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AVR600: RZ600 HW Manual

Features

• Contains the full selection of AT86RF family radio transceivers.

• Covers the 2.4GHz ISM band and 700, 800 and 900 MHz frequency bands.

• In total 3 pair of radio transceivers are available – one pair per radio

transceiver.

• Two AT32UC3A3256 based USB host boards are included

- Based on Atmel

AVR

UC3 core

- 80 Dhrystone MIPS and Draws Only 40 mA at 66 MHz

- Low, full and high speed USB compliant

- Ideal for PC to RF gateways, packet sniffers and network commissioning

tools

• On board ID chip for easy IEEE MAC address

• Stub antennas for all frequency bands

1 Introduction

The RZ600 kit is an evaluation kit for the Atmel AT86RF family of radio frequency

devices. The family contains the two 2.4 GHz device AT86RF230 and AT86RF231.

These are highly acclaimed networking devices within low power personal area

networks. In addition to this the world’s first IEEE 802.15.4 enabled sub gigahertz

radio is provided – the AT86RF212. With the kit you also receive two AVR UC3

based host nodes that can be used to evaluate a point to point network connection.

That being said; the RZ600 radio boards sport an Atmel standardized 10-pin

connector that will enable the RF boards to be connected to any AVR

microcontroller. A wide range of the standard Atmel AVR design tools have the

host end of the standardized 10-pin connector – so as a customer you will be able

to evaluate Atmel radio transceivers in virtually any application segment.

The RZ600 kit enables RF4CE, IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee

and 6lowPAN network

technologies to run on the full Atmel portfolio of low power AVR microcontrollers.

Figure 1-1. RZ600 HW Overview

Microcontrollers

Application Note

Rev. 8293-AVR-02/10

Summary of content (18 pages)

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AVR600: RZ600 HW Manual Features • Contains the full selection of AT86RF family radio transceivers. • Covers the 2.4GHz ISM band and 700, 800 and 900 MHz frequency bands. • In total 3 pair of radio transceivers are available – one pair per radio transceiver.
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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.
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AVR600 Figure 3-1 RZ600 used in conjuntion with PC RZ600 Processor Board RZ600 RF Board RF Link 3.1 Kit Contents The RZ600 kit contains the following pieces of hardware: • 2 pcs. AT86RF230 radio cards: miniature carrier board with the AT86RF230 radio transceiver mounted, SMA antenna connector, one wire ID chip and Atmel standard 10-pin connector. • 2 pcs. AT86RF231 radio cards: miniature carrier board transceiver mounted, SMA antenna connector, one standard 10-pin connector. • 2 pcs.
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• 2 pcs. Sub gigahertz SMA stub antenna. Used with the AT86RF212 radio transceiver. • 2 pcs. Bag with wires and squid cable: The squid cable fits the radio frequency boards and will enable wiring to a hardware that does not contain the standard Atmel 10-pin accessory header. • 1 pcs. Technical Library CD 3.2 System Requirements Table 3-1 contains the minimum system requirements for the RZ600 kit when connected to a PC for application development on the AT32UC3A3256 microcontroller. Table 3-1.
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AVR600 4 Hardware Description This chapter walks through the different pieces of hardware that you will find in the RZ600 kit in greater detail. 4.1 Radio Frequency Board A total of six radio frequency boards included in the kit, two boards per radio transceiver: • AT86RF230: First generation 2.4GHz ISM band radio transceiver from Atmel. • AT86RF231: Second generation 2.4GHz ISM band radio transceiver with front ends for antenna diversity and external power amplifier and encryption accelerators.
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Figure 4-1 Radio Frequency Board Overview SMA con GND MISC signal selector Current sens MISC signal 10 pin con 4.1.1 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.
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AVR600 Table 4-1. Radio Frequency 10-pin header Pin 1 3 5 7 9 Name Name Reset Misc Interrupt Sleep Transmit Chip Select MOSI MISO SCK GND VCC (1.8 – 3.6V) Pin 2 4 6 8 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.
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Figure 4-2 Radio Frequency Board 4.2 ATAVR32UC3 Processor Board There are two AT32UC3A3256 based processor board in the kit. They run the protocol stack to control the radio transceiver as well as providing USB full and high speed USB connection (up to 480Mbps). Figure 4-3 shows an overview of some of the main components and their placement.
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AVR600 Figure 4-3 Processor Board Overview 10 pin con MISC signal LED indicators Serial port JTAG ISP GND USB 4.2.1 Processor The AT32UC3A3256 flash microcontroller is designed for exceptionally high data throughput with Hi-Speed USB OTG, SD/ SDIO card, Multi-Level-Cell (MLC) NAND flash with ECC and SDRAM interfaces.
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• 12 MHz: The crystal is required as input to the internal PLL of the AT32UC3A3256 to generate the base frequency for the full and high speed USB mode. • 32 kHz: Used as input source for the real time clock. Figure 4-4 Clock Locations 4.2.3 LEDs Two LEDs are available connected to the AT32UC3A3256’s pins PX22 and PX41. These are turned on by sinking current through the pin – logic low while acting as an input. 4.2.
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AVR600 Figure 4-5 Processor Board 4.3 Antennas There are two different antennas (SMA stub type) available in the RZ600 kit • Long Type: This is used only in conjunction with the AT86RF212 radio transceiver. • Short Type: This antenna is made for the 2.4GHz frequency band and can be used either on the AT86RF230 or AT86RF231 radio transceiver. The antennas should be screwed onto the respective radio frequency board and gently tightened.
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4.4 Cables There are two different cable types available in the RZ600 kit • Squid Cable: • Single Wire: 5 Connecting Radio Frequency Board to a Custom Board The radio frequency boards found as part of this kit can be used stand alone as well as in conjunction with the processor board. Table 4-1 shows the pinout of the standardized 10-pin bus that is defined between the two unit. However, it is possible to add the radio frequency board to any routing as long as the required signals are available.
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AVR600 PIN PIN Pin 7 (Purple): Master In Slave Out Pin 8 (Grey): SPI Clock Pin 9 (White): Ground Pin 10 (Black): Vcc 5.3 Example AVR32: EVK1100 Intentionally left blank. 5.4 Example ARM7: AT91SAM7X-EK Intentionally left blank. 6 Firmware Table 6-1.
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7 Getting Started This chapter describes how to get started with the RZ600 kit and run the demo application in the most efficient way. Read section for section sequentially and follow the directions carefully. The quick start guide assumes that the requirements in section 3.2 are fulfilled. 7.1 Kit Unpacking 1. Open the box and verify that all items are present as outlined in section 3.1. 2. Locate the two processor boards and select a pair of radio transceivers to test – they should be of the same type.
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AVR600 Figure 7-1 COM Port Settings 7.4 Install Software and Test This step is only required for doing application development on the RZ600 kit. 1. Install GNU Toolschain – see section 2. 2. Install AVR32 Studio – see section 2. 3. 7.5 Programming the Example Application This step is only required for doing application development on the RZ600 kit. 1. Connect either a JTAGICE mkII or AVRONE! to your computer. 2. Go through the driver installation.
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8 Appendix 8.1 FCC Statements 8.1.1 Equipment usage This equipment is for use by developers for evaluation purposes only and must not be incorporated into any other device or system.The external antenna used for this product 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. 8.1.2 Compliance Statement (Part 15.19) These devices comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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AVR600 EVALUATION BOARD/KIT IMPORTANT NOTICE This evaluation board/kit is intended for use for FURTHER ENGINEERING, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, OR EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY. It is not a finished product and may not (yet) comply with some or any technical or legal requirements that are applicable to finished products, including, without limitation, directives regarding electromagnetic compatibility, recycling (WEEE), FCC, CE or UL (except as may be otherwise noted on the board/kit).
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