Texas Instruments (TI) today announced that its highly integrated ultra-wideband AWR1642 and IWR1642 millimeter wave sensors are in volume production. Both sensors support up to three times the precision sensing and minimum footprint at 76 GHz to 81 GHz, which is only a small part of the competitive edge of its sensor technology. Thousands of customers use TI's millimeter-wave sensors to innovate and develop new automotive and industrial products, such as vehicle number detection, building demographics and human-computer interaction.
TI millimeter wave sensor helps develop smart cars
Vehicle engineers around the world have developed new advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) applications such as long-wave, medium-wave and short-wave radars using TI's millimeter-wave radar sensors, which make vehicles smarter and safer. The car that uses this sensor for the first time will be on the road at the end of 2018. In addition to advanced driver assistance systems, engineers use the AWR1642 sensor certified for use in cars to measure the remaining space and obstacles around the door and body, vehicle load, intrusion alarms, and smarter automated parking.
In addition to providing the industry's only publicly available CMOS single-chip sensor, TI also offers a common software development kit (SDK) and design resources to help shorten the development cycle. For example, in the use of the AWR1642 sensor to detect the number of people in the car, the vehicle number situation detection reference design provides a system level overview and software application examples.
TI Millimeter Wave Sensors Help Transform Industrial Applications In addition to the automotive industry, engineers from different sensor markets are rapidly developing innovations. As new applications of TI's millimeter-wave technology continue to emerge, customers can use these sensors to create smarter, more efficient cities, buildings and equipment. Supported by its small form factor, high resolution and rich design resources, the IWR1642 sensor is designed to help engineers quickly realize an intelligent world. E.g:
· To improve the level of building automation, developers can refer to the personnel tracking and counting reference design using millimeter wave radar sensors. By collecting data on different ranges, speeds, and angles to monitor the magnitude of pedestrian motion, developers can design more intelligent building systems, including HVAC, lighting, and elevators.
· In smart cities, developers can refer to the traffic monitoring object detection and tracking reference design using millimeter wave radar sensors, and the operation of vehicles and equipment on the road, factory or farm through intelligent transportation systems equipped with sensors. Tracking, simplifying everything from parking meters, traffic lights to agricultural equipment, construction equipment and accident management.
· Developers can install millimeter-wave sensors on equipment in the production line to help sense and avoid obstacles; or detect and recognize gestures by collecting data from different ranges, speeds and angles for human-computer interaction.
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