Now OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers have greater access to affordable and reliable imaging radar sensor technology. The production-ready, entry-level 4D imaging radar, developed by NXP and sinPro, is a solid proof of the technology.
Radar plays a critical role in the safety of modern vehicles. Over the past few years, there has been a need in the automotive radar market for entry-level automotive imaging radar solutions with a better balance between performance and cost. While OEMs worldwide could take advantage of such solutions, the demand is significant among emerging electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers in various regions, including China, where electric vehicles are synonymous with smart vehicles.
To address this, NXP offers a dedicated chipset with the 16nm FinFET S32R41 automotive imaging radar processor and the TEF82xx RFCMOS transceiver, in dual-cascading configuration. Taking a step further, NXP collaborated with Tier 1 supplier sinPro, to develop an entry-level imaging radar solution that will enter first OEM production in the second half of 2024.
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Developed using the NXP radar chipset, the cost-efficient, high-performance 4D imaging radar sensor has 48 channels and achieves:
The radar sensor generates high-quality, dense 2k point clouds per frame with very low latency. It integrates further processing for detection, clustering, tracking and classification based on the rich point clouds, all running on the NXP S32R41 automotive imaging radar processor. This solves the true safety pain points of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and advanced driving (AD) use cases, such as:
When camera systems face challenges to timely detect in these cases, the imaging radar sensor takes over, improving road safety and eliminating the corner cases of the underlying higher levels of ADAS / AD systems.
The well-achieved cost-performance balance of the entry-level imaging radar solution makes it more accessible to a broader audience. This means faster adoption, allowing more people to benefit from improved road safety. The solution also helps accelerate the penetration of L2+ capable vehicles and paves the way for earlier adoption of L3 and beyond autonomous driving for private passenger vehicles.
The NXP radar chipset is available now. The sinPro imaging radar sensor will be ready for OEM production in the second half of 2024.
The human analog of a Swiss Army knife, David DiCarlo has been by providing hardware systems support for the past 17 years for the i.MX family of applications processors and audio digital signal processors, enabling customers to bring their products to market. Formally schooled as a material scientist (ceramics in particular), he plays an engineer by day and maker/re-maker the rest of the time.