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DesignCore™ TDA3x 

Product Family 

▪ 

Quick Start Guide

 

Document No. 00C-131 

 Version 1.0 

▪ Release Date: 

1/17/2019

 

CONFIDENTIAL 

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1.0

 

Introduction 

 
This Quick Start Guide applies to the following seven D3 Engineering kits: (The features specific to each 
kit are detailed later in this section.) 
 

 

DesignCore™ RVP

-TDA3x Development Kit for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

 

 

DesignCore

™ RVP

-TDA3x Development Kit 

 

 

DesignCore™ TDA3x Development Kit 

 

 

DesignCore™ TDA3x Automotive Starter Kit 

 

 

 

DesignCore™ DM50x Development Kit

 

 

DesignCore™ DM50x Industrial Development Kit

 

 

DesignCore™ DM50x Starter Kit

 

 

1.1 About t

he DesignCore™ RVP

-TDA3x Development Kit for Advanced Driver Assistance 

Systems (ADAS)  
 

The 

DesignCore™ RVP

-TDA3x Development Kit for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

 

from D3 Engineering 

 also known as the 

RVP-TDA3x ADAS Development Kit

 

 provides 

qualified developers with a fully functioning evaluation platform for on-vehicle testing and 
development of ADAS applications, for use primarily in the automotive, transportation, and 
material-handling industries.  

Built on the 

DesignCore™ Rugged Vision Platform (RV

P) Reference Design with Texas 

Instruments TDA3x Automotive Vision Processor

, the RVP-TDA3x ADAS Development Kit 

shortens development time of vision-based systems. This kit comes ready to use out of the box 
and includes processor module, camera modules, display, cables, software, and calibration 
tools. Its base support package provides optimized and verified hardware and advanced vision 
software frameworks to use as a known-good launch point for design and development. The kit 
also includes a single-use sublicense for all Texas Instruments and D3 Engineering firmware and 
application code. 
 
Throughout this document, the 

DesignCore™ RVP

-TDA3x Reference Design 

may be referred to 

simply as the 

RVP-TDA3x

 system or 

RVP-TDA3x 

module. Other kits applicable to this document 

may be referred to as the 

TDA3x

 system or 

TDA3x 

module. 

 

Rugged Vision Platform (RVP) with TI TDA3x Automotive Processor

:  

A rugged development 

platform in a finalized product form-factor.

 

Summary of Contents for DesignCore RVP-TDA3 Series

Page 1: ...DesignCore TDA3x Product Family Quick Start Guide Document No 00C 131 Version 1 1 Release Date 1 17 2019...

Page 2: ...of Modules for Each Kit 6 2 0 Contents of RVP TDA3x ADAS Development Kit 8 2 1 Images of Key Parts in RVP TDA3x ADAS Development Kit 9 3 0 Getting to Know Your RVP TDA3x ADAS Development Kit 10 4 0 I...

Page 3: ...igure 6 GtkTerm Serial Port Configuration 24 Figure 7 SD Card Contents 25 Figure 8 Serial Console output menu 26 Table of Tables Table 1 Kit Name and Kit Features 5 Table 2 Kit Name and Overview Image...

Page 4: ...luation platform for on vehicle testing and development of ADAS applications for use primarily in the automotive transportation and material handling industries Built on the DesignCore Rugged Vision P...

Page 5: ...trial Development Kit DesignCore DM50x Starter Kit 1 2 2 Kits Configured for HDMI Capture and Display Use Case DesignCore TDA3x Automotive Starter Kit DesignCore DM50x Starter Kit 1 3 Comparison of Fe...

Page 6: ...Start Guide Document No 00C 131 Version 1 0 Release Date 1 17 2019 CONFIDENTIAL 6 1 4 Images of Modules for Each Kit Kit Name Overview Image of Kit Module DesignCore RVP TDA3x ADAS Development Kit Des...

Page 7: ...Core TDA3x Product Family Quick Start Guide Document No 00C 131 Version 1 0 Release Date 1 17 2019 CONFIDENTIAL 7 DesignCore DM50x Development Kit DesignCore DM50x Industrial Development Kit DesignCor...

Page 8: ...1 1000320 Monitor 1 1000367 Cable FAKRA Jack to FAKRA Jack 11 5 2 1000368 Cable FAKRA Jack to FAKRA Jack 16 1 1000369 Cable FAKRA Jack to FAKRA Jack 28 4 1000362 Screw Button Head M5x16mm Black 1 100...

Page 9: ...t No 00C 131 Version 1 0 Release Date 1 17 2019 CONFIDENTIAL 9 2 1 Images of Key Parts in RVP TDA3x ADAS Development Kit Note Some parts may already be assembled 1000405 1000396 1000340 1000324 100032...

Page 10: ...TDA3x Product Family Quick Start Guide Document No 00C 131 Version 1 0 Release Date 1 17 2019 CONFIDENTIAL 10 3 0 Getting to Know Your RVP TDA3x ADAS Development Kit Below is a mechanical drawing of t...

Page 11: ...ra Capture and Display Note Images shown are of RVP TDA3x 1 Connect the TDA3x system to a computer to access the debug Serial console Connect the provided USB USB Micro B cable to the serial port as s...

Page 12: ...hown below Camera connected to TDA3x module plugged into VIN4 4 Connect an HDMI cable that is attached to a display to the TDA3x system HDMI Mini connected to the TDA3x system Note HDMI OUT port is in...

Page 13: ...lies 1000396 Screw them in to the main platform with the provided M5x14 bolts and M5 nuts Align the axle assemblies with the pre drilled holes in the plate and bolt the axles so that the angle faces i...

Page 14: ...With the cameras mounted to the frame use the provided cables to connect the cameras to the RVP TDA3x Table 5 below outlines the proper sequence for joining the cameras to the VIN connections Connect...

Page 15: ...is held in by two captive 4 40 screws Access panel location on RVP TDA3x module showing captive 4 40 bolts holding it in 5 The next step involves connecting the RVP TDA3x module to a computer to acce...

Page 16: ...een that mounts directly to the platform Attach this screen to the kit platform as shown below and screw it in from the bottom Display mount attached to the base of the ADAS Development Kit 8 Once thi...

Page 17: ...HDMI Mini HDMI The full size HDMI end of the cable plugs into the monitor and the Mini HDMI end plugs into the RVP TDA3x system The monitor s other cable is the power cable The monitor takes 12V DC fr...

Page 18: ...de Document No 00C 131 Version 1 0 Release Date 1 17 2019 CONFIDENTIAL 18 10 Once the display is plugged in power it on The input should default to HDMI with the system powered off however nothing sho...

Page 19: ...osure The main connector provides power as well as breakouts for various busses To get the system up and running apply power Use the other power supply provided with the ADAS Development Kit and the p...

Page 20: ...er Kit 1 Connect the TDA3x system to a computer to access the debug Serial console Connect the provided USB USB Micro B cable to the serial port as shown below USB Micro B cable connected to the Seria...

Page 21: ...0 Release Date 1 17 2019 CONFIDENTIAL 21 HDMI Mini connected to the TDA3x system HDMI OUT port 4 Connect an HDMI cable that is attached to a video source for example computer to the TDA3x system in p...

Page 22: ...RVP TDA3x and into your PC b Depending on your Windows installation the driver may install automatically If it doesn t download the driver here http www ftdichip com Drivers CDM CDM 20v2 10 00 20WHQL...

Page 23: ...e Serial over USB driver a The Serial driver should already be installed and working 2 Install Terminal Software a D3 Engineering recommends Minicom which is likely already installed on your PC 3 Conf...

Page 24: ...nal and type sudo apt get update Terminal command for updating Aptitude s cached package list sudo apt get install gtkterm Terminal command for installing GtkTerm 2 Open GtkTerm a Open Terminal and ty...

Page 25: ...files listed below Copy the BIOS binary file AppImage located in vision_sdk binaries apps tda3xx_rvp_bios_all vision_sdk bin tda3xx rvp sbl_boot after successfully building VisionSDK to the root of y...

Page 26: ...g in the power cable Look for output on the Serial Console as it boots see Figure 8 below Figure 8 Serial Console output menu 4 Setting Capture Settings Select the image sensor that you plan to use fo...

Page 27: ...k Start Guide Document No 00C 131 Version 1 0 Release Date 1 17 2019 CONFIDENTIAL 27 Figure 9 Capture settings menu 5 Running Use Cases With the image sensor chosen start the desired use case ISS Sing...

Page 28: ...stats overlays on display iii For a full menu input sequence for this use case see Tables 5 and 6 below Note D3 Engineering s rugged digital camera module was used for this example Menu Input Charact...

Page 29: ...these will match if not re plug them in in the proper order See Table 4 Joining the Cameras to the VIN Connections iv Position the cameras to center the black squares inside each red rectangle D3 Eng...

Page 30: ...ration Note that in the upper right camera the red rectangles are not on the corners of the target and many cables obstructions are visible Figure 12 below indicates good calibration The algorithm has...

Page 31: ...used for this example nu Input Character Selects Menu Option runs the 3D SurroundView demo S Systems Settings 2 Capture Settings 9 OV10640 DCM 5 ISS Use cases 4 3D SRV 4CH ISS capture ISS ISP DeWarp...

Page 32: ...gs menu press 2 to bring up 2 HDMI Capture 1080P60 Not Supported in TDA2x TDA2Ex Multi SerDes board iv At the main menu press 1 to select Single Camera Use cases v In the Single Camera Use cases menu...

Page 33: ...in to the PC and the TDA3x system c Verify that the SD Card is fully seated in the slot d Verify correct contents on SD Card Please refer to Figure 7 SD Card Contents e Verify PC is On No Image a Ver...

Page 34: ...tion Document Location DesignCore RVP TDA3x Reference Design Technical Reference Manual Document Number 00C010003 Contact D3 Engineering DesignCore RVP TDA3x Reference Design Design Overview Document...

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