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TIDEP-01000

People Counting and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor

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TIDEP-01000

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Overview

This reference design demonstrates the use of IWR6843, which is a single-chip mmWave radar sensor with integrated DSP for an indoor and outdoor people counting application. This reference design uses the IWR6843ISK evaluation module (EVM) and integrates a complete radar processing chain onto the IWR6843 device. This solution can detect up to 250 objects, and point and track up to 20 people with a field of view (FOV) of ±60º in the azimuth (horizontal) plane.

Features
  • Demonstration hardware and software using IWR6843 mmWave radar sensor for people counting
  • mmWave technology provides range, velocity, and angle information ideal for environmental effects
  • All detection and signal processing handled onboard the IWR6843; point cloud and object information streamed to PC for visualization
  • Azimuth field of view (FOV) of 120º across distance of 6 m (distance can be modified or extended with different chirp configurations)
  • Examples of implementation of static clutter and group tracking algorithms
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download Design guide — TIDEP-01000
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TIDUE71D.PDF (3593 KB)

Reference design overview and verified performance test data

download Gerber file — TIDEP-01000
SWRC355D.ZIP (121397 KB)

Design file that contains information on physical board layer of design PCB

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SWRR165B.ZIP (23085 KB)

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TIDRXJ0.PDF (1007 KB)

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SWRR164D.ZIP (73375 KB)

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SWRR166B.ZIP (20416 KB)

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General-purpose MCUs

TM4C1294NCPDT — 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F based MCU with 120-MHZ, 1-MB flash, 256-KB RAM, USB, ENET MAC+PHY

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Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators

TPS7A8101-Q1 — Automotive 1-A, high-PSRR, adjustable low-dropout voltage regulator with enable

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Multi-channel ICs (PMICs)

LP87524B-Q1 — Multiphase 4MHz, 4A/1.8V + 2.5A/2.3V + 1.5A/3.3V + 1.5A/1.2V buck converters for AWR and IWR MMICs

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Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators

TPS796 — 1-A, low-dropout voltage regulator with enable

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Linear & low-dropout (LDO) regulators

TPS7A88 — 1-A, low-noise, high-PSRR, dual-channel adjustable ultra-low-dropout voltage regulator

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Industrial mmWave radar sensors

IWR6843 — Single-chip 60-GHz to 64-GHz intelligent mmWave sensor integrating processing capability

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IWR6843AOPEVM — IWR6843AOP evaluation module for integrated antenna-on-package (AoP) intelligent mmWave sensor

This reference design demonstrates the use of IWR6843, which is a single-chip mmWave radar sensor with integrated DSP for an indoor and outdoor people counting application. This reference design uses the IWR6843ISK evaluation module (EVM) and integrates a complete radar processing chain onto the (...)

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Hardware development
Reference design
TIDEP-01000 — People Counting and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01006 — Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors TIDEP-01010 — Area scanner using mmWave Sensor with integrated antenna-on-package reference design TIDEP-01013 — Gesture controlled HMI with mmWave sensors and Sitara™ processors reference design
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IWR6843AOPEVM — IWR6843AOP evaluation module for integrated antenna-on-package (AoP) intelligent mmWave sensor

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Evaluation board

IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 intelligent mmWave sensor standard antenna plug-in module

This reference design demonstrates the use of IWR6843, which is a single-chip mmWave radar sensor with integrated DSP for an indoor and outdoor people counting application. This reference design uses the IWR6843ISK evaluation module (EVM) and integrates a complete radar processing chain onto the (...)

EVM user’s guide: PDF | HTML
Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Hardware development
Reference design
TIDEP-0090 — Traffic Monitoring Object Detection and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01000 — People Counting and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01006 — Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors TIDEP-01010 — Area scanner using mmWave Sensor with integrated antenna-on-package reference design TIDEP-01018 — Automated doors reference design using TI mmWave sensors TIDEP-01025 — mmWave diagnostic and monitoring reference design
Evaluation board
MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform MMWAVEPOEEVM — mmWave sensor Power over Ethernet (PoE) evaluation module
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IWR6843ISK — IWR6843 intelligent mmWave sensor standard antenna plug-in module

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TIDEP-0090 — Traffic Monitoring Object Detection and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01000 — People Counting and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01006 — Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors TIDEP-01010 — Area scanner using mmWave Sensor with integrated antenna-on-package reference design TIDEP-01018 — Automated doors reference design using TI mmWave sensors TIDEP-01025 — mmWave diagnostic and monitoring reference design
Evaluation board
MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform MMWAVEPOEEVM — mmWave sensor Power over Ethernet (PoE) evaluation module
Evaluation board

IWR6843ISK-ODS — IWR6843 intelligent mmWave overhead detection sensor (ODS) antenna plug-in module

This reference design demonstrates the use of IWR6843, which is a single-chip mmWave radar sensor with integrated DSP for an indoor and outdoor people counting application. This reference design uses the IWR6843ISK evaluation module (EVM) and integrates a complete radar processing chain onto the (...)

EVM user’s guide: PDF | HTML
Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Hardware development
Reference design
TIDEP-01000 — People Counting and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01013 — Gesture controlled HMI with mmWave sensors and Sitara™ processors reference design TIDEP-01018 — Automated doors reference design using TI mmWave sensors
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IWR6843ISK-ODS — IWR6843 intelligent mmWave overhead detection sensor (ODS) antenna plug-in module

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TIDEP-01000 — People Counting and Tracking Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor TIDEP-01013 — Gesture controlled HMI with mmWave sensors and Sitara™ processors reference design TIDEP-01018 — Automated doors reference design using TI mmWave sensors
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* Design guide People Tracking and Counting Reference Design Using mmWave Radar Sensor (Rev. D) PDF | HTML Apr 27, 2020
More literature Techniques for PIR-based motion detection Dec 15, 2020
User guide IWR14xx/16xx/18xx/68xx/64xx Industrial Radar Family Technical Reference Manual (Rev. E) May 28, 2020
White paper Bringing intelligent autonomy to fine motion detection (Rev. A) Dec 20, 2018
Technical article Catch your breath: Which is a better occupancy detector – mmWave or PIR? PDF | HTML Mar 26, 2018

Related design resources

Hardware development

EVALUATION BOARD
IWR1642BOOST — IWR1642 BoosterPack™ evaluation module for single-chip 77GHz mmWave sensor MMWAVEICBOOST — mmWave sensors carrier card platform

Software development

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT (SDK)
MMWAVE-SDK — mmWave software development kit (SDK) for xWR1443, xWR1642, xWR1843, xWR6443 and xWR6843

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