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AWR1443BOOST, AWR1243BOOST (BoosterPack™)
2.5 PC Connection
Connectivity is provided using the micro USB connector over the onboard XDS110 (TM4C1294NCPDT)
emulator. This connection provides the following interfaces to the PC:
• JTAG for CCS connectivity
• UART1 for flashing the onboard serial flash, downloading FW using RADAR studio, and getting
application data sent over the UART
• MSS logger UART, which can be used to get MSS code logs on the PC
When the USB is connected to the PC the device manager recognizes the following COM ports, as shown
in
Figure 9 :
• XDS110 Class Application/User UART → the UART1 port
• XDS110 Class Auxiliary Data port → the MSS logger port
Figure 9. XDS110 Ports
If Windows
®
is unable to recognize the COM ports previously shown, install the emupack available here
2.5.1 Erasing Onboard Serial Flash
Before loading the code to the serial flash or connecting the board to RADAR Studio, TI recommends
completely erasing the onboard serial flash. The instructions to erase the onboard serial flash are in the
mmWave SDK User Guide .
2.5.2 Connection With MMWAVE-DEVPACK
Users may be required to use the DevPack along with the BoosterPack for the following use cases:
• Connecting to RADAR studio. This tool provides capability to configure the mmWave front end from
the PC. This tool is available in the
DFP package .
• Capturing high-speed LVDS data using the TSW1400 platform from TI. This device allows the user to
capture raw ADC data over the high-speed debug interface and post process it in the PC. The RADAR
Studio tool provides an interface to the TSW1400 platform as well, so that the front end configurations
and data capture can be done using a single interface. Details on this board can be found at
http://www.ti.com/tool/tsw1400evm
For details on these use cases, see the mmWave-DevPack User Guide .