User's Manual

AVR600
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8293-AVR-02/10
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.
• AT86RF212: 868/915MHz ISM band long range radio transceiver with front end
for external power amplifier and encryption accelerators.
The radio transceiver share the same printed circuit board with slightly different
component values mounted for each of them. See Figure 4-2 for full schematics of
the radio frequency board.