ScanBrick® W Modular MIMO Radar – User Guide – Document ARE-016631 Issue 7.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Summary 1. System overview and specifications........................................................................................ 4 1.1. Main Features ................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2. Applications ......................................................................................................................
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 1. System overview and specifications Scanbrick® is a compact advanced MIMO RADAR sensor specifically designed for high resolution measurements at short-medium range (up to 100 m). The system mounts a powerful on-board realtime data processing HW that is able to support any data processing task requested by the specific customer application.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 1.3. Available configurations Tab.1 ScanBrick® W configurations Antenna configuration Antennas Azimuth resolution Elevation measurement capability (single target) Range resolution Total range Max pulses per second Target displacement tracking accuracy Data interface Power supply W43 4RX - 3TX 16-32 degs YES 0.05/0.15 m 200 m 200 Appox.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 1.5. Radar Summary 1.5.1. Introduction to ScanBrick® W Radar The ScanBrick® W system is a FMCW MIMO radar which transmit a frequency modulated signal continuously in order to measure range as well as angle and velocity. This differs from traditional pulsed-radar systems, which transmit short pulses periodically. FMCW radars uses short (millimeter) wavelength signals, which enables detection of objects with sub-millimeter accuracy.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 1.5.2. RF specification RF board consists of single-chip FMCW transceiver capable of operation in the 77- to 81-GHz band. It is an ideal solution for low power, self-monitored, ultra-accurate radar systems. It consists of 3TX, 4RX system with built-in PLL and ADC converters. The RF subsystem includes synthesizer, PA, LNA, mixer, IF, and ADC. This subsystem also includes the crystal oscillator and temperature sensors.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 2. Mechanical interface and installation 2.1. Mechanical drawings Fig.1 and Fig.2 depict the lid and the base of the ScanBrick® W case, respectively. Linear dimensions are reported in units of mm. Fig.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.2 ScanBrick® W case – Base view from inside with holes sizes The back panel also provides 4 skew holes for mounting purposes. The relative positions of the holes are provided. They are symmetrical in the case, and their position relative to the power supply and Ethernet should allow the design of the support structure. The holes are threaded M8x1,25. The depth of the threaded hole is approximately 20 mm.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 2.2. Connections and interfaces Fig.3 shows the back side of the ScanBrick® W industrial case. Fig.3 ScanBrick® W back view. Tab.3 summarizes the ScanBrick® W connections specification. Tab.3 ScanBrick® W connections specification Interface Part number (host side) Power Supply, 12 V LEMO LEMO FGG.1K.302.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 2.3. Installation The system installation location is inside a covered metal tank. Please be aware that the ScanBrick® system must be installed within a metallic closed tank which walls thickness shall not be below 2mm. The radiating area shall be mounted towards a dielectric lens to allow Radar measurement to be performed.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 3. Host interface paradigma 3.1. Switching ON ScanBrick® W Every time the ScanBrick® W must be switched ON the procedure described here shall be followed: • Connect the Ethernet cable to ScanBrick® W using the connector as specified in Section 2.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 IP 192.168.1.40 Network Mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.1.1 Date: Sept 2022 Recovery State This state is used to guarantee the system to be always reachable at any stage of its life cycle. The Maintenance task is activated in this state and only maintenance commands (see Section 4.3) can be sent to the system while it is in this state.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 4. Level Metering SW Application Level Metering SW is released as a dynamic-link library, LevelMeterCLI.dll, developed in C++/CLI. The interface of such a library is detailed in ARE-011967. In order to test this library, LeverMeterGUI application (C# developed) has been released. Here below a guide to this application is provided. 4.1.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.5 LevelMeterGUI Setup Folder From the folder, click on setup.exe to start the setup procedure. A dialog will appear, asking to install the .Net Framework 4.5, if not already installed on your PC. Click Install. Once the .Net Framework has been installed, the actual LevelMeterGUI installer will appear (see Fig.6). Click Next for the following three screens, selecting if needed a different destination folder for the software.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.6 LevelMeterGUI Setup Wizard 4.2. Working Mode When opening LevelMeterGUI (for example by clicking on the shortcut created on the Desktop by the installation procedure), the window in Fig.7 will appear.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.7 LevelMeterGUI Main Window Device Selection First thing to do to have the application working is to select a device using the panel in Fig.8. By clicking Get All button, a list of all the radar system on the network will be provided in the dropdown menu labeled as Device IP / MAC. For each device, both the IP and the MAC addresses will be reported.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 to connect with this IP address. If this button is pressed, the Device Connection Panel is updated as in Fig.8. - Press Select MAC button: in this case the Level Metering application will always work with the radar device identified by this MAC address. In case of connection break down, the application will try to reconnect with this MAC address, no matter of the IP which is currently assigned to the device.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.9 Data Folder Device Connection Depending on the selected device, the Connection management panel will appear as in Fig.10 (IP address has been selected) or in Fig.11 (MAC address has been selected). Fig.10 Connection to an IP Address Fig.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 - Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 TryConnect button: by clicking this button, a cycle of period connection attempts is started. Each time the device disconnected, automatically the application will try to reconnect the system. When a connection attempt succeeds the Connection State of the Level Metering application (see Fig.14) becomes CONNECTED, elsewhere it is DISCONNECTED.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 - Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Acquisition Mode: this is a drop-down menu to select the measure type. Available options are: 1D (the system returns just one level measure), 2D (the system returns level measures on a 1D grid) or 3D (the system returns level measures on a 2D grid). - Acquisition Speed: this is a drop-down menu allowing the selection of the rate of the radar acquisition and hence, the frequency of level meter results updates.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 - Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Process Average Window: Set temporal windows length (expressed in seconds) used by the level meter processing to carry out some internal averages. This factor does not affect measure update frequency (i.e. the frequency for the level measure refresh). - Statistics Window: Set the width (expressed in seconds) of the window for statistics purpose.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 State Visualization The State Panel allows to have a complete description of the state of the application: - Connection State: it can be CONNECT (radar is currently connected to the application) or DISCONNECTED (radar disconnected).
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 By clicking on one of the cells of the grid, it is possible to see in the lower panel the time series of the distance measure of the cells (i.e. how this measure change depending on time). Change the number in the Time Interval box to change the number of displayed minutes in the graph. Fig.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 4.3. System Maintenance Clicking the button Maintenance of the panel in Fig.10 or Fig.11, it is possible to access the System Maintenance windows of Fig.17.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.17 LeverMeterGUI Maintenance Window System Connection First thing to do to start a system maintenance session, is to connect the device using the Connect button in Fig.18. Note that in this case, just a single synchronous attempt of connection with the radar is performed. If this attempt fails, it is necessary to retry by clicking the button again. Press Disconnect button to disconnect the system.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 NOTE: when the maintenance windows is closed, the system will be automatically disconnected. Fig.18 System Maintenance Connection Panel Finally, clicking the Get Address button, it is possible to get the MAC address of the selected device (or the IP address if the device has been selected using the MACaddress). Connection Mode Using the panel in Fig.19 it is possible to get the current Connection Mode of the radar (i.e.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.19 Connection Mode Panel System Network Configuration Using the panel in Fig.20 it is possible to read and update the network static configuration of the radar, i.e. IP address, Network mask and Gateway address. This network static configuration is the one used when STATIC_IP mode is set as Connection Mode for the radar. Fig.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.21 Keep Alive Management Panel NOTE: it is necessary to restart the device to have the Keep Alive Period changes to become effective. System Version Panel in Fig.22 allows to read the version (of the FW, FPGA and board) of the radar. Fig.22 System Version Panel System FW Update To update the radar version, it is necessary to access the panel in Fig.23. First, select a FW file provided by the radar producer (a file with ‘.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 Fig.24 FW Update Panel (update in progress) NOTE: as stated by the red label in Fig.24, it is absolutely mandatory NOT to switch off the radar when a transfer operation is in progress. Stop the transfer or wait until it ends before turning off the radar. NOTE: it is necessary to restart the device to have the new updated FW effectively working on the radar.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 5. System certifications 5.1. CE Certification The system ScanBrick® W is in conformity with the essential requirements of the Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) and of the Directive 2015/863/EU (RoHS). 5.2.
ScanBrick® W User Manual Doc: ARE-016631 Issue: 7.2 Date: Sept 2022 L’émetteur/récepteur exempt de licence contenu dans le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes: 1. l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et 2.
