SiRad MIMO r2
1 Quick Start
2 Requirements & First Steps
2.1 System Requirements
Minimum:
- Microsoft Windows 10 (coming to end of life) OR Microsoft Windows 11 (supported)
- 1x Ethernet port (100 Mbps) - for data transfer
- 1x USB port - for a virtual serial port connection
- Power supply 5V, ≥ 2.4A recommended (5V barrel jack power supply provided in the kit)
Recommended:
- Either the STLINK-V3MINI (obsolete) or the STLINK-V3MINIE debugging and programming probe.
2.2 Recommended Software
- Realterm V2.0.0.70 [1]
3 Hardware
The platform consists of two stacked boards, a universal baseband board, and an interchangeable Radar Frontend (RFE) board with a radar transceiver chip. The baseboard performs radar signals digitalization, processing, and transferring to a host computer (PC). Changing the RFE board allows the use of radar configurations with different frequency bands, antenna configurations, etc.
- Product Sheet: SiRad MIMO r2 Base Board
- SiRad MIMO r2 Radar Front End (RFE) Board T2R4ˍ024ˍ020
- Schematics
3.1 Data Connection via USB Cable (USB Mode)
The command interface operates via USB interface. Connection the board to a Windows-based host PC creates a virtual serial port. It supports any baudrate 8-N-1 mode. A terminal program has to be set up to transmit CR+LF at the end of a line.
3.2 Data Interface (Ethernet)
Data transmission is performed via Ethernet using UDP. The current implementation uses static IP configuration. By default, the baseboard has IP address 192.168.0.5 and it sends UDP data stream to the address 192.168.0.1, port 5001. Both addresses may be changed via the command interface. But the baseboard keeps setting till reset or power down/up cycle.
The network stack supports ping functionality which may be used for diagnostics.
In case of using the kit with Windows OS, attention should be paid to the firewall settings. For example, native Windows firewall drops incoming UDP packets by default. Please see
4 Software/Firmware
Please see available firmware in our Download Area:
For User Guide and Protocol description:
4.1 SiRad GUI
4.2 Terminal Program
Terminal program is only required if you want to check the UART communication channel manually outside of the SiRad Gui application. The UART communication protocol requires <CRLF> line ending to be sent.
4.3 Firmware Update
If you have any question about how to update and flash firmware please see the below link:
