User's Manual

SWRU235B
August 2013
2.7 Range testing
The preprogrammed link test is well suited for
range testing. Place the Slave in an open field
and bring the Master a known distance away.
Use the LED signaling to decide the link quality.
Note that the environment, antenna, etc greatly
affect the range, see DN018
www.ti.com/lit/swra169.
2.8 Resetting the board
The recommended reset sequence is:
 Remove jumper on P1 completely
 Push one of the buttons to discharge the
large capacitor on the power line. If this
capacitor is not discharged, the
SmartRFCC2510 boards may continue to
run the current application until the
capacitor is discharged. This may take
several seconds.
 Replace the jumper on P1 to power the
board again
3 Using the CC Debugger with the Development Kit
3.1 The CC Debugger
The CC Debugger connects to the PC via a mini USB and uses the
DEBUG interface to communicate with the radio. The tool can be used
for:
 Programming the flash and debugging an application running on the
CC2510. The PC tools available for these purposes are the SmartRF
Flash Programmer from Texas Instruments and IAR Embedded
Workbench for 8051 from IAR Systems.
 Testing the radio performance of CC2510 using SmartRF Studio.
For more details, please refer to the CC Debugger User’s Guide
www.ti.com/lit/swru197 and the CC1110 & CC2510 Mini Development
Kit User’s Guide www.ti.com/lit/swru236.
3.2 SmartRF Studio
SmartRF Studio can be used for RF testing, evaluation of CC2510 and
to find optimal register settings. It is available on
http://www.ti.com/smartrfstudio.
3.3 Flash Programmer
The Flash Programmer application, available on the kit web page
http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/flash-programmer.html can
be used to program Intel HEX files, read the contents of CC2510 flash,
and several other operations.
3.4 IAR Embedded Workbench
To develop software, program and debug the CC2510, the IAR
Embedded Workbench for 8051 is recommended. An evaluation version
of IAR EW8051 is included in the kit. This free evaluation version and
also a free code size limited version, can also be downloaded from the
web, see www.iar.com/ew8051.
A. Available Software and User’s Guides
CC1110 & CC2510 Mini DK Software Example User’s Guide and
Source Code
Source and documentation for the link test for the SmartRFCC2510
target board www.ti.com/lit/zip/swrc133 and www.ti.com/lit/swru237
CC1110 & CC2510 Mini Development Kit User’s Guide
More documentation and details on the use of the SmartRFCC2510
target board www.ti.com/lit/swru236
CC1110, CC2510 Basic Software Examples
Source code for other, simple examples for the CC2510
www.ti.com/lit/zip/swrc117
SimpliciTI™ Network Protocol
An RF protocol targeting simple, small RF networks
www.ti.com/simpliciti
B. More information
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and design notes, FAQs, or to discuss and get help with your design.
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more.
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We hope you will enjoy working with the C2510 Mini Development Kit
and associated Low-Power RF products from Texas Instruments.