Distance between antennas for PDoA

I originally calculated the distance between 0.45 times the wavelength of UWB channel 5 to be 22.769mm, but I later discovered that the correct value is 20.788mm. This can be calculated using the formula (299792458 / 6489.6 * 10^6) * 100 * 10 * 0.45. I realize now that I may have made an error in my initial calculation, perhaps due to fatigue. Can you confirm if my new calculation is correct?

Also, I made the pcb and it is quite off, if I want to use PDoA gui, do I have to rewrite some of the code like get getDlist?

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I mean Can anyone confirm my calculation, it was a typo.

Also, I conducted tests on UWB channel 9 and found that it yielded better results, albeit with occasional frame drops. If I decide to use a channel 9 configuration, the calculated distance between 0.45 times its wavelength can be determined using the formula (299792458 / 7987.2 * 10^6) * 100 * 10 * 0.45, which gives a value of 16.89035mm. Could someone please verify that my new calculation is accurate?

Hi @wlph17
for the CH9 we have successfully used cca 16.75mm so your calculation is correct.

Cheers
JK

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Thank you so much for your help

Hi wlph17,
thanks for asking this question.
Have you success to use antenna distance under channel 9, 16.75mm?
Should I change the following variable or any other variables in the code accordingly if change the channel from 9 to 5 and use customer designed antenna distance?

The results are better, I am not using STM32, I was using SDK_CLI to do the testing and I did not change much settings.

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@wlph17
Thanks for your sharing !!