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Requirements for Running Data Acquisition Tool
It is important to make sure the required components are available before trying to
use the data acquisition tool.
Hardware Requirements:
o
4-Chips AWR1243 Cascade Radar Board and TDA2xx Processing board
o
o
Windows or Ubuntu PC
Processor SDK Vision 3.6 release or later (Linux version)
Please Refer to VisionSDK_Linux_UserGuide.pdf for SDK requirements
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Build Linux Vision SDK for Cascade Radar EVM
1.
Follow the instructions in the Chapter 2 of VisionSDK_Linux_UserGuide.pdf to
install Linux Vision SDK and set up the build environment.
2.
Apply kernel patch. Patch can be found under the following location.
[SDK_INSTALL]/ti_components/os_tools/linux/kernel/linux-kernel-
addon/kernel-patches/
3.
Apply u-boot patches. Patch can be found under the following location.
[SDK_INSTALL]/ti_components/os_tools/linux/kernel/linux-kernel-addon/u-
boot-patches/
4.
Follow the build instructions in Chapter 3 of the SDK User Guide. Set
MAKECONFIG=tda2xx_cascade_linux_radar in Rules.make.
5.
Follow the instructions in SDK User guide to prepare the SD card.
6.
Place the radar configuration files under “/opt/vision” folder in file system on
SD card. The example configuration files can be found under
~\vision_sdk\apps\src\rtos\radar\src\usecases\cascade_radar_object_detect\
radar_test_vector. Please refer to ProcessorSDKRadar_UserGuide.pdf for the
details regarding the configuration files.
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Build Linux Vision SDK for Cascade Radar EVM with Radar Studio
1.
Follow the instructions in the Chapter 2 of VisionSDK_Linux_UserGuide.pdf to
install Linux Vision SDK and set up the build environment.
2.
Apply kernel patch. Patch can be found under the following location.
[SDK_INSTALL]/ti_components/os_tools/linux/kernel/linux-kernel-
addon/kernel-patches/
3.
Apply u-boot patches. Patch can be found under the following location.
[SDK_INSTALL]/ti_components/os_tools/linux/kernel/linux-kernel-addon/u-
boot-patches/
4.
Make
RADAR_STUDIO=yes
in
[SDK_INSTALL]/vision_sdk/apps/configs/tda2xx_cascade_linux_radar/cfg.mk
5.
Follow the build instructions in Chapter 3 of the SDK User Guide. Set
MAKECONFIG=tda2xx_cascade_linux_radar in Rules.make.
6.
Follow the instructions in SDK User guide to prepare the SD card.
