SWRU585 November   2021 IWR6843

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Getting Started
    1. 1.1 Key Features
    2. 1.2 Kit Contents
    3. 1.3 mmWave Out of Box Demo
  3. 2Hardware
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
  4. 3PCB Storage and Handling Recommendations
    1. 3.1 PCB Storage and Handling Recommendations
    2. 3.2 Higher Power Demanding Applications
  5. 4IWR6843LEVM Antenna
    1. 4.1 Transmitter and Receiver Virtual Array
  6. 5Hardware Details
    1. 5.1  Switch Settings
    2. 5.2  LEDs
    3. 5.3  Connectors
    4. 5.4  USB Connector
    5. 5.5  DCA1000 HD Connector
    6. 5.6  MMWAVEICBOOST HD Connector
    7. 5.7  CANFD Connector
    8. 5.8  I2C Connections
    9. 5.9  EEPROM
    10. 5.10 Default I2C Address
    11. 5.11 Modular Mode
    12. 5.12 Flashing the Board
    13. 5.13 DCA1000EVM Mode
    14. 5.14 MMWAVEICBOOST Mode
    15. 5.15 Raw ADC Data Capture Using MMWAVEICBOOST and DCA1000 EVMs
    16. 5.16 Muxing Scheme
  7. 6Software, Development Tools, and Example Code
  8. 7TI E2E Community
  9. 8References

2 Hardware

The IWR6843LEVM includes four receivers and three transmitters wide field of antennas on the FR4 PCB substrate.

The IWR6843 operates at a 4-GHz bandwidth from 60 to 64 GHz. The IWR6843LEVM has an antenna gain of ~5-6 dBi across different antenna pairs.

GUID-20211115-SS0I-QWP9-BS0L-B4ST5S6R4KTP-low.jpg Figure 2-1 IWR6843LEVM Top View
GUID-20211115-SS0I-9CJQ-X7S9-KNV4VZW4LZG0-low.jpg Figure 2-2 IWR6843LEVM Bottom View
GUID-20211109-SS0I-6M3X-5KZB-GVKTHWJDBVKB-low.jpg Figure 2-3 Salient features of EVM (top side)
GUID-20211109-SS0I-TQFN-FZ07-GP6MG9WXCLNG-low.jpg Figure 2-4 Salient features of EVM (bottom side)