BM201-PC3

mmWave People Counting & Detection (PC3)

mmWave Sensor Evaluation Solution

mmWave Radar

mmWave Solution bridges Hardware & Software World together with Simplicity

Joybien Batman BM201 mmWave EVM Kit is a Texas Instruments (TI) IWR6843 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 BM201 mmWave EVM Kit is with a small and compact mmWave Module (with low-power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate, and lighting condition independent versatilities), along with 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, Security and Surveillance
  • Business’ Traffic Monitoring, and Proximity Advertisement

People Counting & Detection (PC3)

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.



Batman BM201 EVM Kit + NVIDIA Jetson Nano / Raspberry Pi

Batman BM201 EVM Kit + NVIDIA Jetson Nano


Batman BM201 EVM Kit + Raspberry Pi




Selection:Key Data Mode or Raw Data Mode Application

 



Features


Operating Frequency
  • 60GHz to 64GHz Coverage
    with 4GHz continuous bandwidth
Antenna
  • 3 Tx and 4 Rx Antennas on Module, with:
    TX Power: 12 dBm
    RX Noise Figure: 12 dB
    Phase Noise at 1 MHz: –93 dBc/Hz
  • Processors
  • ARM R4F based MCU and C674x DSP
    for advanced signal processing
  • On-Chip Memory
    • 1.75MB
    Internal Memories
    • ECC
    Input Power
    • 5Vdc, 2.1A

    Batman BM201-PC3 EVM Kit includes


    Specifications mmWave Sensor Evaluation Module

    mmWave ASIC
    • TI IWR6843 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: 12 dBm
    • RX Noise Figure: 12 dB
    • Phase Noise at 1 MHz: –93 dBc/Hz
    • Antenna Type : ISK Antenna
    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
    • Up to 6 ADC Channels (low sample rate monitoring)
    • Up to 2 SPI Ports
    • Up to 2 UARTs
    • I2C – GPIOs
    Power Management
    • Built-in LDO Network for Enhanced PSRR
    • I/Os Support Dual Voltage 3.3 V/1.8 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
    • 3.3VDC, 2.1A source
    Operating Temperature
    & Humidity
    • 0° to 40° degree Celsius
    • 10 ~ 85% Non-Condensing
    Dimensions & Weight
    • 67mm x 46mm x 2mm ; 15 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
    • Jumpers for Bluetooth Tx/Rx or Raspberry Pi Tx/Rx Selection
    • Jumper for mmWave Raw Data or Key Data Selection


    Bluetooth (optional)

  • Joybien JBT24M Bluetooth Low Energy Module
  • Micro USB Input Power
  • 5VDC, 2.1Amp.
    (Note: Power Adapter and Micro USB Cable NOT included)
  • Operating Temperature
    Operating Humidity
    • 0° to 40° degree Celsius
    • 10 ~ 85% Non-Condensing
    Dimensions & Weight
    • 65.3mm x 56.3mm
    • 23 grams


    Python SDK (Python SDK upon request)



    Python SDK
    • Available on GitHub
      Note: Please refer to README.md file first for proper configuration
    • https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave


    (BM201-VSD)
    Vital Signs Detection
    https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/VSD


    (BM201-PC3)
    People Counting & Detection
    https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/PC3

    (BM201-FDS)
    Fall Detection Sensing

    (BM201-HAM)
    High Accuracy Measurement
    https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/HAM

    (BM201-LPD)
    Long-Range People Detection
    https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/LPD

    (BM201-TMD)
    Traffic Monitoring Detection
    https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/TMD

    (BM201-VOD)
    Vehicle Occupancy Detection
    https://github.com/bigheadG/mmWave/tree/master/VOD

     


    Appendix: Joybien mmWave EVM Kit Application Solution Selection


    (BM201-VOD)
    Zone Occupancy Detection
    For plotting a Range-Azimuth-Heatmap with a 64 x 48 Grid Matrix covering: Range of 3 meter / 64 row (approx. 0.047 meter per row) x Azimuth of 108 degree / 48 column (approx. 2.3 degree /column). Subsequently a programmer may write code to group the Grid(s) into Zone(s) for detecting whether the particular Zone(s) is occupied by Target(s); suitable for vehicle occupancy detection or for occupancy detection for an area of around 3 meter x 3 meter.


    (BM201-LPD)
    Long-Range People Detection

    For a contactless and wearableless Long-Range People Detection (LPD) of 1 meter ~ 50 meters (about 3 ~ 164 feet), for various applications that require people sensing or counting without privacy invasion.

    (BM201-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.

    (BM201-TMD)
    Traffic Monitoring Detection
    For detecting moving objects (such as vehicles) in 5m ~ 50m with FOV of approx. +/- 54 degrees with Position X&Y, Velocity X&Y info. And based on the detected data, a programmer may write a program to define virtual Zones, for mapping objects (vehicles) moving in and out of certain Zones for traffic monitoring applications.

    (BM201-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.

    (BM201-HAM)
    High Accuracy Measurement
    For a wireless High Accuracy Measurement (HAM) of an object distance with range of 30cm ~ 3 meters (about 1~10 feet), having millimeter measurement resolution.

    (BM201-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.

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    Note:
    • NVIDIA logo, and Jetson Nano are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation.ducation’s Practical Radar Introduction
    • Raspberry Pi logo and Raspberry Pi 4 are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Raspberry Pi Foundation.
    • "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 BM201 commercial application for mass production.