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User Guide  
Evaluation Kit  
EasyRadar  

 

 

 
 

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12 Jul. 16 

Silicon Radar GmbH

 

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RS_120_05 

User Guide EasyRadar

 

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Содержание EasyRadar

Страница 1: ...Author initial 12 Jul 16 Silicon Radar GmbH Version Document number Filename Page 0 2 RS_120_05 User Guide EasyRadar 1 of 23 Silicon Radar GmbH Im Technologiepark 1 15236 Frankfurt Oder Germany fon 4...

Страница 2: ...Sensor Evaluation Kit 9 3 1 The User Interface 9 3 2 Control Panel Sensor Setup 10 3 2 1 COM Panel 10 3 2 2 Sys Config 11 3 2 3 RF params 12 3 2 4 BB processing 12 3 2 5 Target Recognition 12 3 2 6 Sc...

Страница 3: ...t of the Websocket Server window 8 Figure 3 Main window of the EasyRadar WebGUI 9 Figure 4 Screenshot of the main GUI window and elements in the display scene 16 Figure 5 Signal flow of the firmware D...

Страница 4: ...he EasyRadar Evaluation Kit demonstrates the performance and parameters of the different Radar transceiver chips of Silicon Radar The aim of the evaluation kit is to showcase the FMCW CW radar mode us...

Страница 5: ...TRX24 chips Analog signal conditioning to amplify and filter the I and Q output signals of the transceiver Analog to Digital converter to digitize the I and Q receiver signals Microcontroller to do PL...

Страница 6: ...on the baseband board connects to CN7 on the micro controller board and CN10 connects to CN10 Improper connections may cause shortcuts and destroy the boards The RFE Board must be attached to the base...

Страница 7: ...ition 2 3 Control Header The control header is used to connect to the board in different modes In programming mode it is used to program the WiFi module or the Controller In WiFi mode it is used to co...

Страница 8: ...now be used as described in chapter 3 2 4 2 Connecting the board via USB Connecting the board via USB is only supported for Windows systems at this time To connect the board via USB the ST Microelectr...

Страница 9: ...oped to demonstrate the functionality of Silicon Radars Transceiver chips as a millimeter wave distance and velocity sensor front end Once the WebGUI is launched the main window is displayed see Figur...

Страница 10: ...is used to connect to the server send data to the server and to change the view It contains the following elements COM Sys Config Log RF Params BB Processing Target Recognition Scene Controls 3 2 1 C...

Страница 11: ...derive detection threshold for targets against noise This frame contains the CFAR threshold Phase frame A frame containing the values of the phase angles for each range bin argument of the FFT output...

Страница 12: ...and the number of samples ADC Clock Divider sets the sampling frequency a higher value means slower sampling Number of samples samples per ramp Number of ramps number of ramps integrated to improve S...

Страница 13: ...the camera angle Middle click drag or moving the mouse wheel changes the zoom setting z coordinate of the camera Reset view resets camera rotation and position CamPosX camera position on the X axis m...

Страница 14: ...within one range bin It can be used to display relative motion in the m range 3 4 Status field and Target list Statusfield distance in mm cm bin the format which the sensor specifies in the statusfram...

Страница 15: ...g wave and incoming wave If the target is moving this value should change rapidly Speed Radial velocity of the target m s calculated as a range difference since the last measurement 3 5 Phase Diagramm...

Страница 16: ...ht trigger a false target detection of the CFAR operator Around 60 cm to 180 cm there might be some clutter which is rejected by the CFAR operator Around 200cm there is the first ceiling echo which sh...

Страница 17: ...o the application There are too many different parameters which can be optimized to give a one fits all setting from the beginning 5 1 1 Too many targets CFAR doesn t work No targets detected although...

Страница 18: ...g red and green As soon as the flashing stops the board is programmed and after a reset the new firmware should be running 6 2 WiFi Module Connect the sensor using a 3 3V USB to UART cable like shown...

Страница 19: ...out assy drawings Figure 7 Assembly drawings of the module PCBs 7 3 Changing Hardware Parameters Depending on the type of application it may be necessary to change the filter characteristics and gain...

Страница 20: ...aw data output See for details 8 3 Register Description Figure 9 Register definition of the sensor module The sensor accepts commands and setup data as input The registers are 32 bit wide and configur...

Страница 21: ...n dB for the target data and the CFAR operator threshold Target List Frame activated by the TL bit in RFE_CONFIG The target list is returned consisting of the o selected format o the baseband amp gain...

Страница 22: ...dar Sensor Evaluation Kit 22 UID uint96 96 bit UID extracted from the processor s UID bit field This frame is returned after a successful change of configuration Figure 10 Communication protocol defin...

Страница 23: ...d to unusual physical thermal or electrical stress Silicon Radar GmbH makes no warranty of any kind express or implied with regard to this material and specifically disclaims any and all express or im...

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