Acconeer XC112 User manual

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
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Getting Started Guide
Acconeer XC112-XR112
Radar Sensor Evaluation Kit
Apr 2021

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
© 2021 by Acconeer
This is an installation quick guide for the Acconeer XC112-XR112 Radar
Sensor Evaluation Kit (EVK). For a hands-oninstruction video, please visit
https://youtu.be/0uKrm_RAV_c.
Installation guide
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To complete a successful installation of Acconeer EVK, the following HW
components will be required:
Preparing the HW Installation
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Connector Board Raspberry Pi3*
Radar Sensor Board
* Not provided by Acconeer except flex cable
** Raspberry Pi original Power Supply is recommended
Additionally*:
•SD Card
•SD Card Holder
•USB Keyboard
•USB Mouse
•Flex Cable, 1 per XR112
•Power Supply for Raspberry Pi**
•Monitor with HDMI cable
XC112 ++

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The following applications will be required to complete an installation. Also,
they will be very useful when working with the Radar Sensor EVK. Please
download and install:
•Acconeer SW for EVK: Available from http://developer.acconeer.com
For all users (Windows, Linux, IOS)
•Raspbian OS: Available from www.raspberrypi.org
•Etcher: Available from www.etcher.io for flashing the Raspbian OS
For Windows users (Linux/IOS users use SSH and SCP)
•PuTTY: Available from www.putty.org used for connecting to the Raspberry Pi
•WinSCP: Available from www.winscp.net used for transferring files to Raspberry Pi
Preparing the SW installation
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•Connect the XR112 Radar Sensor
Board to the XC112 Connector Board
using the provided flex cable.
•Connect the Raspberry Pi3 to the
XC112 Connector Board.
•Also, connect mouse and keyboard in
the same way as on previous page.
Assemble the HW XC112/XR112
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Four XR112
connected to XC112
Flex Cable
USB Mouse
USB Keyboard
Monitor

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1. Insert the SD-Card in the PC. When prompted to format the card, please ignore/cancel.
2. Open Etcher.
3. Drag the Raspbian flash image, zipped, to Etcher.
4. Make sure the SD card is the selected destination.
5. Click flash. Flashing will begin and take a few minutes. When flashing is done, Etcher can be closed.
Installing the Raspbian
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Drag to
here!
Select SD
Card
(should be
preselected)
Click
flash!
Depending on the security settings in Windows, you may need to click Yes in the confirmation popup to
grant permission for the flashing process.

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1. Pull the SD card from the PC.
2. Insert into the Raspberry Pi.
3. Plug in the monitor, using the HDMI cable.
4. Plug in the power supply to the Raspberry Pi.
5. Boot of the Raspberry Pi will initiate automatically.
Installing Raspbian, cont.
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Installing Raspbian, cont.
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•Once booting is complete, you can start up
the Raspberry Pi Terminal Window.
•On the prompt, type sudo raspi-config. The
configuration menu will appear.
•From the menu, choose #4 Localization
options.
•From the next menu choose #2 Change Time
zone.
•Set the appropriate Time zone.

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•Go to #5 Interfacing options.
•Enable the following interfaces:
•P2 SSH
•P4 SPI
•P5 I2C
•When done, click <finish> to close the
config menu.
Installing Raspbian, cont.
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•Make sure your PC and Raspberry Pi is
connected to wifi. If that is not an option, use
an Ethernet cable to connect your PC to the
Raspberry Pi.
•To make sure that you are using the latest
version of Raspbian, type sudo apt-get update.
This command will present the latest update.
•Type sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to start the
upgrade and confirm, when prompted, with a Y.
Installing Raspbian, cont.
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Installing Raspbian, cont.
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•Once the command prompt appears, the installation is
complete.
•To reboot the Raspberry Pi, type sudo reboot in the
console.
•Once the reboot has been done, open the terminal window
again. Now we need to find the Raspberry Pi IP adress.
•Type ifconfig wlan0 - the IP adress will appear in the terminal
window.
•If you do not use a wifi but have your raspberry connected by
means of an Ethernet cable, type ifconfig eth0.
•In both cases, the Raspberry IP is visible as inet
xxx.xx.x.xxx

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•sudo apt install libgpiod2
•sudo nano /boot/config.txt
•Add the line: dtoverlay=spi0-1cs,cs0_pin=8
•Close the document
•Reboot
Installing Raspbian, cont.
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•If everything is completed up to
this point, you could disconnect
both mouse and keyboard, as
you now can control the setup
remotely.
•Now let us continue by installing
the Acconeer SW.
Installing Raspbian, cont.
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USB Mouse
USB Keyboard
Monitor

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•Open up WinSCP.
•For Host name, enter the IP address
retrieved from the Raspberry Pi.
•The Port should remain as default: 22
•Username and password are by
default:
•Username: pi
•Password: raspberry
•Click Login.
•If you receive a Warning, simply click
Yes or Update.
Installing the EVK SW
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•Once logged in, you can see
your local PC to the left and
the Raspberry to the right.
•Locate the Acconeer SW zip
on your local computer.
•Drag the file to the raspberry
and release it in the
/home/pi/ folder, as shown
in the picture.
Installing the EVK Software
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•Now open PuTTY.
•Enter the same IP address as previously and
click Open.
•If prompted by a Warning, click Yes.
Installing the EVK Software
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•A terminal window opens and you can
login with the user name pi and password
raspberry.
•The command ls will give you a list of all
files/folders in the root of the raspberry.
•To unzip the Acconeer SW, type: unzip
[filename]
•Once unzipped, you can enter the SW
directory by using: cd rpi_xc112
Installation the EVK Software
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•From within the directory, you can activate different services.
•The illustration below shows activation of the distance detector:
./out/example_detector_distance
Installation the EVK Software
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•The picture to the right shows how
to start the envelope:
./out/example_service_envelope
Installation EVK SW
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Acconeer has developed a tool that
let the user view the data from our
service and detectors.
The tool can be downloaded from:
https://github.com/acconeer/acco
neer-python-exploration
There you will also find an
Installation guide and support.
Exploration Tool
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