USER GUIDE REB215-XPRO Extension Board ATMEL CONFIDENTIAL FOR RELEASE ONLY UNDER NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT ® This user guide facilitates how to getting started with the Atmel REB215-XPRO extension board. The extension board is targeted for evaluating the features and performance of the Atmel AT86RF215 radio transceiver.
Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................... 1 1. Getting Started ........................................................................ 3 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. Features .............................................................................. Design Documentation and Related Links .................................. Board Assembly .................................................................... 1.3.1.
1. Getting Started 1.1 Features The REB215 extension board is a template design for the AT86RF215. 1.2 Design Documentation and Related Links 1 The most recent and relevant documents and software for the REB215-Xpro extension board . 1.3 Board Assembly The extension board provides wireless communication to an Xplained PRO board or to your own prototype for software development and hardware verification. 1.3.
2. Performance Analyzer 2.1 Introduction The Performance Analyzer Firmware with the GUI in Atmel Studio Wireless Composer Extension provides basic functional RF tests. A quick start guide and general help is provided in Wireless Composer once started. Program Installation How to install Wireless Composer application, follow the steps: 1 1. Install Atmel Studio . 2. After installing the application, launch Atmel Studio.
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A FT If Xplained Pro board is not pre-programmed - program the board with the Performance Analyzer Firmware available in the "Wireless Performance Analyzer Firmware extension" or from source code provided in ASF by using the EDBG from Atmel studio. D 3. R Restart Atmel Studio, allow help to make changes and the Performance Analyzer GUI is available in the Tools menu.
A FT 2.3 Using the Performance Analyzer To get started. Connect the Wireless board assembly, with the Performance Analyzer FW programmed, to the PC USB connector and power on, a COM port should now be available for the kit. 2. Power on any other wireless node assemblies of similar frequency, running the Performance Analyzer FW, and use it as a reference. 3. Start Performance Analyzer GUI, connect to the kit via the COM port and follow the quick start guide. 2.4 D R 1.
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3. Xplained Pro Xplained Pro is an evaluation platform that provides the complete Atmel microcontroller experience. The platform consists of a series of Microcontroller (MCU) boards and extension boards that are integrated with Atmel Studio, have Atmel Software Framework (ASF) drivers and demo code, support data streaming and more. Xplained Pro MCU boards support a wide range of Xplained Pro extension boards that are connected through a set of standardized headers and connectors.
Name Description 9 IRQ/GPIO Interrupt request line and/or general purpose I/O. 10 SPI_SS_B/GPIO Slave select for SPI and/or general purpose I/O. 11 TWI_SDA Data line for two-wire interface. Always implemented, bus type. 12 TWI_SCL Clock line for two-wire interface. Always implemented, bus type. 13 USART_RX Receiver line of Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous serial Receiver and Transmitter.
4. Hardware User Guide 4.1 Board Overview 4.2 A FT Figure 4-1. Board overview Headers and Connectors The extension board connectors. 4.2.1 J100 Xplained Pro Extension Connector The Xplained Pro extension connectors, used to connect the extension board to the Xplained Pro board. Table 4-1. J100 Xplained Pro Extension Header Name 1 ID 2 GND 3 4 5 Pin Name Description Communication line to the ID chip on the extension board. Ground. ADC(+) ADC(-) GPIO1 LED D2 Yellow for user function.
4.2.2 Pin Name 17 RF215 Description Pin Name SPI_MISO 44 MISO Master in slave out line of Serial peripheral interface. Always implemented, bus type. 18 SPI_SCK 41 SCLK Clock for Serial peripheral interface. Always implemented, bus type. 19 GND Ground. 20 VCC Power for extension board. J104 & J105 J104 and J05 provide to control an external RF analog frontend device, external LNA, PA. Table 4-2. J104 RF215 signal Function 1 FEB24 External Frontend Control for 2.4GHz.
Pin RF215 signal Function 3 TXDN B- (Receive) 4 Ground 5 TXCLKP A+ (Receive) 6 TXCLKN A- (Receive) 7 4.2.4 Ground Current Monitoring (J1) J1 enables current monitoring using an external multimeter. Connect multimeter between J1-1 and J1-2 and measure current used. Warning When not monitoring current the strap need to be inserted in order to provide power to the board. Table 4-7. J1 Current measurement Function J1-1 3.3V pin on the AT86RF215 A FT Pin J1-2 3.3V on extension board 4.
Persistent Memory A persistent memory space is allocated to store product specific information. The persistent memory is organized as follows: Table 5-1.
6. Agency Certifications 6.1 United State (FCC) This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules and regulations. To fulfill FCC Certification requirements, an OEM manufacturer must comply with the following regulations: 1.
Furthermore, the manufacturer must maintain a copy of the modules' documentation and ensure the final product does not exceed the specified power ratings, antenna specifications, and/or installation requirements as specified in the user manual. If any of these specifications are exceeded in the final product, a submission must be made to a notified body for compliance testing to all required standards. Important The 'CE' marking must be affixed to a visible location on the OEM product.
The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) must ensure that the OEM modular transmitter must be labeled with its own FCC ID number. This includes a clearly visible label on the outside of the final product enclosure that displays the contents shown below. If the FCC ID is not visible when the equipment is installed inside another device, then the outside of the device into which the equipment is installed must also display a label referring to the enclosed equipment.
Document Revision History Date Comment 42398A 01/2015 Initial document release R A FT Document revision D 7.
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