USER’S MANUAL December 2010
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version Contents 1 Overview & block composition diagram ................................................... 3 2 Pin Description ............................................................................................ 4 3 Operation method........................................................................................ 6 4 Specification ……………………………………………………………………..
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version 1 Overview & Block Composition Diagram 1.1 Overview The PRM90U10A is a UHF RFID Reader hybrid module which integrates high performance UHF RFID reader chipset, VC-TCXO, Low Drop Regulator, Balun, Coupler, Saw filter, Power amp, Isolator and low pass filter. UHF RFID reader chipset uses PR9000 of PHYCHIPS which integrates 900MHz radio, baseband processor, industry standard enhanced 8052 MCU, memory (64k Flash & 16k SRAM) and many other features.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version 2 Pin Description 29 27 2523 21 19 1715 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 30 28 2624 22 20 1816 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 29 27 2523 21 19 1715 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 30 28 2624 22 20 1816 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Figure 2 Pin Description 2.1 J1 Pin Description No. Pin Name Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 VDD_3.6V VDD_3.6V VDD_3.6V VDD_3.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version 19 20 P2.2 NC 21 MDS_SCL 22 MDS_SDA 23 24 25 26 27 28 GND RESETb P0.1 P0.0 NC P0.2 29 P0.5 30 P0.4 Quasi-bidirectional I/O port Reserved, Not Ground I/O for ISP. The pull-up resistor is always switched on. This port is quasibidirectional I/O for ISP. The pull-up resistor is always switched on.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version 30 Module Enable/Disable Enable : Open Disable : Ground SHDNb 2.3 S1 Pin Description(RF I/O) Operation method DC 3.6V /150mA 10uF 0.1uF 1nF 35 P0.6 34 3 P0.7 P0.5 33 4 P1.0 P0.4 32 5 P1.1 P0.2 31 6 P1.2 P0.1 30 7 P1.3 P0.0 29 8 P1.4 RESET 28 9 P1.5 MDS_SDA 27 10 P1.6 MDS_SCL 26 11 P1.7 P2.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version Figure 4 Connecting to host MCU RS232C transceiver is required for interfacing to PC and diagram connection is shown as below figure. PRM90U10A RS232C Tranceiver PC GND 12 GND GND GND RXD1 13 RXOUT RXIN TXD TXD1 14 TXIN TXOUT RXD Figure 5 Connecting to RS232 transceiver Following configuration is used for interfacing to USB transceiver. Figure 6 Connecting to USB transceiver 3.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version 3.5 GPIO PRM90U10A provides 16 bi-directional I/O ports. All ports can be configured in two different modes: opendrain (by default) and push-pull which has 3.3V input and 3.3V output. 3.6 RF In/Out RF I/O(Pin 20) is optimized at 50 ohms impedance. 3.7 Using GUI The GUI is for the user to be able to quickly get started working with PRM90U10A RFID reader. To run the GUI, click the Windows start button, Program menu, Phychips, PR9000 SDK.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version 3.7.1 Serial Port Control Serial port is controlled by below menu. To open serial port, click Open menu. To close serial port, click Close menu. 3.7.1.1 Serial Port Configurations Port number is selectable from COM1 upto COM9. (Depending on your Windows system settings) Baud Rate should be set 19200 bps. Figure 9 Serial Port Settings 3.7.1.2 Reader Connection Status Below status bar shows the reader connection status.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version 3.7.2 Hardware Control To control hardware, click ‘H/W Control Tab.’ 3.7.2.1 Band setting To select operating band, band setting should be required. Select band in combo box and click Set button to set operating band in group box ‘Basic settings.’ 3.7.2.2 Power Class setting Some countries classified channel numbers according to the power class. Select the power class and click Set button. . 3.7.2.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version Figure 11 Procedures for tag inventory operation 9 December 2010 11 of 13
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version Click ‘Read multiple’ button to start reading RFID tags. Figure 12 Procedures for tag inventory operation 4 Specification max 902.75 927.25 Item Unit 1 Freq. Range MHz 2 Tx Power dBm PR9000 = 4dBm 3 Tx ACPR +/-200kHz dBc PR9000 = 4dBm -20 +/-400kHz dBc PR9000 = 4dBm -50 +/-600kHz dBc PR9000 = 4dBm -60 9 December 2010 Test Condition Specification min Typ. No. Remark 25.
PRM90U10A Specification- Preliminary Version +/-800kHz dBc PR9000 = 4dBm -65 GPIO = HIGH - GPIO = ALL HIGH HIGH GPIO = LOW - GPIO = ALL LOW LOW 4 GPIO 5 Impedance Ω 50 6 DC Power V 3.
