03 May 2018
Technical article The pulse of the city: Get smarter detection and tracking for intelligent transpor PDF | HTML 26 Apr 2018
Technical article Catch your breath: Which is a better occupancy detector – mmWave or PIR? PDF | HTML 26 Mar 2018
Technical article The picture of the distance: Detecting range to help mmWave sensors understand the PDF | HTML 22 Feb 2018
Technical article A smarter world will arrive in waves PDF | HTML 09 Jan 2018
Technical article mmWave fundamentals: Range, velocity and angle PDF | HTML 01 Nov 2017
Application note XWR1xxx Power Management Optimizations - Low Cost LC Filter Solution 16 Oct 2017
White paper Moving from legacy 24GHz to state-of-the-art 77GHz radar 06 Oct 2017
Application note Adding Flash Read and Write to an Existing mmWave Project 25 Sep 2017
Technical article Using mmWave technology to enable sense and avoidance in drones PDF | HTML 22 Aug 2017
White paper Cities grow smarter through innovative semiconductor technologies 07 Jul 2017
Application note IWR1642 Bootloader Flow 07 Jun 2017
Technical article Bringing new intelligence to industrial applications with mmWave sensors PDF | HTML 16 May 2017
More literature TI Resource Explorer (TIREX) mmWave Training Series 15 May 2017
Application note Introduction to the DSP Subsystem in the IWR16xx 10 May 2017
White paper Fluid-level sensing using 77GHz millimeter wave 17 Apr 2017
Functional safety information Drone safety and productivity enabled by mmWave sensors 07 Apr 2017

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IWR1642BOOST — IWR1642 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor

IWR1642BOOST is an easy-to-use 77GHz mmWave sensor evaluation board for the IWR1642 device , with direct connectivity to the microcontroller (MCU) LaunchPad™ Development Kit.

The BoosterPack™ contains everything required to start developing software for on-chip C67x DSP core and low-power (...)

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TMDSEMU560V2STM-U — XDS560™ software v2 system trace USB debug probe

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TMDSEMU560V2STM-UE — XDS560v2 System Trace USB & Ethernet Debug Probe

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TMDSEMUPROTRACE — XDS560v2 PRO TRACE Receiver & Debug Probe

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Hardware programming tool

HS-3P-77-3D-WGA-LOP-4X4 — Antenna design for ADAS radar sensors from HUBER+SUHNER

77GHz 3D waveguide antenna 4Tx4R - RF substrate independent solution family

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Third-party accessory

GAPW-3P-ANTENNA — Antenna design for ADAS radar sensors from GapWaves

Gapwaves offers high-performance, low-loss, and cost-efficient waveguide antennas for short-, mid- and long-range automotive radars and industrial applications. Our antennas feature a flexible design and a compact form factor, robust contact-free PCB integration and support contact-free LoP (...)

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Software development kit (SDK)

MMWAVE-SDK mmWave software development kit (SDK)

The mmWave software development kit (SDK) is a collection of software packages to enable application evaluation and development on TI mmWave sensors. This tool includes the MMWAVE-SDK and companion packages to support your design needs.

The MMWAVE-SDK is a unified software platform for the TI (...)

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MMWAVE-SENSING-ESTIMATOR-CLOUD mmWave sensing estimator cloud development on TI Resource Explorer

The mmWave Sensing Estimator is a web-based configuration tool for TI radar sensors
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TI-DEVELOPER-ZONE Start embedded development on your desktop or in the cloud

From evaluation to deployment the TI Developer Zone provides a comprehensive range of software, tools and training to ensure that you have everything you need for each stage of the development process.
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CCSTUDIO Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)

Code Composer Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for TI's microcontrollers and processors. It is comprised of a rich suite of tools used to build, debug, analyze and optimize embedded applications. Code Composer Studio is available across Windows®, Linux® and macOS® platforms.

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MMWAVE-STUDIO mmWave studio GUI tools for 1st-generation parts (xWR1243, xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6843, xWR6443)

MMWAVE-STUDIO is a stand-alone Windows® GUI that provides the ability to configure and control mmWave sensor modules and collect analog-to-digital (ADC) data for offline analysis. ADC data capture is intended to enable evaluation and characterization of radio-frequency (RF) performance, (...)

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SYSCONFIG Standalone desktop version of SysConfig

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SysConfig is available as part of the Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment as well as a standalone application. Additionally SysConfig (...)

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Online training

RADAR-ACADEMY mmWave Radar Academy

The Radar Academy is a documentation package intended to provide educational resources related to mmWave radar technology
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Software programming tool

UNIFLASH CCStudio UniFlash for most TI microcontrollers (MCUs) and mmWave sensors

UniFlash is a software tool for programming on-chip flash on TI microcontrollers and wireless connectivity devices and on-board flash for TI processors. UniFlash provides both graphical and command-line interfaces.

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Support software

MATHW-3P-MMWAVE-RADAR — MathWorks MATLAB Radar Toolbox and Support Package for mmWave sensors

Radar Toolbox Support Package for mmWave Radar Sensors:  Connect, configure, and acquire radar data from Texas Instruments mmWave Sensor evaluation boards.  The support package can be used to obtain the real radar data and use it with the capabilities in Radar and Sensor Fusion and (...)
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RADAR-TOOLBOX Radar evaluation and development support package with example projects, documentation and tools

The Radar Toolbox is a collection of demos, software tools, and documentation designed to assist in the evaluation of TI Radar Devices
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Simulation model

IWR1642 BSDL Model

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IWR1642 IBIS Model

SWRM030.ZIP (745 KB) - IBIS Model
Calculation tool

SWRM019 IWR1642 Power Estimation Spreadsheet

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MMWAVE-3P-SEARCH — mmWave radar sensors third-party search tool

TI has partnered with companies to offer a wide range of solutions using TI mmWave radar sensors and related services. These companies can accelerate your path to production using mmWave radar. Download this search tool to quickly browse our third-party solutions and find the right third-party to (...)
Reference designs

TIDEP-0090 — Traffic Monitoring Object Detection and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor

This reference design demonstrates how our single-chip millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology can be used for robust, long-range sensing in traffic monitoring and other applications. The reference design can use the  IWR1642BOOST evaluation module (EVM) or the IWR1843BOOST evaluation module (...)
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Reference designs

TIDEP-0094 — 80m-Range Object Detection Reference Design With Integrated Single-Chip mmWave Sensor

TIDEP-0094 provides a foundation to evaluate object detection using the IWR1642 evaluation module (EVM). This reference design integrates a complete radar processing chain onto the IWR1642 device to enable the estimation of the position (in the azimuthal plane) and the velocity of (...)
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