ATMEL Semiconductor Technology A091563 AT86RF231 Radio Board User Manual rz600

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AT86RF231 Radio Board HW Manual
Features
• Contains AT86RF231 radio transceiver.
• Covers the 2.4GHz ISM band.
• On board ID chip for easy IEEE MAC address
Microcontrollers
Application Note
1 Introduction
AT86RF231 Radio Board contains AT86RF231 radio transceiver.
It is highly acclaimed networking devices within low power personal area
networks. The AT86RF231 Radio Board sports an Atmel standardized 10-pin
connector that will enable the Radio board to be connected to ATMEL
microcontroller – so as a customer you will be able to evaluate Atmel radio
transceivers in virtually any application segment.
Figure 1-1.AT86RF231 Radio Board HW Overview
2 Related Items
AVR32 Studio (Atmel’s free IDE)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4116
GNU Toolchain (Atmel’s free Compiler and Utilities)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4118
JTAGICE mkII (On-chip programming and debugging tool)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=3353
AVR ONE! (On-chip programming and debugging tool)
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4279
3 Overview
This section gives an overview of the Radio Board from a system perspective and
what the kit contains and its minimum requirements. A set of condensed instructions
are then given on how to get the evaluation application for the kit up and running in
the shortest time possible.
AT86RF231 radio board: miniature carrier board with the AT86RF231 radio
transceiver mounted, SMA antenna connector, one wire ID chip and Atmel
standard 10-pin connector.
Figure 3-1 shows how the two processor boards paired with the radio frequency
boards also available in the kit can form a wireless peer to peer data connection over
USB.
Figure 3-1 AT86RF231 Radio Board used in conjuntion with PC
Processor Board
AT86RF231 Radio Board
RF Link
AVR600
AVR600
4 Hardware Description
This chapter describes the hardware about AT86RF231 Radio Board.
AT86RF231 Radio Transceiver: Second generation 2.4GHz ISM band radio transceiver with front
ends for antenna diversity and external power amplifier and encryption
accelerators.
Figure 4-1 Radio Board Overview
SMA con
GND
MISC signal
selector
Current sens
MISC signal
10 pin con
4.1 Connectors
There are two main connectors on the board; one is the female SMA antenna
connector and in the opposite direction of the board is a 10-pin dual row header. See
Table 4-1 for pinout of this header.
Table 4-1. Radio Board 10-pin header
Pin
Name
Pin
Name
Reset Misc
Interrupt Sleep Transmit
Chip Select MOSI
MISO SCK
GND VCC (1.8 – 3.6V)
10
There are also two single row headers on the board:
• J103 (Not mounted): Two pin header that can be soldered in to do current
measurement with an ampere meter. R105 must be unsoldered to enable this
feature.
• J104 (Not mounted): Three pin header that can be soldered in to access the
auxiliary (Miscellaneous) signals from the radio transceiver.
4.2 Crystal
A high accuracy 16MHz crystal is mounted and used by the radio transceiver for
carrier frequency generation.
4.3 RF Front End
Since the output from the radio transceiver itself is a balanced signal pair, a balun is
needed to transform into a 50Ohm single ended signal fed to the SMA connector.
Johanson Technology provides one balun for the AT86RF231.
• 2450FB15L0001:
AVR600
2.45
GHz filter
balun optimized
for
AT86RF231.
Figure 4-2 AT86RF231 Radio Board schematic
AVR600
5 Connecting Radio Board to a Custom Board
The AT86RF231 Radio Board is used in conjunction with the processor board.
Table 4-1 shows the pinout of the standardized 10-pin bus.
It is possible to add the Radio Board to any routing as long as the required signals are
available. This is possible due to the Radio Board being able to be mounted
on the squid cable included in this kit. With this squid cable it is possible to route all
10 signals down onto a custom hardware. The reminder of this chapter shows a few
examples on how to wire these signals.
5.1 Default Supported Kits
Besides from being used on the processor boards the Radio Board can be
attached to wide range of Atmel evaluation and starter kits. The following kits are
supported directly. If you do not find your preferred kit here, please take a look at
section 5.2.
Table 5-1. Plug and Play Kits
Kit Name
Comment
STK600
- Any ATxmega device
Any of the digital ports can be used.
- ATmega164/324/644/1284P
STK500
- ATmega164/324/644/1284P
XPLAIN
Any of the digital ports can be used.
EVK1104
Connect to WLESS header.
EVK1105
Connect to WLESS header.
5.2 Squid Cable
There are two squid cables (10pin male header to single wires) included in the kit.
The intended use of this special cable assembly is to plug the radio frequency board
onto it, and connect the ten single wires to any hardware platform that does not have
the standard auxiliary connector available.
Table 5-2. Squid Cable Pinout
PIN PIN
Pin 1 (Brown): Reset Pin 2 (Red): Miscellaneous
Pin 3 (Orange): Interrupt Pin 4 (Yellow): Sleep Transmit
Pin 5 (Green): Chip Select Pin 6 (Blue): Master Out Slave In
Pin 7 (Purple): Master In Slave Out Pin 8 (Grey): SPI Clock
Pin 9 (White): Ground Pin 10 (Black): Vcc
AVR600
AVR600
5.3 Example AVR32: EVK1100
Intentionally left blank.
5.4 Example ARM7: AT91SAM7X-EK
Intentionally left blank.
6 Firmware
Table 6-1. Firmware Layout
Path
File
Comment
/Applications
Parent folder for kit applications
/Applications/TAL_Examples/Wireless_UART
Parent folder for wireless UART application
/Applications/TAL_Examples/Wireless_UART/Src
Source Folder
/PAL
Processor Abstraction Layer
/PAL/AVR32
Parent folder for AVR32 processor specific code
/PAL/AVR32/Generic/Inc
Generic include files shared by all AVR32 devices.
/PAL/AVR32/Generic/Src
Generic source code shared by all AVR32 devices.
/PAL/AVR32/UC3A3256
Parent folder for all AT32UC3A3256 specific code
/PAL/AVR32/UC3A3256/Boards/RZ600
Board specific code for the RZ600 kit
/PAL/AVR32/UC3A3256/Inc
Include files for the processor code
/PAL/AVR32/UC3A3256/Src
Source files for the processor specific code
/TAL
Transceiver Abstraction Layer
/TAL/AT86RF231/Inc
Include files specific to the AT86RF231 radio transceiver
/TAL/AT86RF231/Src
Source files specific to the AT86RF231 radio transceiver.
/Resources
Common resources used by all layers
/Resources/Buffer_Management/Inc
/Resources/Buffer_Management/Src
/Resources/Queue_Management/Inc
/Resources/Queue_Management/Src
7 Appendix
7.1 FCC Statements
7.1.1 Equipment usage
This equipment is for use by developers for evaluation purposes only and must not be
incorporated into any other device or system.
7.1.2 Compliance Statement (Part 15.19)
These devices comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
1. These devices may not cause harmful interference, and
2. These devices must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
7.1.3 Warning (Part 15.21)
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Atmel Norway could void the
user’s authority to operate the equipment.
7.1.4 Compliance Statement (Part 15.105(b))
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
7.1.5 FCC ID
• A09-1563 :
AVR600
AIBA091563
AVR600
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