Texas Instruments mmWaveICBoost User Manual

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SWRU546C–October 2018–Revised April 2020
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mmWaveICBoost and Antenna Module
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) +/- 60 +/- 60 +/- 60
Azimuth Angular Resolution
(deg)
29 15 29
Elevation FOV (deg) +/- 60 +/- 15 +/- 60
Elevation Angular Resolution
(deg)
29 58 29
Gain 5dBi 7dBi 5dBi
Modular Mode
• Requires
mmWaveICBOOST for
debugging and DCA1000
• Flashing and functional
mode available without
mmWaveICBOOST
• Requires
mmWaveICBOOST for
debugging
• Flashing and functional
mode available without
mmWaveICBOOST
• Requires
mmWaveICBOOST for
debugging
• Flashing and functional
mode available without
mmWaveICBOOST
Raw ADC Data Capture Yes – requires
mmWaveICBOOST +
DCA1000
Yes – requires DCA1000 Yes – requires DCA1000

Texas Instruments mmWaveICBoost Specifications

General

Brand	Texas Instruments
Model	mmWaveICBoost
Category	Motherboard
Language	English