BM501-VSD

mmWave Vital Signs Detection(VSD)

mmWave Sensor Evaluation Solution

 

mmWave Radar

mmWave Solution bridges Hardware & Software World together with Simplicity

Joybien Batman BM501 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 BM501 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

    Vital Signs Detection (BM501-VSD)

    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.




    Batman BM501 EVM Kit + NVIDIA Jetson Nano / Raspberry Pi

    Batman BM501 EVM Kit + NVIDIA Jetson Nano


    Batman BM501 EVM Kit + Raspberry Pi




    Selection：Key Data Mode or Raw Data Mode Application

     



    Features

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    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

    Batman BM501 EVM Kit includes


    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
    • Micro USB Power Connector (Power only)
    • Jumpers for Bluetooth Tx/Rx or Raspberry Pi Tx/Rx Selection


    Bluetooth (optional)
    • Joybien JBT24M Bluetooth Low Energy Module
    Micro USB Input Power
    • 5VDC, 1.5Amp.
      (Note: Power Adapter and Micro USB Cable NOT included)
    Operating Temperature
    Operating Humidity
    • 0° to 40° degree Celsius
    • 10 ~ 85% Non-Condensing
    Dimensions & Weight
    • 60mm x 39mm
    • 21 grams


    Python SDK (Python SDK upon request)


    (BM501-VSD)
    Vital Signs Detection
    		 https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/VSD


    (BM501-POS)
    People-Counting Overhead Sensor

    		 https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/POS

    (BM501-PC3)
    People Counting & Detection
    		 https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/PC3

     


    Appendix: Joybien mmWave EVM Kit Application Solution Selection


    (BM501-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.


    (BM501-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.

    (BM501-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.

     

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    Note:
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    • "Python" is a registered trademark of the PSF.
    • This EVM Kit does not include Raspberry Pi computer, nor NVIDIA Jetson Nano computer.
    • Please contact us at Joybien in advance for BM501 commercial application for mass production.