Radar sensor Forum Discussions
We are excited to announce the release of Radar Development Kit 3.5.1, which is now available for download from the Infineon Developer Center.
This release introduces a range of new features, improvements, and fixes, and includes the following components:
- Radar SDK v3.5.0
- Radar Fusion GUI v3.5.4
- ifxdaq v4.0.0
- RBB Firmware v2.6.0
Please see below for details on the new features and changes in this release.
New Features:
Radar SDK v3.5.0
- General API for Controlling FMCW Radar Devices
Radar SDK 3.5 introduces a new and versatile general API for controlling FMCW radar devices. The API can accommodate all FMCW-based radar sensors, and it includes a new configuration structure that supports multiple chirp configurations within a single frame. - Revised Continuous Wave API
The Continuous Wave API has been revised and is now structured similarly to the FMCW API. To create a Continuous Wave instance, it is no longer necessary to create a device instance and pass it as a parameter. The function call of ifx_cw_create returns a Continuous Wave instance, and the configurations for the ADC and baseband have also been restructured. The previous configuration (ifx_Avian_Config_t) no longer exists.
Radar Fusion GUI v3.5.4
- Support for BGT60UTR11AIP FMCW 60GHz Sensor
Radar Fusion GUI now supports the BGT66UTR11AIP FMCW 60GHz sensor. This includes sensor configuration, raw ADC data acquisition, and presence sensing application. - Expert Mode
An Expert Mode has been introduced for 60GHz FMCW sensors in the Radar Fusion GUI. This mode includes a Timing Model view for the given frame configuration, multiple chirp configurations within a frame, a Difference Deviation plot designed to characterize inter-chirp performance, and a power consumption value display at the status bar for Avian sensors. - Dummy Sensor Support
Dummy sensor support is now available for compatible sensors. Users can experiment with sensor configurations and import/export these configurations to the register file, and visualization of timing and power modes for configured chirps. - Recording of Raw ADC Data
The recording of raw ADC data format now standardizes to the ifxdaq recording format for FMCW 60GHz Sensors. Raw data is stored in standard .npy format, and meta-data and sensor configs are stored in a separate JSON format. The GUI offers playback of legacy recordings, but any recording from the GUI will be in the new format. A converter in the Recording menu is available to convert legacy recordings to the new format. - Register Export and Import
Register export and import options have been included for FMCW devices. - Presence Sensing App Upgrade
The presence sensing app has undergone an upgrade with a more robust algorithm. New additions include a separate visualization dedicated to presence sensing, and display of the range of strongest targets alongside presence information. - Range Spectrogram and Doppler Spectrogram Plots
New range spectrogram and Doppler spectrogram plots have been added. - Clipping Detection
A display indicating clipping detection has been integrated into the status bar. This alert will trigger if the ADC time domain signal exceeds the limits of [-1, +1].
Changes:
- The convention for displaying approaching targets on the positive side of the velocity axis of the range Doppler map has been aligned.
- The range and angle measurement algorithm has been enhanced to achieve detection ranges of over 10 meters.
- Simultaneous visualization of multiple Rx antennas has been added to the Range Doppler Map plot.
- Fix the import of registers in a dummy device mode (reported in v3.5.3)
- Fix the allowed RF frequency range for supported FMCW sensors (reported in v3.5.3)
Thank you for choosing Radar Development Kit!
Show LessDear Customer,
we are happy to announce you the launch of our next generation of XENSIV™ Radar 24GHz DEMO kits with Sense2GoL Pulse and Distance2GoL.
Following the said launch, please be informed that these XENSIV™ Radar 24GHz demo kits are therefore discontinued: Sense2Go, Sense2GoL, Distance2Go and Position2Go.
We are transferring our support capabilities towards the new kits. For the discontinued kits, we will reduce and eventually stop our support including telephone, chat, community support forum, or e-mail inquiries. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Please find all needed information on all our 24GHz radar products and kits on www.infineon.com/24ghz.
Sincerely,
Your Infineon team
Hey:
After successfully obtaining raw data from my radar kit(including velocity data).I want to know if there is any source to analyze the data and hep to process data to get different parameters.
As raw data (including velocity data)contains only numbers how could we acheive and analyze the data.
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Hello,
Regarding No.13 of XENSIV™ BGT60TR13C radar: FAQs – KBA236821:
https://community.infineon.com/t5/Knowledge-Base-Articles/XENSIV-BGT60TR13C-radar-FAQs-KBA236821/ta-p/393702
ΔR: Range Resolution
c: speed of light
If "R" means band width, what is "b"?
If it doesn't, please let me know the meaning of "R" and "b".
And please let me know the unit.
ΔR: m
c: 30 x 10^8 m
b: ?
R: Hz ?
SNR: dB
Best Regards,
Nakamura
Hi,
I have a designed a board using the BGT60LTR11AIP, it works as expected and then randomly the sensor will just stop and the
I am using the sensor in pulsed SPI mode and have set up the registers as suggested in REF BGT60LTR11AIP MO.
IFI/IFQ when board operating as expected:
IFI/IFQ signals waveforms not as expected:
Do you have any idea what could cause the IFI/IFQ signals to stop being as expected, I have checked the oscillator and I am still getting the correct frequency waveform.
Show LessIs it possible to use one of your radar chips to determine the exact position of an object through a wooden plate? For example a chessboard. The radar chip is under the board. Now I set an object to, for example, D4 Can the radar chip determine the exact position, is that possible?
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i want to use the BGT60ATR24C to recognize spacious gestures (such as a foot kick) with resulting doppler frequencies of around 150Hz to 1200Hz.
In the Radar Fusion software it is possible to read all 4 Rx antennas, but when i try to read all 4 Rx antennas in python (continous_wave.py example) i can't get it to work.
I tried changing the Baseband_config with
Years ago to participate in Infineon's "AURIX development board free gift" activities, applied to the TC234 KIT evaluation board (later directly called development board), has been delayed until now to post, first of all, say sorry.
Free TC234 KIT development board, only a bare board, other supporting information and hardware are not available, the debugging environment is first of all a hassle, this post mainly describes the process of building my environment and the debugging process of the first program.
1. Solving power supply problems
Search for the development board on the Internet, see the power supply 12V1.3A, so find an adjustable digital power supply, power on the development board can run normally, the power indicator and the first LED can be lit normally, press the reset button, the system reset, reset light, everything is normal. (As shown)
2、Solve the download problem
Running light program is very simple, is the GPIO port level switching, not repeated here, the code is attached.
The development tool is ADS, after creating the project of TC234, the code can be written according to the attachment.
Observe the download port of the development board, there is a 10-pin DAP connector in the center, use a multimeter to confirm the pin direction of the DAP;
Use miniWiggler V3 to download the generated hex file, and the runtime runs normally after the download. (As shown in the picture)
First time posting, there may be many shortcomings, please understand, and welcome criticism.
Prepare to do a series of application articles, the subsequent will be sent to use the TC234 drive ELMOS radar to detect obstacles, the update time is not certain.
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Show LessHi,
In the user guide for the BGT60LTR11AIP it states the possible values for pulse on time are :
however in the firmware for the REF BGT60LTR11AIP MO the registers are labeled as followed:
Can you clarify which is the correct set of values? As this will affect the value of external cap required.
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Hi I am new to this. I have a Infineon demo BGT60TR13c radar wanted to use that for Human vital sensing like respiratory rate and heart rate sensing and blood pressure sensing. Can I have a suggestion how can I start it and any references i should be aware of .Really looking forward to your help.
Show LessI collected data in Infineon BGT60TR13C radar sensor, but i forgot to check the .txt option for some of the scenarios in Radar Fusion GUI. Is there a way to get the txt file from the bin file without redoing the procedure again? Thanks in advance.
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I am working with the BGT24LTR11 RF transceiver. I am trying to find a radar development kit compatible with this Radar sensor with the hopes of finding an SDK. My end goal is to read waveform IQ samples. So far the only Radar Development Kit I have been able to find is for 60GHz applications.
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