Acconeer have extended support for STM32L476 (ST-Micro) and STMCubeIDE.
Any MCU based on ARM CM0, CM4 and CM7 can be used by downloading the corresponding SDK and by implementing the HAL layer as described in the HAL SW Integration User Guide.
FAQ Category: SW
How do I access the A111 registers via SPI?
Accessing A111 registers via the SPI interface is not supported. The main reason is that to make changes to the registers, one must have knowledge about proprietary design details which are confidential. The performance of the sensor also depends on nontrivial calibration and signal processing software that is included in the software libraries.
The sensor is controlled using the Software API “Radar Services” and all settings are done using this API. A description of how to change the settings as well as a description of the radar data provided by the different services is documented in the user guides that are available on the Acconeer webpage.
Do I need proprietary software to make a build?
No, you can use open source software such as gdb and openocd.
Why do I get a strong reflection close to 0 mm all the time?
This is the direct leakage caused by TX leaking over to RX directly without bouncing on a real object. Increasing the start range solves the problem.
How to measure full range range up to 2 m?
QUESTION: Test result after S/W Compile shows reaching distance no further than 40cm. It is normal or do we expet to see up to 2m?
ANSWER: This is as expected, the test program you are running is probably set to measure up to 40cm. To make other measurements you include other input parameters in the Distancestrongest API. For guidance please look at API user manual, found in doc/html,with index file, when extracting SW zip file to a new directory.