mmWave Solution bridges Hardware & Software World together with Simplicity

Joybien Batman BM502 mmWave EVM Kit is a Texas Instruments (TI) IWR6843AOP ASIC based millimeter-wave (mmWave) Kit with Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar technology capable of operation in the 60GHz to 64GHz band with up to 4 GHz continuous chirp, using 3 Transmission Antennas and 4 Receiving Antennas, for sensing target object’s range, velocity, and angle parameters.

Batman BM502 mmWave EVM Kit consists of an extremely light and compact mmWave Module (with approx. 1/3 of the size of the previous Batman series mmWave Module; along with low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate, and lighting condition independent versatilities), a Module Carrier Board that brings user experience and hardware integration flexibilities, and a Pi-Hat-Board for simple and direct connectivity to a Raspberry Pi or NVIDIA Jetson Nano computer; suitable for various applications including: Education, Engineering, Science, Industrial, Medical, and Business & Consumer.


Applications

  • Education’s Practical Radar Introduction
  • Engineering & Science’s Motion Detection, Displacement, etc.
  • Industrial sensor for Displacement & Safe Guard, Factory Automation, Robotics, etc.
  • Building Automation sensor for Occupancy Detection, Proximity & Position sensing, People Counting, People Density, Security and Surveillance,
  • Healthcare’s Vital Signs Detection, People Fall Detection, etc.
  • Business’ Traffic Monitoring, and Proximity Advertisement
  • Consumer’s Gesture Recognition, Obstacle Avoidance, etc.

Fall Detection Sensing (FDS)

For wireless sensing of people-fall-detection along with people movement & tracking in 3-Dimensional region covering 6m x 6m area without privacy invasion. The sensed people behavior data are with Position X/Y/Z, Velocity X/Y/Z, and Acceleration X/Y/Z parameters suitable for people movement analysis such as standing, sitting, lying down or falling down positions.


Features

Operating Frequency
  • 60GHz to 64GHz Coverage
    with 4GHz continuous bandwidth
Antenna
  • 4 receive(RX) 3 transmit (TX) antenna with 120° azimuth field of view (FoV) and 120° elevation FoV
    • Processors
  • ARM R4F Microcontroller for Object Detection, and Interface Control
    • On-Chip Memory
    • 1.75MB
    Internal Memories
    • ECC
    Input Power
    • 5VDC, 1.5A


    Specifications mmWave Sensor Evaluation Module

    mmWave ASIC
    • TI IWR6843AOP Single Chip mmWave Sensor


    FMCW Transceiver

    • Integrated PLL, Transmitter, Receiver, Baseband, and A2D
    • 60GHz to 64GHz Coverage With 4GHz Continuous Bandwidth
    • Four Receive Channels
    • Three Transmit Channels
    • Ultra-Accurate Chirp Engine Based on Fractional-N PLL
    • TX Power: 15 dBm
    • RX Noise Figure: 9 dB
    • Phase Noise at 1 MHz: –92 dBc/Hz
    • Antenna Type : Antenna On Package(AOP)
    Built-in Calibration and Self-Test (Monitoring)
  • ARM® Cortex® -R4F-Based Radio Control System
  • Built-in Firmware (ROM)
  • Self-calibrating System Across Frequency and Temperature
    • DSP
    • C674x DSP for Advanced Signal Processing
    On-Chip Memory
    • 1.75MB
    MCU
    • ARM R4F Microcontroller for Object Detection, and Interface Control
    • Joybien mmWave Protocol (Per configuration)
    I/O
    • UART x 2
    • GPIO x 2(GPIO_31,GPIO_32)
    • I2C x 1
    Power Management
    • Built-in LDO Network for Enhanced PSRR
    • I/Os Support Dual Voltage 3.3 V
    Clock Source
    • 40MHz
    Antenna Orientation
    • 4 receive(RX) 3 transmit (TX) antenna with 108° azimuth field of view (FoV) and 44° elevation FoV
    Input Power
    • 5VDC, 1.5A source
    Operating Temperature
    & Humidity
    • 0° to 40° degree Celsius
    • 10 ~ 85% Non-Condensing
    Dimensions & Weight
    • 37mm x 16mm x 2.4mm ; 3 grams net

     

    Raspberry Pi-Hat Board /Jetson Nano carrier board

    Connector
    • Matching mmWave Module Female Connector
    • Matching Raspberry Pi GPIO Female Connector
    Operating Temperature
    Operating Humidity
  • 0° to 40° degree Celsius
  • 10 ~ 85% Non-Condensing
    • Dimensions & Weight
  • 65mm x 30mm x 19mm
  • 21 grams


    • Appendix: Joybien mmWave EVM Kit Application Solution Selection

    (BM502-FDS)
    Fall Detection Sensing
    		For wireless sensing of people-fall-detection along with people movement & tracking in 3-Dimensional region covering 6m x 6m area without privacy invasion. The sensed people behavior data are with Position X/Y/Z, Velocity X/Y/Z, and Acceleration X/Y/Z parameters suitable for people movement analysis such as standing, sitting, lying down or falling down positions.
    (BM502-PCT)
    People Counting Tilt-Sensing
    		For mmWave wireless People Counting Tilt-Sensing in 4.5 x 4.5m x 3m region, for various applications that require people sensing, people fall detection, people counting, or people occupancy density estimation without privacy invasion.
    (BM502-VSD)
    Vital Signs Detection
    		For a contactless and wearableless human Vital Signs Detection (VSD) with real-time Heartbeat Rate & Respiration Rate data, for range of 30cm ~ 90cm (about 1~3 feet); along with Status Indicator for sensing the presence of a person, as well as the measurement stability, and whether the person is present but without Vital Signs.

    (BM502-POS)
    People-Counting Overhead Sensor

    		BM502-POS People-Counting Overhead Sensor mmWave EVM Kit operating along with a MacBook Pro running Python Code, that detects People movements in approx. 6m x 6m x 3m region with Tracking Data shown on screen.
    (BM502-PC3)
    People Counting & Detection
    		For a wireless People Counting & Detection in 6 x 6 meter or 36 square meter area (or about 387.5 square feet), for various applications that require people sensing, people counting, or people occupancy density estimation without privacy invasion.