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IWR1443BOOST Evaluation Module mmWave Sensing Solution

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SWRU518D – May 2017 – Revised May 2020

IWR1443BOOST Evaluation Module mmWave Sensing

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Page 1: ...Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright 2017 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated IWR1443BOOST Evaluation Module mmWave Sensing Solution User s Guide SWRU518D May 2017 Revised May 2020 IWR1443BOOST Evaluation Module mmWave Sensing Solution ...

Page 2: ...ple Codes 16 4 Mechanical Mounting of PCB 16 5 PCB Storage and Handling Recommendations 17 6 Regulatory Information 17 7 Troubleshooting 17 List of Figures 1 EVM Front View 4 2 EVM Rear View 5 3 IWR14xxBOOST Block Diagram 5 4 3V3 and 5 V Mark on the LaunchPad White Triangle 6 5 Power Connector 7 6 20 Pin BoosterPack Connectors J5 and J6 7 7 High Density Connector 60 Pin 9 8 CAN Connector 10 9 XDS1...

Page 3: ...LaunchPads and enables easy prototyping 1 2 Key Features 40 pin LaunchPad standard that leverages the LaunchPad ecosystem XDS110 based JTAG emulation with serial port for onboard QSPI flash programming Backchannel UART through USB to PC for logging purposes Onboard antenna 60 pin high density HD connector for raw ADC data over CSI or the high speed debug interface Onboard CAN transceiver One butto...

Page 4: ...ower Hardware www ti com 4 SWRU518D May 2017 Revised May 2020 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright 2017 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated IWR1443BOOST Evaluation Module mmWave Sensing Solution 2 Hardware Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the front and rear views of the evaluation board respectively Figure 1 EVM Front View ...

Page 5: ...LVDS Lanes JTAG Trace 40 Mhz BP CONN UART and JTAG SPI UART I2C Rst Nerrs SOP Loggers CAN GPIOs XDS110 PC Interface Over USB CAN SOP Jumpers Copyright 2017 Texas Instruments Incorporated www ti com Hardware 5 SWRU518D May 2017 Revised May 2020 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright 2017 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated IWR1443BOOST Evaluation Module mmWave Sensing Solution Figure 2 EVM Rear Vi...

Page 6: ...stacked on top of the Launchpad or the MMWAVE DEVPACK using the two 20 pin connectors The connectors do not have a key to prevent the misalignment of the pins or reverse connection Therefore ensure reverse mounting does not take place On the IWR1443 BoosterPack we have provided 3V3 marking near pin 1 see Figure 4 This same marking is provided on compatible LaunchPads which must aligned before powe...

Page 7: ...igure 5 Figure 5 Power Connector NOTE After the 5 V power supply is provided to the EVM TI recommends pressing the NRST switch SW2 once to ensure a reliable boot up state 2 4 Connectors 2 4 1 20 Pin BoosterPack Connectors The BoosterPack has the standard LaunchPad connectors J5 and J6 which enable the BoosterPack to be directly connected to all TI MCU LaunchPads see Table 1 While connecting the Bo...

Page 8: ...ST2 9 AR_SYNC_IN 10 AR_ANATEST3 11 NC 12 AR_ANATEST4 13 AR_SPICLK1 14 PGOOD onboard VIO 15 AR_GPIO_0 16 PMIC_EN1 17 AR_SCL 18 AR_SYNC_OUT_SOP1 19 AR_SDA 20 AR_PMIC_CLKOUT_SOP2 PGOOD This signal indicates the state of the onboard VIO supply for the IWR device coming from the onboard PMIC A high on the PGOOD signal 3 3 V indicates that the supply is stable Because the IOs are not failsafe the MCU mu...

Page 9: ...rd and interface with the TSW1400 see Figure 7 Figure 7 High Density Connector 60 Pin Table 3 HD Connector Pin Definition Pin Number Description Pin Number Description 1 5 V 2 5V_IN 3 5 V 4 AR_TDO_SOP0 5 AR_TDI 6 AR_TCK 7 AR_CS1 8 AR_TMS 9 AR_SPICLK1 10 AR_HOSTINTR1 11 AR_MOSI1 12 AR_MISO1 13 PGOOD onboard VIO 14 AR_NERR_OUT 15 NC 16 AR_SYNC_IN 17 NC 18 GND 19 NC 20 AR_LVDS_VALIDP 21 NC 22 AR_LVDS...

Page 10: ...g from the onboard PMIC A high on the PGOOD signal 3 3 V indicates the supply is stable Because the I Os are not failsafe the MCU must ensure that it does not drive any I O signals to the IWR device before this I O supply is stable to avoid leakage current into the I Os 2 4 3 CAN Interface Connector The J3 connector provides the CAN_L and CAN_H signals see Figure 8 from the onboard CAN transceiver...

Page 11: ...trol UART port TX RS232_TX N6 RS232_TX AR_RS232TX Control UART port RX RS232_RX N5 RS232_RX AR_RS232RX MSS logger port SPI_CLK_2 R5 MSS_UARTB_TX AR_MSS_LOGGER 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 mm...

Page 12: ... transmit antennas can be enabled through bitmask 0b101 such as tx1 and tx3 The corresponding physical location of rx1 to rx4 and tx1 to tx3 and are labeled in Figure 10 Figure 10 PCB Antenna The antenna peak gain is 10 5 dBi across the frequency band of 76 to 81 GHz The radiation pattern of the antenna in the horizontal plan H plane and elevation plan E plane is as shown in Figure 11 and Figure 1...

Page 13: ...ay 2017 Revised May 2020 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright 2017 2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated IWR1443BOOST Evaluation Module mmWave Sensing Solution Figure 11 Antenna Pattern in H Plane Figure 12 Antenna Pattern in E Plane ...

Page 14: ...ce The state of the device is described by Table 5 A closed jumper refers to a 1 and an open jumper refers to a 0 state of the SOP signal going to the IWR device Table 5 SOP Modes Reference Use Comments P3 SOP 2 SOP 2 0 101 SOP mode 5 Flash programming 001 SOP mode 4 Functional mode 011 SOP mode 2 Dev mode P2 SOP 1 P4 SOP 0 Figure 13 SOP Jumpers 2 7 2 Current Measurement The P5 jumper enables meas...

Page 15: ...n connector and 60 pin HD connector so that an external processor can control the IWR device The onboard XDS110 can also use this reset SW1 GPIO_1 When this button is pushed the GPIO_1 is pulled to Vcc Table 7 LEDs Reference Color Use Comments Image DS2 Red 5 V supply indication This LED indicates the presence of the 5 V supply DS4 Yellow nRESET This LED is used to indicate the state of nRESET pin...

Page 16: ...K050BB TI recommends that customers incorporate this change with an equivalent capacitor in their designs 3 1 Software Development Tools and Example Codes To enable quick development of an end application on the R4F core in the IWR1443 TI provides a software development kit SDK which includes demo codes software drivers an emulation package for debug and so on The SDK is available at mmwave sdk 4 ...

Page 17: ...d the user choose to configure the EVM to operate outside the test conditions it should be operated inside a protected or controlled environment such as a shielded chamber This evaluation board is intended only for development and is not for use in an end product or part of an end product Developers and integrators that incorporate the chipset in any end products are responsible for obtaining appl...

Page 18: ...page numbers in the current version Changes from April 1 2018 to May 30 2020 Page Changed UART1 to Control UART 11 Added Pin Names table 11 Added Signal Name column to Pin Names table 11 Changed MSS Logger Port Pin Name from Reserved to SPI_CLK_2 11 Changed MSS Logger Port Signal Name from SPI_CLK_2 to MSS_UARTB_TX 11 Updated Connection With MMWAVE DEVPACK section 11 Updated Antenna section 12 Upd...

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