AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide USER GUIDE Introduction This application note describes how to get started with the Atmel REB233 Extension board. The ZigBit Extension boards is targeted for evaluating the features of the Atmel AT86RF233 radio transceiver. 42188AA-MCU-09/2013 Table of Contents 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. Introduction .................................................................................... 1 1. Getting Started ........................................................................ 3 1.1. Features .............................................................................. 3 1.2. Design documentation and related links ..................................... 3 Board Assembly .................................................................... 3 1.3. Connect to a Xplained PRO board ............................... 3 1.3.1. In customer development assembly .............................. 3 1.3.2. 2. Performance Analyzer ............................................................. 4 Introduction .......................................................................... 4 Program installation ............................................................... 4 Program use ........................................................................ 7 3. Xplained Pro ............................................................................ 9 3.1. Hardware identification system ................................................. 9 Standard headers and connectors ............................................ 9 3.2. Xplained Pro standard extension header ........................ 9 3.2.1. 4. Hardware user guide ............................................................ 11 4.1. Board overview ................................................................... 11 4.2. Headers and connectors ....................................................... 11 J100 Xplained Pro extension connector ....................... 11 Current monitoring (X3) ............................................ 12 4.3. U2 Serial EEPROM ............................................................. 12 5. Persistence Memory ............................................................. 13 6. Agency Certifications ............................................................ 14 6.1. United State (FCC) .............................................................. 14 6.2. European Union (ETSI) ........................................................ 14 6.3. Canada (IC) ....................................................................... 15 6.4. Using Limited Modular Certified Products ................................. 15 7. Document revision history ..................................................... 17 4.2.1. 4.2.2. AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 2 1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 Getting Started Features The REB233 extension is a template design for the AT86RF233 with a PCB antenna Design documentation and related links The following list contains links to the most relevant documents and software for the extension board. http://www.atmel.com/tools/reb233-xpro.aspx Board Assembly The extension board can be used to provide wireless communication to a Xplained PRO board or to provide wireless communication to your own prototype for SW development and HW verification. Connect to a Xplained PRO board The Extension board can be connected to any Xplained PRO main board using the extension header. In customer development assembly The Extension board can be wired into the customer prototype assembly by using the on-board connectors, all relevant signals are available AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 3 2. 2.1 2.2 Performance Analyzer Introduction The Performance Analyzer FW together with the GUI in Atmel Studio Wireless Composer Extension provides a number of basic functional RF tests. A quick start guide and general help is provided in Wireless Composer once started. Program installation How to install necessary SW. (Details provided in "Getting Started Chapter") 1. Install Atmel Studio1 2. Once Studio is installed and started use the Tools - Extension Manager to install the Wireless Composer Select Wireless and Wireless Composer 1 http://www.atmel.com/tools/atmelstudio.aspx AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 4 Log in to Atmel Gallery Click download again and download starts AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 5 Restart Atmel Studio, allow help to make changes and the Performance Analyzer GUI is available in the Tools menu 3. If not already preprogrammed - program the node with the Performance Analyzer FW available in the
"Wireless Performance Analyzer Firmware extension" or from source code provided in ASF. If using an Wireless board with a uC embedded, the Performance Analyzer FW has to be programmed using the Bootloader or JTAGICE as described in the "Getting started " chapter If using a extension board which do not have a uC embedded, the Performance Analyzer FW has to be programmed on the Xplained PRO board using the EBDG as described in the "Getting started " chapter AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 6 2.3 Program use How to get started 1. 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. 4. Typical use:
SAM4L Xplained PRO with Wireless Extension and remote node AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 7 mega256RFR2 Xplained PRO and remote node AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 8 3. 3.1 3.2 3.2.1 Xplained Pro Xplained Pro is an evaluation platform that provides the full 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. Each extension board has an identification (ID) chip to uniquely identify which boards are mounted on a Xplained Pro MCU board. This information is used to present relevant user guides, application notes, datasheets and example code through Atmel Studio. Available Xplained Pro MCU and extension boards can be purchased in the Atmel Web Store1. Hardware identification system All Xplained Pro compatible extension boards have an Atmel ATSHA204 crypto authentication chip mounted. This chip contains information that identifies the extension with its name and some extra data. When an Xplained Pro extension board is connected to an Xplained Pro MCU board the information is read and sent to Atmel Studio. The Atmel Kits extension, installed with Atmel Studio, will give relevant information, code examples and links to relevant documents. Table 3-1, Xplained Pro ID chip content on page 9 shows the data fields stored in the ID chip with example content. Table 3-1. Xplained Pro ID chip content Data Field Manufacturer Product Name Product Revision Product Serial Number Minimum Voltage [mV]
Maximum Voltage [mV]
Maximum Current [mA]
Data Type ASCII string ASCII string ASCII string ASCII string uint16_t uint16_t uint16_t Standard headers and connectors Example Content Atmel\0 Segment LCD1 Xplained Pro\0 02\0 1774020200000010\0 3000 3600 30 Xplained Pro standard extension header All Xplained Pro kits have one or more dual row, 20 pin, 100mil extension headers. Xplained Pro MCU boards have male headers while Xplained Pro extensions have their female counterparts. Note that all pins are not always connected. However, all the connected pins follow the defined pin-out described in Table 3-2, Xplained Pro extension header on page 9. The extension headers can be used to connect a wide variety of Xplained Pro extensions to Xplained Pro MCU boards and to access the pins of the target MCU on Xplained Pro MCU board directly. Table 3-2. Xplained Pro extension header Pin number 1 2 3 Name ID GND ADC(+) 4 5 6 7 8 ADC(-) GPIO1 GPIO2 PWM(+) PWM(-) 1 http://store.atmel.com/CBC.aspx?q=c:100113 Description Communication line to the ID chip on extension board. Ground Analog to digital converter , alternatively positive part of differential ADC Analog to digital converter , alternatively negative part of differential ADC General purpose IO General purpose IO Pulse width modulation , alternatively positive part of differential PWM Pulse width modulation , alternatively positive part of differential PWM AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 9 Pin number 9 10 11 Name IRQ/GPIO SPI_SS_B/GPIO TWI_SDA 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TWI_SCL USART_RX USART_TX SPI_SS_A SPI_MOSI SPI_MISO SPI_SCK GND VCC Description Interrupt request line and/or general purpose IO. Slave select for SPI and/or general purpose IO. Data line for two wire interface. Always implemented, bus type. Clock line for two wire interface. Always implemented, bus type. Receiver line of Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous serial Receiver and Transmitter Transmitter line of Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous serial Receiver and Transmitter Slave select for SPI. Should be unique if possible. Master out slave in line of Serial peripheral interface. Always implemented, bus type Master in slave out line of Serial peripheral interface. Always implemented, bus type Clock for Serial peripheral interface. Always implemented, bus type Ground Power for extension board AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 10 4. 4.1 Hardware user guide Board overview Figure 4-1. Board overview 4.2 4.2.1 Headers and connectors The extension board connectors. 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 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Name ID GND ADC(+) ADC(-) GPIO1 GPIO2 PWM(+) PWM(-) IRQ/GPIO SPI_SS_B/
GPIO TWI_SDA TWI_SCL Pin 9 1 10 17 8 24 11 RF233 Name DIG1 DIG3 DIG2 CLKM RSTN IRQ SLP_TR EEPROM EEPROM Description Communication line to the ID chip on extension board. Ground DIG1 via J201 enabling disconnection from J100 DIG3 via J200 enabling disconnection from J100 DIG2 CLK_OUT - can be disconnected by not mounting R6 RESET to Extension board Interrupt request line to uC on Xplained Pro board Wake up interrupt to RF Data line for I2C interface to AT24MAC602 serial EEPROM Clock line for I2C interface to AT24MAC602 serial EEPROM AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 11 Pin Name 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 USART_RX USART_TX SPI_SS_A SPI_MOSI SPI_MISO SPI_SCK GND VCC Pin 23 22 20 19 RF233 Name SEL MOSI MISO SCLK Description Slave select for SPI. Should be unique if possible. Master out slave in line of Serial peripheral interface. Always implemented, bus type Master in slave out line of Serial peripheral interface. Always implemented, bus type Clock for Serial peripheral interface. Always implemented, bus type Ground Power for extension board 4.2.2 Current monitoring (X3) X3 enables current monitoring using an external multimeter. Connect multimeter between X3-1 and X3-2 to measure the current used by the AT86RF233. Figure 4-2. X3 current monitor Table 4-2. X3 Current measurement X3 Pin 1 - Vdd 2 - V_TRX function 3.3V pin on the J100 via L1 3.3V pin on the AT86RF233 4.3 U2 Serial EEPROM The REB233 contains a serial EEPROM, AT24MAC602, with factory programmed MAC addresses available via the I2C interface of J100. The memory organisation is as documented in the Persistence Memory section. The structure is located from EEPROM address 0x00 device address 1010 AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 12 5. Persistence Memory A dedicated memory space is allocated to store product specific information and called the Persistence Memory. The organization of the persistence memory is as follows:
Table 5-1. Persistence Memory Data Structure Revision MAC address Board information PCBA Name Board information PCBA Serial number Board information PCBA Atmel Part Number Board information PCBA Revision XTAL Calibration Value Reserved Reserved CRC Size 2 bytes 8 bytes 30 bytes 10 bytes 8 bytes 1 byte 1 byte 7 bytes 4 bytes 1 bytes The MAC address stored inside the MCU is a uniquely assigned ID for each ZigBit and owned by Atmel. User of the ZigBit application can use this unique MAC ID to address the ZigBit in end-applications. The MAC ID can be read from the ZigBit using the Performance Analyzer Application that is supplied through Atmel Studio Gallery Extension. AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 13 6. 6.1 Agency Certifications 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. The ATREB233-XPRO modular transmitter must be labelled with its own FCC ID number, and, if the FCC ID is not visible when the module is installed inside another device, then the outside of the device into which the module is installed must also display a label referring to the enclosed module. This exterior label can use wording such as the following:
Important Contains FCC ID : VW4A091887. This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation (FCC 15.19) The internal antenna used for this mobile transmitter must provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Installers must be provided with antenna installation instructions and transmitter operating conditions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This device is approved as a mobile device with respect to RF exposure compliance, and may only be marketed to OEM installers. Use in portable exposure conditions (FCC 2.1093) requires separate equipment authorization. Important Modifications not expressly approved by this company could void the user's authority to operate this equipment (FCC section 15.21). Important This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense
(FCC section 15.105). ATREB233-XPRO is limited modular approved and required separate approval for this module when used on an application board. Cet appareil est conforme la section 15 des rglementations de la FCC. Le fonctionnement de lappareil est sujetaux deux conditions suivantes:
(1) cet appareil ne doit pas provoquer dinterfrences nfastes, et
(2) cet appareil doit tolrer les interfrences reues, y compris celles qui risquent de provoquer un fonctionnement indsirable 6.2 European Union (ETSI) The ATREB233-XPRO Module has been certified for use in European Union countries. If these modules are incorporated into a product, the manufacturer must ensure compliance of the final product to the European harmonized EMC and low voltage/safety standards. A Declaration of Conformity must be issued for each of these standards and kept on file as described in Annex II of the R&TTE Directive. 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. AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 14 Important The 'CE' marking must be affixed to a visible location on the OEM product. The CE mark shall consist of the initials "CE" taking the following form:
The CE marking must have a height of at least 5mm except where this is not possible on account of the nature of the apparatus. The CE marking must be affixed visibly, legibly, and indelibly. More detailed information about CE marking requirements you can find at "DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL" on 9 March 1999 at section 12. 6.3 Canada (IC) The ATREB233-XPRO Module complies with Industry Canada specifications RSS-210 and RSS GenIC. ID for ATREB233-XPRO is 11019A-091887 ATREB233-XPRO is limited modular approved and required separate approval for this module when used on an application board. User manuals for licence-exempt radio apparatus shall contain the following or equivalent notice in a conspicuous location in the user manual or alternatively on the device or both. This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1 )this device may not cause interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Le prsent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radioexempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorise aux deux conditions suivantes:
(1)l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et
(2)l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radiolectrique subi, mme si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement. Under Industry Canada regulations, this radio transmitter may only operate using an antenna of a type and maximum (or lesser) gain approved for the transmitter by Industry Canada. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that necessary for successful communication Conformment la rglementation d'Industrie Canada, le prsent metteur radio peut fonctionner avec une antenne d'un type et d'un gain maximal (ou infrieur) approuv pour l'metteur par Industrie Canada. Dans le but de rduire les risques de brouillage radiolectrique l'intention des autres utilisateurs, il faut choisir le type d'antenne et son gain de sorte que la puissance isotrope rayonne quivalente (p.i.r.e.) ne dpasse pas l'intensit ncessaire l'tablissement d'une communication satisfaisante. 6.4 Using Limited Modular Certified Products The ATREB233-XPRO Module is certified under part 15 of FCC rules. The Modular certification category of this module is Limited Modular. The End product using these modules hence has to undergo compliance testing and receive a new FCC ID for the final product carrying these modules. Certification of the final product lies solely with the type of design of the final product, excluding the ZigBit. AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 15 Warning Important 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. This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation
(FCC 15.19). The internal / external antenna(s) used for this mobile transmitter must provide a separation distance of at least 20cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Installers must be provided with antenna installation instructions and transmitter operating conditions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This device is approved as a mobile device with respect to RF expo- sure compliance, and may only be marketed to OEM installers. Use in portable exposure conditions
(FCC 2.1093) requires separate equipment authorization. Important Modifications not expressly approved by this company could void the user's authority to operate this equipment (FCC section 15.21). Important This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense
(FCC section 15.105). AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
42188AA-MCU-09/2013 16 7. Document revision history Document revision A Date Comment 15/05/2013 Draft AT04365 REB233-XPRO Extension User Guide [USER GUIDE]
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