Motion detector (PIR, uWave, etc.)

Motion detector (PIR, uWave) system integrated circuits and reference designs

Description

Motion or occupancy detectors are used to detect security threats, save energy by efficient lighting control and triggering other IoT enabled devices. Our integrated circuits and reference designs help you add different technologies (PIR, mmWave RADAR, microwave, ultrasonic, and time-of-flight, etc.) to your system.

Motion detector designs often require:

A long battery life of 10+ years
Extremely low noise analog signal chain for long detection range (10m – 15m)
Low settling time of amplifier stages
False trigger avoidance due to environmental changes
Ability to accurately detect and classify objects, such as human vs. pet

Technical documentation

Application notes & user guides

Application Notes (11)

Title	Type	Size (KB)	Date
Wireless Motion Detector With Sub-1 GHz SimpleLink™ Wireless MCU (Rev. C)	PDF	581 KB	10 May 2021
Extend Battery Life with <100 nA IQ Buck Converter Achieving <150 µV Voltage Rip (Rev. A)	PDF	1.48 MB	07 May 2021
Low-power sensor measurements: 3.3-V, 1-ksps, 12-bit, single-ended, dual-supply (Rev. A)	PDF	323 KB	06 Mar 2019
Low-power sensor measurements: 3.3-V, 1-ksps, 12-bit, single-ended, single-suppl (Rev. A)	PDF	311 KB	06 Mar 2019
Reduce False Triggers and Extend Battery Life in PIR Sensing Applications	PDF	63 KB	27 Mar 2018
Ultra-Low Power Designs With the CC13x2 and CC26x2 Sensor Controller	PDF	87 KB	27 Feb 2018
Building a greener, more secure planet	PDF	2.19 MB	07 Nov 2017
Design of Ultra-Low Power Circuits for Battery-Powered Wireless PIR Motion Detec (Rev. A)	PDF	479 KB	12 May 2017
Cost-Optimized Opamp Window Comparator for Ultra-low Power PIR Motion Detectors	PDF	115 KB	06 Mar 2017
Power Cycling an IoT System with a Nano-power System Timer	PDF	141 KB	05 Dec 2016
Precision Voltage Offset: When Does it Matter? (Rev. A)	PDF	271 KB	02 Nov 2016

Product bulletin & white papers

White Papers (7)

Title	Type	Size (MB)	Date
The fundamentals of millimeter wave radar sensors (Rev. A)	PDF	843 KB	27 Aug 2020
How to optimize building and home automation designs for energy efficiency	PDF	1.48 MB	08 Apr 2020
Enabling the next generation of video doorbells	PDF	806 KB	20 Feb 2019
Bringing intelligent autonomy to fine motion detection (Rev. A)	PDF	1.66 MB	20 Dec 2018
Connected microcontrollers essential to automation in buildings (Rev. A)	PDF	1.3 MB	10 Jan 2018
Filtering for 3D Time-of-Flight Sensors	PDF	444 KB	21 Jan 2016
Introduction to Time-of-Flight Camera (Rev. B)	PDF	1011 KB	07 May 2014

Technical articles

Design & development

Name	Part #	Company	Software/Tool Type
IWR6843 intelligent mmWave overhead detection sensor (ODS) antenna plug-in module	IWR6843ISK-ODS	Texas Instruments	Evaluation board
IWR6843 intelligent mmWave sensor standard antenna plug-in module	IWR6843ISK	Texas Instruments	Evaluation board
mmWave software development kit (SDK)	MMWAVE-SDK	Texas Instruments	Software development kit (SDK)
mmWave studio	MMWAVE-STUDIO	Texas Instruments	IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger

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