WPG Group launches advanced driver assistance solution based on NXP's 77G millimeter-wave radar

On November 7, 2019, WPG Holdings , a leading semiconductor component distributor dedicated to the Asia-Pacific market , announced that its subsidiary WPI has launched an advanced driver assistance solution based on NXP's (NXP) S32R274 77G mm Wave Radar.

Millimeter wave (mmWave) is a special radar technology that uses short-wavelength electromagnetic waves (operating frequency ranges from 30 to 300 GHz). The electromagnetic wave signal emitted by the radar system is blocked by objects on its transmission path and then reflected. By capturing the reflected signal, the radar system can determine the distance, speed and angle of the object. NXP S32R27 is a 32-bit microcontroller based on Power Architecture, targeting automotive and industrial radar applications. Compared with the previous MPC577X products, the performance-to-power ratio has been improved by more than 4 times. It can handle advanced radar signal processing and merge it with microcontroller functions. It is suitable for general software tasks and docking with automotive buses. It provides unique signal processing acceleration and a powerful multi-core architecture to meet the high-performance computing needs of modern beamforming fast linear frequency modulation radar systems.

The 77GHz radar reference design solution based on NXP S32R274+TEF8102 launched by WPG World Peace can be used for RADAR software development, performance/system evaluation and application demonstration to help developers quickly prototype high-performance automotive radar using NXP technology. Currently, the application scenarios of this solution mainly include Blind Spot Detection, LaneChange Assistance, Parking Assistance, Simple Gesture Recognition, etc. in vehicle-mounted assisted driving.

Figure 1- A display board of WPG World Peace’s advanced driver assistance solution based on NXP’s 77G millimeter-wave radar

MCU Board: Adopts the market-leading radar processor NXP S32R274, with the safe and high-performance radar power management chip FS8410, and integrates a Gigabit line-speed Ethernet MAC module (ENET) for high-speed communication, receiving data sent from the RF Board via MIPI-CSI2. The S32R274 is a dual Power Architecture e200z4 32-bit CPU with a checker core (available in lock-step operation) and integrates the Signal Processing Toolbox (SPT) for high-performance hardware acceleration of RADAR signal processing operations.

RF Board: TEF810X (Dolphin) is a single-chip 77 GHz transceiver that integrates 3 transmit channels and 4 receive channels, a high-fidelity onboard ADC and a MIPI-CSI2 transmission interface that can transmit digitized RADAR signals to the MCU.

Figure 2- Block diagram of WPG’s advanced driver assistance solution based on NXP’s 77G millimeter-wave radar

Core technology advantages

• Automotive hardware design methodology, end-to-end NXP Total Solution:

  
  

• NXP S32R274 Market-Leading Radar Processor

  
  

• NXP TEF8102 RF CMOS Transceiver

  
  

• NXP FS8410 Safe and High-Performance Power Management IC for Radar

  
  

• The software uses NXP's automotive-grade RSDK development kit

  
  

• When developing applications, you can use the dual-color LED light and buzzer as a warning function

  
  

• Significantly shorten customers’ time to market

Solution Specifications

• The hardware consists of MCU Board and RF Board, and the boards are connected by high-speed connectors.

  
  

• Three-channel short-range transmitting antenna Tx1/Tx2/Tx3 (supporting MIMO)

  
  

• Beam width (3dB) - 80° in azimuth (same for Tx1~Tx3 and Rx1~Rx4)

  
  

• Beam width (3dB) - 12° in elevation (same for Tx1~Tx3 and Rx1~Rx4)

  
  

• Antenna gain 13dBi° (same for Tx1~Tx3 and Rx1~Rx4)

  
  

• Four-channel receiving antenna Rx1~Rx4

  
  

• Communication interface: 1×Gigabit Ethernet, 1×CAN

  
  

• USB-ML Universal all-in-one development and debugging interface

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About WPG Holdings:

WPG Holdings is the world's largest semiconductor component distributor in the Asia-Pacific region. Headquartered in Taipei, it owns World Peace , Pinjia , Quanta Semiconductor and Youshang , with approximately 5,000 employees, more than 250 product suppliers, and approximately 103 distribution locations worldwide. Its sales in 2018 reached US$18.07 billion. (*Market ranking based on data released by Gartner)

WPG Holdings has created an industry holding platform, continuously optimized its front-end marketing and logistics support teams, and played the role of a professional partner in the industry supply chain, providing value-added services such as demand creation, turnkey solutions, technical support, warehousing logistics, and e-commerce to meet the needs of different customers such as original equipment manufacturers (OEM), original design manufacturers (ODM), electronic manufacturing service providers (EMS), and small and medium-sized enterprises. With its international operation scale and local flexibility, it has long been deeply involved in the Asia-Pacific market and has won the "Global Distributor Excellence Award" selected by professional media for 18 consecutive years. With the vision of "Industry First Choice and Channel Benchmark", WPG fully implements the core values ​​of "Team, Integrity, Professionalism, and Efficiency" to create a win-win situation for suppliers, customers, and shareholders with professional services.

Facing new manufacturing trends, WPG Holdings is transforming into a data-driven enterprise, leveraging its supply chain management strengths and embracing technology to digitize offline complex businesses and establish an online digital platform, " Dada.com ", focusing on the different needs of large and small customers, providing personalized experiences, and introducing smart logistics services to help customers face the challenges of smart manufacturing together. WPG Holdings starts with good intentions and uses technology to build trust, hoping to "join forces" with the industry to build a large competitive ecosystem, and continue to promote digital transformation with the 16-character mantra of "focusing on customers, empowering technology, collaborating on the ecosystem, and creating an era together".