Industrial mmWave radar sensors – Applications
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TI’s mmWave sensors enable a smarter world through intelligent sensing at the edge. By integrating high accuracy sensing with intelligent processing and antenna-on-package in a single chip, mmWave sensors solve problems in a wide range of industrial applications like people counting, building security, safety guards, level transmitters, robotics and traffic monitoring.
Discover the high accuracy range, velocity, and angle information that TI’s mmWave sensors can provide for your application requirements.
Object range detection
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| Truck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Car | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motor bike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Human | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metal chair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Large dog | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coins (quarters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For more detailed information, view the object range detection application note. |
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White papers
Read about the basics of mmWave sensors in these white papers.
Experiments
Reference a variety of use-cases tested by our engineers using mmWave sensors. Now available on 60 GHz platform.
Videos
Evaluate
Evaluate mmWave technology hands on. Use our labs and prototype full processing chain, from RF chirps to point cloud to object clustering/tracking.
IWR6843 AOP evaluation module
IWR6843AOPEVM is a small form-factor EVM with integrated antenna-on-package technology. It support operation as a standalone board or through interface to mmWave carrier card ecosystem (MMWAVEICBOOST).
Lab: Robotics
IWR6843 intelligent mmWave sensor standard antenna plug-in module
IWR6843ISK is an easy-to-use mmWave sensor evaluation kit with a long-range antenna enabling direct connectivity to the mmWave sensor card carrier (MMWAVEICBOOST).
IWR6843 intelligent mmWave overhead detection sensor (ODS) antenna plug-in module
IWR6843ISK-ODS is an easy-to-use mmWave sensor evaluation kit with a short-range antenna with wide field of view (FoV) enabling direct connectivity to the mmWave sensors carrier card platform (MMWAVEICBOOST).
mmWave carrier card
mmWave carrier platform enables a single developments platform for different devices and antenna configurations through antenna plug-in modules.
IWR1843 evaluation module and labs
Single-chip sensor evaluation platform with integrated MCU, HW accelerator, and DSP for fully programmable algorithm development.
IWR1443 evaluation module and labs
Single-chip sensor evaluation platform with integrated MCU and HW accelerator for point cloud generation.
Lab: Vital signs demo
Lab: 4K FFT
Front end chirp configurations
| Application | Max Range (m) | Range Res. (m) | Max Velocity (km/h) | Velocity Res. (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Very fine motion detection | 6.4 | 0.125 | 3.4 | 0.11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short range radar | 84 | 0.36 | 30 | 0.46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevator position and velocity | 200 | 0.4 | 32 | 1.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Load sample chirps directly to mmWave EVMs. Check out more chirps. |
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Antenna database
| Antenna | Design | Azimuth FOV (deg) | Elevation FOV (deg) | Azimuth Angular Resolution (deg) |
Elevation Angular Resolution (deg) |
Max Distance for Car (m) | Max Distance for People (m) |
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| 60 GHz Standard Antenna | |||||||
| High range antenna (77 GHz) | IWR1443BOOST | +/- 60 | +/- 15 | 15 | 60 | 120 | 47 |
| Wall mounted high range antenna (77 GHz) | IWR1642BOOST | +/- 60 | +/- 15 | 15 | 199 | 37 | |
| 77 GHz standard antenna | IWR1843BOOST | +/- 60 | +/- 15 | 15 | 199 | 37 |
Design
Now that you’re ready to begin production, access these resources to help you along the way.
IWR6843AoP
Antenna on package integrated 60-GHz sensor reduces RF design challenges and system form-factor
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