Texas Instruments AWR1843AOP Automotive radar sensor

TI AWR1843AOP sensor is an Antenna-On-Package (AOP) device suitable for 76 to 81GHz band. The AWR1843AOP uses Texas Instruments' low-power 45nm RFCMOS process, integrates a DSP subsystem (which includes a high-performance C674x DSP for radar signal processing), a BIST processor subsystem for radio configuration, control, and calibration, And a user programmable Arm® Cortex®-R4F processor for automotive interfaces.

AWR1843AOP's hardware accelerator module (HWA) performs radar processing jobs that help the DSP reduce load to perform more advanced algorithms. A variety of sensor applications, such as door opening, parking, blind spot monitoring and lane change applications, can be implemented with simple programming model changes, and multi-mode sensors can be implemented through dynamic reconfiguration. In addition, the device provides a complete platform solution, including reference hardware designs, software drivers, sample configurations, API guides, and user documentation.

Key features

● Breakaway section for smaller form factor
● Serial port for onboard QSPI flash programming
● Back-channel UART through USB-to-PC for logging purposes
● On package antenna
● 60-pin, high-density (HD) connectors for raw analog-to-digital converter (ADC) data over LVDS and tracedata capability
● Two onboard CAN-FD transceivers
● On board Bluetooth with CC2642R2 wireless MCU
● One button and two LEDs for basic user interface
● 5-V power jack to power the board

Kit Contents

The following items are included with the AWR1843AOPEVM kit.
● AWR1843AOP evaluation board
● Heat sink
● Mounting stand
● Micro USB cable