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Evaluation Kit 

SiRad Easy® r4, SiRad Easy® & SiRad Simple® 

User Guide 

Version 2.5 

19-Nov-2021

 

 

 

Pin 

Description 

5V 

+5V 

GD 

GND 

TX 

microcontroller TX

*

 

RX 

microcontroller RX

*

 

TI 

external trigger line

*

 

TO 

trigger output line

*

 

 

(*) 3.3V tolerant only! 

 

Figure 3 

UART header pinout 

 

2.3

 

PLL Control Connection (External PLL Header) 

 
The external header in Figure 4 is used to debug the PLL configuration on the board. 
 

 

Pin 

Description 

Ce 

CE* line of the PLL 

Clk 

CLK* line of the PLL 

Mx 

MUXOUT output line of uC (reserved) 

Da 

DATA* line of the PLL 

Le 

LE* line of the PLL 

Fs 

PLLˍFSK line of uC (reserved) 

 

(*) 1.8V 

 

Figure 4 

PLL control header pinout 

 

2.4

 

Data Connection & External Power (Breakout Board) 

 
The optional 

Breakout Board

 can be used to connect to different lines from standard pin headers, otherwise only 

available  on  the  small  connectors  of  the 

Base  Board

.  The  Base  Board  can  be  also  powered  from  the  Breakout 

Board’s BV5 and GND lines. 
 

 

Figure 5 

SiRad Easy® r4 with Breakout Board for data connection & external power 

 

2.5

 

Firmware Update 

 
Please also see th

Firmware Update

 Wiki page for detailed information about firmware updates. 

 

Summary of Contents for SiRad Easy

Page 1: ...uide SiRad Easy Simple Version Product number Package Marking Page 2 5 1 of 14 Document Annex to VA U03 01 Anlage 8 Template Datenblatt RevE Date 19 May 2020 Rev D Silicon Radar GmbH Im Technologiepar...

Page 2: ...SiRad Easy r4 5 2 1 Changing the Radar Front End 5 2 2 UART Data Connection External Power External UART Header 5 2 3 PLL Control Connection External PLL Header 6 2 4 Data Connection External Power B...

Page 3: ...ed 7 Figure 8 External header J1 pinout 7 Figure 9 Hardware configuration for Serial USB connection 8 Figure 10 Hardware configuration for WiFi connection 8 Figure 11 WiFi module update configuration...

Page 4: ...a free graphical user interface WebGUI for user friendly parametrization of the baseband board and multiple visualization modes for radar data Due to the flexibility of the system it can be used to ch...

Page 5: ...anging the Radar Front End Figure 2 shows SiRad Easy r4 with a 122 GHz radar front end board mounted Follow the instructions below for changing the front end board Figure 2 122 GHz configuration with...

Page 6: ...he PLL Mx MUXOUT output line of uC reserved Da DATA line of the PLL Le LE line of the PLL Fs PLL FSK line of uC reserved 1 8V Figure 4 PLL control header pinout 2 4 Data Connection External Power Brea...

Page 7: ...controller board to exchange the front end board Assembly The radar front end can only be connected one way since the connector pins are different Slightly press it down and make sure no pins are bent...

Page 8: ...via the external header pins 5V and any of the four GD pins 3 2 2 Wireless Data Connection In WiFi mode the external header J1 is used to connect the WiFi module to the microcontroller on the board P...

Page 9: ...cable with 3 3V TTL levels Switch SW1 to the PROG position Figure 11 WiFi module update configuration Figure 12 WiFi module select switch SW1 Download esptool Copy the desired firmware into a folder...

Page 10: ...igger options in the Protocol Description Pin Description 5V 5V GD GND MT microcontroller TX MR microcontroller RX TR external trigger line WT WiFi TX WR WiFi RX 3 3V tolerant only Figure 13 External...

Page 11: ...I cable or Serial USB adapter using the external header J1 Please read Section 4 1 about the external header connection Connect line TX to MR microcontroller RX and line RX to MT microcontroller TX Ma...

Page 12: ...WiFi module gets programmed indicated by a flashing blue LED The programming is finished after about 40 seconds Switch the DIP switch WP back to the OFF position and connect a jumper between MT and WR...

Page 13: ...erial UART is available on the external header J1 lines MR and MT SER2 Serial USB is available on the USB port only on SiRad Easy You can connect to both SER1 and or SER2 using a terminal program such...

Page 14: ...l as any common law duties relating to accuracy or lack of negligence with respect to this material any Silicon Radar product and any product documentation Products sold by Silicon Radar are not suita...

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