DWM3000evb

[Igorenchik]

Hi, friend!
I saw on the forum your answer to a question on DWM3000evb with a link to the github and the codes attached there. Now I tried to use them, but nothing came of it. Could you please help? Perhaps you can do it via video (Skype or something else). But I will be glad, even with a regular message. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Engineer of the German company of unmanned vehicles, Nils Gruhne

[manzik2005]

I have the same problem using this with a ESP32, I can't seem to read the device ID out of the chip. Have you solved the problem ?

[K9714]

I'm sorry for the delayed response. @Igorenchik @manzik2005

I attempted to completely port the library provided by the product vendor to an Arduino version. However, I ultimately failed to achieve the desired communication functionality, leading me to abandon the use of the DW3000. If you need to work with Arduino communication, I recommend using the DW1000 instead.

If using the DW3000 is absolutely necessary, I'll share the method I used with Microchip Studio. With this approach, I was able to implement basic communication.

GitHub: DWM3000 Microchip Studio GitHub

Microchip Studio Installation

1. Install Microchip Studio

• Microchip Studio Installation Page
• Microchip Terminal Extension Installation Page

2. Once the installation is complete, if Arduino IDE is installed (Windows)
   Navigate to the following path: %Appdata%\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17
   Use the avrdude.exe file in the bin folder for code upload purposes.
   The avrdude.conf file in the etc folder is for upload configuration.

3. Add the upload configuration to Microchip Studio:

• Open Microchip Studio.
• Go to Tools > External Tools... from the top menu.
• Set the Title as you wish.
• Set the Command to the path of the avrdude.exe file found above.
• Write the Arguments as follows (keeping the quotation marks ""):
  -C "path to avrdude.conf file" -p atmega328p -c arduino -P UNO port -b 115200 -U flash:w:"$(ProjectDir)Debug\DW3000.hex":i

Make sure to properly input:

• The path to the avrdude.conf file
• The UNO connection port

4. Finally, check the "Use Output Window" option.
   With this setup, you should be able to test communication with the DW3000 in your project.

[manzik2005]

I have fixed the problem, it's apparently some problem with pin configuration with the ESP32. The problem I'm facing now is that I can't print the range with this code, it just returns some gibberish instead of the range