Customize your TI mmWave Radar

Looking to customize your TI mmWave Radar? You’re in the right place.

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Where many companies offer off-the-shelf products, Plextek specialises in developing custom technology without compromise.

We can tailor the xWR6843 beyond its standard capabilities to meet your specific requirements.

Tailored solutions

We specialise in developing mmWave radar modules. We work with our customers to tailor solutions to your specific needs by configuring the various hardware and firmware components of our radar modules to meet your unique sets of requirements.

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The process

This process begins with conversations to learn more about the application and use cases, then progresses into configuration and design and ultimately results in us providing small numbers of unique radar modules for testing.

If you are interested in producing larger numbers of unique radar modules, we can make these available through licensing agreements. This approach lets us focus on the development and design and lets you control the manufacturing process.

Ongoing partnership

We support our customers through their test and integration processes to meet both their current and future challenges.

Tell us what’s important; we’ll engineer the solution.

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Our award winning mmWave radar technology improves the safety and efficiency of businesses operating across multiple industries

What customisation do you need?

We build the perfect custom solution for your application – without compromise.

Choose the options important to you:

Accuracy
  • How accurate do your measurements need to be?

For example, do you need to know the range to an object to the centimetre level or is a few meters sufficient? Similarly, do you just need to know if something is moving, or do you need to determine if someone is walking versus running?

Field of View
  • What field of view do you need your radar to cover?

Do you need to cover a large volume like a flood light would or look along a narrow path like a telescope would? Are you interested in only horizontal measurements or is measuring vertically important as well?

Processing
  • What processing complexity do you need for your data?

Are you making basic measurements at a low rate, or do you need to process lots of data in a short period of time? Our radar modules produce rich datasets that can enable further processing, if that is what is needed.

Sensitivity
  • What types of objects and at what ranges do you need to detect?

Do you only need to detect objects out to a few meters, or to hundreds of meters?

Connectivity
  • Where do you need your radar information to go?

Do you want to integrate your radar into a larger system like a robot or a drone? Or, will your radar feed into a broader network?

Ground

For partners who are developing autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), we optimised the radar module for short range detection (10s of meters) with very fine range resolution (4 cm). We also increased the update rate to monitor complex environments from a moving platform. Finally, we developed interference mitigation techniques to enable dozens of AMRs to operate simultaneously within close proximity.

Air

For partners placing low-SWaP sensors on drones, we configured a radar module to point downwards, use 1-m range resolution and operate over 150 m range. This radar performed terrain referenced navigation to help the drone maintain awareness of its position to within 10 m even after losing GPS data. The radar module was also able to characterise the types of vegetation and terrain gradients below the drone.

Space

For partners needing a low-SWaP radar for rendezvous and proximity operations, we configured a radar module to detect a satellite at hundreds of meters and vary its range resolution as it approached the satellite. We can also reconfigure the antenna to meet the customer’s field of view requirements.

A TI-T60 comparison

Plextek has taken TI’s xWR6843 and improved multiple capabilities.

One of our mmWave Radar modules displayed in the palm of a hand showcasing it's low-SWaP
  • Antenna upgrades
    • Uses the full 4 GHz BW
    • Offers different FOVs (both 2D and 3D)
    • Can provide high gain, wide beamwidth
    • Can provide higher gain, narrow beamwidth
    • Improves resolution out to further ranges
  • MIMO reconfiguration using all three transmitters simultaneously
    • Provides longer range detection
    • Can operate at higher update rates
  • Increased detection ranges
    • Plextek can build new PLX-T60 variants with higher power amplifiers on transmit and improved low noise amplifiers for receive.
    • These improvements can more than double the detection range beyond the current PLX-T60s.

Why choose Plextek?

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Tailored solutions

Understanding that one size does not fit all, the PLX-T60 is designed with flexibility at its core. Around 80% of the development is pre-configured, leaving room for that crucial 20% customization based on your needs. This approach ensures that you receive a solution that is both advanced and perfectly aligned with your application requirements.

Our expertise spans mmWave radar, signal processing, sensing, and more, developed through diverse sectors and applications. This wealth of knowledge and insights offers valuable resources for your business.

The technology edge

Build your solution on a reliable and proven base. Using solid-state technology, renowned for its consistent dependability, our platform offers a highly valuable advantage in your application where reliability is crucial.

How we work

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How can Plextek configure the right mmWave radar for you?