mmWave Radar · Embedded Integration · System Validation

TI mmWave 3D People Tracking Visualizer

IWR6843 configuration, C674x DSS, and dual-UART integration for 3D people tracking, with hardware and Visualizer screens.

Hardware, runtime screens, and configuration records

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TI mmWave 3D Tracking

IWR6843 · DSS, UART, Visualizer

Tracking screens Configuration and files

Problem

The task was to trace how configuration values propagate to 3D tracking output across radar algorithms, a DSP build, serial links, and a GUI.

Architecture

IWR6843 sensor → range/Doppler processing with 2D Capon/MVDR and CFAR → DSS/MSS shared memory and mailbox → dual UART → Visualizer.

Hardware and Software

IWR6843ISK
IWR6843AOP
TI Radar Toolbox
Code Composer Studio
C674x DSP
SYS/BIOS
UART

Data Flow

Radar chirps → range, Doppler, and angle processing → dynamic/static CFAR → point cloud and target list → serial packet → 3D display.

Methodology

Separated the EVM control and data COM ports
Tuned sensor position, boundaries, and detection parameters for the test space
Compared tracking frames at different times and across Visualizer views

Results

Observed the 3D target-tracking flow in an 18.17-second run
Captured point-cloud, tracking-box, and range-profile views
Organized system-level checks spanning hardware, configuration, DSP, and GUI

Architecture and result views

People-tracking screen with a target ID and 3D bounding box — 3D People Tracking output with target ID and position updates over time

Sensor and detection settings in TI mmWave Demo Visualizer — Configuration view used to inspect the radar profile and detection parameters

Industrial Visualizer showing a tracking region with respiration and heart-rate displays — Industrial Visualizer tracking region with respiration and heart-rate displays

What I worked on

Adjusted sensor height, direction, FOV, range, and thresholds
Checked the 115200-bps CLI and 921600-bps data UART paths
Compared point-cloud, tracking-box, range-profile, and vital-sign views

Code and results

Photographs of the IWR6843ISK-family EVM setup
3D People Tracking frames and Visualizer configuration screens
C674x DSS/SYS/BIOS build artifacts and an IWR6843AOP target configuration

Design scope and next steps

Software base: TI Radar Toolbox and SDK examples. Scope: configuration, DSS build structure, communication, and GUI. MSS artifact: binary. Vital-sign view: functional display.

Project resources

Repository

The IWR6843 setup uses sensor height, orientation, FOV, range, and threshold settings matched to the room. C674x DSS processing and DSS–MSS transfer feed the 115200-bps CLI and 921600-bps data UART paths, ending in 3D point-cloud and target-tracking views.

Software base: TI Radar Toolbox and SDK examples. Archived artifacts: DSS build records, MSS binary, and Visualizer screens.