1 Getting Started
1.1 Introduction
xWR6843ISK/IWR6843ISK-ODS/ IWR6843AOPEVM and MMWAVEICBOOST are part of mmWave EVMs
hardware. The xWR6843 antenna board from Texas Instruments is an easy-to-use evaluation module for the
xWR6843 mmWave sensing device. This board contains 60-GHz mmWave Radar transceiver in which antennas
are etched on PCB or on packager and act as the Radar front-end board. The MMWAVEICBOOST is an add-on
board used with TI's mmWave sensor used in all starter kits to provide more interfaces and PC connectivity to
the mmWave sensors. The MMWAVEICBOOST board provides an interface for the mmWave Studio tool to
configure the Radar device and capture the raw analog-to-digital converter (ADC) data, using a capture board
such as DCA1000 evaluation module (EVM). xWR6843 antenna EVMs and MMWAVEICBOOST contains
everything required to start developing software for on-chip C67x DSP core and low-power ARM R4F controllers.
It provides an interface to the MSP43xx boards through 40-pin LaunchPad
™
/ BoosterPack
™
connectors.
Revision currently available on product page
Silicon Version
MMWAVEICBOOST Rev. B
-
AWR6843ISK Rev. C
ES2
IWR6843ISK Rev. B
ES2
IWR6843ISK-ODS Rev. B
ES2
IWR6843AOPEVM Rev. F
ES2
Note
All older revisions not listed are deprecated and may contain deprecated silicon version
1.2 Key Features
Integrated Antenna 60-GHz
Intelligent Edge Sensor
IWR6843AoPEVM
High Performance 60-GHz
Intelligent Edge Sensor
xWR6843ISK
60-GHz Intelligent Edge Sensor
IWR6843ISK-ODS
Tuning Frequency
60-64 GHz
60-64 GHz
60-64 GHz
Number of Receivers
4
4
4
Number of Transmitter
3
3
3
Processing
•
MCU
•
FFT accelerator
•
DSP
•
MCU
•
FFT accelerator
•
DSP
•
MCU
•
FFT accelerator
•
DSP
Memory
1.75 MB
1.75 MB
1.75 MB
Antenna
Antenna on Package
Antenna on PCB
Antenna on PCB
Azimuth FOV
(deg)
86-B97C-66CF39ECC363/
ID-5360B3FE-311B-48B4-
FC43-23661A94EA2C
+/- 60
+/- 60
+/- 60
Azimuth Angular Resolution
(deg)
86-B97C-66CF39ECC363/
ID-48D14D26-
EDC8-42F7-8864-7CD5A4FDFA
A9
29
15
29
Elevation FOV
(deg)
86-B97C-66CF39ECC363/
ID-5360B3FE-311B-48B4-
FC43-23661A94EA2C
+/- 60
+/- 15
+/- 60
Getting Started
SWRU546D – OCTOBER 2018 – REVISED NOVEMBER 2020
mmWaveICBoost and Antenna Module
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