Radar Toolbox Release Notes
Table of Contents
Version 1.30.01.x
Released Dec 2023
New and Updated Features
Examples
- NEW IWRL6432 Vital Signs
- Monitor breathing rate and heart rate using the IWRL6432 sensor module
- NEW xWRLx432 True Ground Speed
- This example utilizes the processing chain to compute the true ground speed/ego-velocity of the environment/radar respectively.
- NEW AWR2944 Safety Demo
- Reference application to showcase the usage of mmWave Sensor’s inbuilt Diagnostic & Monitoring feature using mmWave SafeTI Diagnostic Library (SDL) and RadarSS
- NEW AWR2944 Object Data over CAN
- Demonstrates the object data transfer over CAN version of mmw demo running on AWR2944 mmWave Sensor
- xWRLx432 Gesture Recognition
- Support added for xWRL1432
Tools
- mmWave Industrial Visualizer
- Added support for IWRL6432 Vital Signs
- Added support for True Ground Speed demo
- Fixed a bug related to incrorect serial port names when running on linux
- Config Helper Utility
- Minor bug fixes and support for additional CLI commands
Tuning Guides
- NEW Power Tuning Guide
- Showcases how to tune xWRLx432 device CLI commands to improve power consumption
- NEW Tracker Tuning Guide
- Showcases how to tune xWRLx432 device CLI commands to improve tracker performance
- NEW Presence Detection Tuning Guide
- Showcases how to tune xWRLx432 device CLI commands to improve presence detection
Reference Designs
- IWRL6432 FCCSP Reference Design
- Updated design files
- Adeed example configuration files
Version 1.30.00.x
Released Oct 2023
New and Updated Features
Examples
- NEW Life Presence Detection with Capon2D
- Features a 2D Capon processing chain for detection within the vehicle
- Compatible with AWRL6432
- NEW CAN Integration Demo
- Shows how to add CAN code for SDK 3 device projects to output TLV data over CAN
- NEW xWRL6432 Power Switching Modes
- Demonstrates a technique to reduce power consumption by switching between high performance and low power configurations.
- Surface Classification
- Support added for IWRL6432
- Small Obstacle Detection
- Support added for IWRL6432
- AWRL6432 Intruder Detection Demo
- Updated to support SDK 5.3
- AWRL6432 Truckbed Radar Demo
- Updated to support SDK 5.3
Reference Designs
- NEW IWRL6432 FCCSP Reference Design
- Thin antenna reference design with IWRL6432
- Design files included
Tools
- NEW Config Helper Utility
- Visual Studio Code extension for configuration files
- Supports .cfg files for SDK 3.x & SDK 5.x
- Industrial Visualizer
- Added support measureRangeBiasAndRxChanPhase CLI command
- Added support for cylindrical shaped zones for xWRL6432 Presence and Motion Detection
- Added support for Surface Classification with IWRL6432
- Added support for Small Obstacle Detection with IWRL6432
Experiments
- NEW Drone Obstacle Detection
- Showcases the capabilities of TI mmWave radar in detecting common obstacles of a drone
Bug Fixes
- Gesture Recognition (IWRL6432)
- Fixed a bug where rebuilding the code in CCS caused gestures to no longer be detected
Version 1.20.00.x
Released July 2023
New and Updated Features
Examples
- NEW Level Sensing
- Level sensing implementation for IWRL6432/IWRL1432
- NEW Surface Classification
- Compatible with IWR6843
- Device runs a trained machine learning model to classify a surface as grass/not grass
- Demo works with mmWave Industrial Visualizer to show model outputs
- NEW Kick to Open
- Demonstrates the use of TI AWRL1432 mmWave sensors for a kick-to-open system to allow for hands-free access to the trunk of a vehicle.
- NEW Enabling Low Power Modes for xWR6843
- Walks through the necessary steps to utilize low power modes on the xWR6843
- NEW mmWave Demo
- Out-of-Box demo for xWRL1432
- NEW Non-Os AWR2944
- Non-Os Out-of-Box example for AWR2944
- Out-of-Box Demo
- AWR2944 Out-of-Box demo updated to support SDK 4.4.1.2
- Medium Range Radar
- Updated to support SDK 3.6
- Short Range Radar
- Updated to support SDK 3.6
- High-End Corner-Radar
- Updated to support SDK 4.4.1.x
- ROS Driver
- Support added for ROS 2
- Support added for xWRL6432 Presence and Motion Detection demo
Tools
- NEW ADC Data Capture Tool
- GUI tool that uses the OOB and CLI commands to output and capture ADC data
- Supports xWR6843 and xWRL6432
- NEW KTO Visualizer
- Enables visualization of output data from Kick to Open
- Industrial Visualizer
- Added support for xWRLx432 Level Sensing examples
- Added support for Surface Classification example
Experiments
- Fall Detection
- Updated to use new height detection logic for improved fall detection
Bug Fixes
- Gesture Recognition
- Fixed a bug in the IWRL6432 Gesture Recognition demo which caused the project fail to build after importing to CCS.
- Presence and Motion Detection
- Fixed a bug in the Presence and Motion Detection demo .projectspec file which caused failure when importing to CCS
Version 1.10.00.x
Released May 2023
New and Updated Features
Examples
- NEW Tracking Demo
- Demonstrates the use of TI IWRL6432 sensor module to track moving and stationary people
- Wall-mount position
- NEW Classification Demo
- Demonstrates the use of TI IWRL6432 sensor module to classify moving objects as human or non-human
- Wall-mount position
- NEW Gesture Recognition
- Demonstrates the use of TI IWRL6432 sensor module for gesture recognition applications
- Detects 6 gestures at a range of 2m
- NEW Enabling 57GHz Output
- Fundamental example showing how to enable 57-61GHz transmission on the IWR6843 and IWR6843AOP
- People Tracking
- Added ability to modulate the CFAR threshold based on range and angle
- AWR6843 CPD with Classification
- Modified the AWR6843 CPD w classification demo to improve 3-row coverage
- AWRL6432 Intruder Detection Demo
- Updated configuration files to support SDK 5.2
- AWRL6432 Life Presence Detection Demo
- Updated configuration files to support SDK 5.2
- AWRL6432 Truckbed Radar Demo
- Updated configuration files to support SDK 5.2
Tools
- Industrial Visualizer
- Added support for Gesture Recognition demos (Gesture with Machine Learning & IWRL6432 Gesture Recognition)
- Added pointsBounds configuration to filter out points that are outside of the defined boundary
Experiments
- NEW People Detection in Elevators
- Showcases the capabilities of the IWR6843 mmWave Sensor in doing people detection and tracking in an elevator
Documentation
- NEW Migration Guide
- xWR6843 to xWRL6432 Migration
- Lists the details to help users who are familiar with first-generation radar devices ramp up quickly on the new low-power devices
Bug Fixes
- Overhead 3D People Tracking
- Fixed bug causing incorrect azimuth rotation information
Packaging Updates
- Renamed People_Counting Demos to People_Tracking in order to better reflect their functionality
Version 1.00.01.x
Released March 2023
New and Updated Features
Examples
- NEW Truck Bed Radar Demo
- Demonstrates the use of TI AWRL6432 mmWave sensors for a truckbed radar system that is capable of continuously monitoring a truckbed as well as its immediate perimeter
- Includes matlab visualizer
- Small Obstacle Demo
- Added support for xWR6843AOPEVM
- Added tracker to cluster points into objects
- Changed detection change to use Capon Beamforming chain
- Added persistent point cloud, which feeds multiple frames of points into the clustering/tracking algorithm for more accurate detection of tracks
- Video Doorbell Demo
- Added group tracking algorithm implementation to the visualizer to enable clustering of points
- High End Corner Radar Demo
- Updated SDK versions
- Improved datapath processing chain performance
- Supports frame rate up to 20fps
- New chirp configuration
- Smoother GUI plotting
- Added CCS project
Tools
- Industrial Visualizer
- Added history file to remember last used settings
- Added ability to log incoming data
Bug Fixes
- All Examples
- Removed prebuild steps which could cause issue where DSS image is deleted in process of building MSS image
- Incabin CPD with Classification Demo
- Fixed issue where project would fail to build due to incorrect paths
- Industrial Visualizer
- Fixed issue where point cloud could crash on demos which use tracker
- Added more clear error messages
Version 1.00.00.x
Released December 2022
Initial release, containing content from the mmWave Industrial Toolbox, mmWave Automotive Toolbox, and mmWave Platform Toolbox into one convenient package, along with new content.