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ATREB215-XPRO-A Test User Manual

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 3

Scope ………………………………………………………………………………………….3

2. Hardware Setup ................................................................................. 4

3. Software Setup .................................................................................. 4

4. Software Installation ........................................................................... 4

5. Hardware and Driver Installation ........................................................ 5

6. Programming SAM4L Xpro board to connect with ATREB215-Xpro-A 6

7. Performance Analyzer ........................................................................ 8

8. Tx Test (Single node / Continuous Transmission) for Sub-1GHz CE

Testing …………………………………………………………………......9

8.1 Tx Test: MR-FSK operating mode #1, 50kbit/s, 14dBm .................................. 11

8.2 Tx Test: OFDM Option 4, MCS3, 14dBm ........................................................ 12

8.3 Tx Test: O-QPSK RateMode 0, 14dBm .......................................................... 13

8.4 Tx Test: O-QPSK RateMode 3, 14dBm .......................................................... 14

9. Tx Test (Single node / Continuous Transmission) for Sub-1GHz FCC Testing …………………………………………………………………….15

9.1 Tx Test: MR-FSK operating mode #1, 50kbit/s, 14dBm .................................. 15

9.2 Tx Test: OFDM Option 1, MCS3, 14dBm ........................................................ 16

9.3 Tx Test: O-QPSK RateMode 0, 14dBm .......................................................... 17

10. Tx Test for 2.4GHz Band (Single node / Continuous Transmission

(CW/PRBS)) ..................................................................................... 18

10.1 Tx Test - Legacy O-QPSK, 14dBm ................................................................. 20

10.2 Tx Test – MR-FSK operating mode #1, 50kbit/s, 14dBm ................................ 21

10.3 Tx Test - OFDM Option 1, MCS3, 14dBm ....................................................... 22

10.4 Tx Test - OFDM Option 2, MCS3, 14dBm ....................................................... 23

11. Tx-Rx Test (Transmit and Receive test) for Sub-1GHz CE Testing .. 24

9.1 Tx-Rx Test: MR-FSK operating mode #1, 50kbit/s, 14dBm ............................ 27

9.2 Tx-Rx Test: OFDM Option 4, MCS3, 14dBm .................................................. 28

9.3 Tx-Rx Test: OQPSK, RateMode 0, 14dBm ..................................................... 29

9.4 Tx-Rx Test: OQPSK, RateMode 3, 14dBm ..................................................... 30

12. Tx-Rx Test (Transmit and Receive test) for Sub-1GHz FCC Testing 30

12.1 Tx-Rx Test: MR-FSK operating mode #1, 50kbit/s, 14dBm ............................ 30

12.2 Tx-Rx Test: OFDM Option 1, MCS3, 14dBm .................................................. 31

12.3 Tx-Rx Test: OQPSK, RateMode 0, 14dBm ..................................................... 32

13. Tx-Rx Test for 2.4GHz Band (Transmit and Receive test) ................ 33

9.5 Rx Test – Legacy O-QPSK, 14dBm ................................................................ 35

9.6 Rx Test: MR-FSK operating mode #1, 50kbit/s, 14dBm .................................. 36

9.7 Rx Test - OFDM Option 1, MCS3, 14dBm ...................................................... 37

9.8 Rx Test - OFDM Option 2, MCS 3, 14dBm ..................................................... 38

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1. Introduction

Scope

The scope of this document is to explain how to install and setup up the required hardware and programming tool for test.

Figure 1: Atmel ATREB215-XPRO-A board

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2. Hardware Setup

1. ATREB215-XPRO-A Boards - 2 Nos

2. SAM4L-XplainedPro Boards - 2 Nos

3. micro USB cable - 2 Nos

4. 2.4GHz Stubby Antenna (M01-SS2) - 2No

5. 1/4 wave whip Antenna (CTA 868/0/WS/SM/H1) -2No

Note: SMA cables not included in the box

3. Software Setup

1. Atmel Studio 6.2 (no need to install again if it is already available in Test PC)

2. SAM4L-XplainedPro Drivers - Installed automatically

4. Software Installation

Note: If Atmel Studio 6.2 is already available in Test PC, jump to step 5 in this section and install wireless composer

1. Open the DVD containing the Atmel Studio 6.2 Software package.

2. Click the AStudio61sp2.exe icon to launch Atmel Studio Installation.

Figure 3: Atmel Studio Installer

3. Now Atmel Studio will begin the installation

Figure 4: Atmel Studio Installation

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation

Figure 5: Atmel Studio Installation

5. Next install the Wireless Composer extension by clicking the wireless-composer-vsix-stable icon found in the DVD as shown in the following figure.

Figure 6: Wireless Composer Installation

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USB for 900MHz

+ Programming

USB for 2400MHz

Connect REB215

Board at EXT1

REB215 Board

ATSAM4L Xplained PRO

COM, EDBG, 900MHz

DUT- REB215-XPRO

COM- 2.4GHz

RF 900MHz

RF 2.4GHz

5. Hardware and Driver Installation

1. Connect one ATREB215-XPRO-A board to EXT1 connector of the SAM4L-Xplained Pro Board as shown in the figure

Figure 7: Hardware Setup

2. Connect a micro USB cable from PC to the Debug USB port (USB for 900MHz) for 863MHz EU/915MHz US ISM band operation

3. Connect a micro USB cable from PC to SAM4L USB (USB for 2400MHz) for 2.4GHz ISM band operation.

4. Connect 2.4GHz λ/4 Monopole Antenna (PSTG0-2400HS) with RF 2.4GHz port and connect Rubber Stubby Antenna with SMA Male Straight (IJ28-SS) with RF 900MHz port

5. Next, EDBG Virtual COM port driver installation will begin automatically

Figure 8: EDBG Virtual COM PORT Driver installation

6. Click the taskbar notification. When the driver installation is successfully completed, there will be a notificaion as shown below.

Figure 9: EDBG Virtual COM PORT Driver installation

Note: COM17 from the above figure is an example. The COM Port number varies depending upon the PC.

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6. Programming SAM4L Xpro board to connect with ATREB215-Xpro-A

a. program the Test setup as follows: Open Atmel studio and Go to Tools menu and click Device

Programming

b. Select the tool as EDBG as shown below

c. Click “Apply”, Status LED (yellow color) which is near to power LED starts to glow. Click “Read” which

reads Device signature and Target voltage. Next, Click memories for programming. Steps are shown below in sequence

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d. Save the “PERFORMANCE_ANALYZER_2_SAM4L_RF215v3.hex” file into your PC and choose the

correct path of the saved hex file in Atmel Studio and click programming. Steps are shown below in sequence. After programming, close the below window and start using Performance Analyzer.

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7. Performance Analyzer

1. Launch Atmel Studio tool by clicking the Atmel Studio icon

2. For the first time launch, Atmel studio will show the below error for Wireless Composer. Click Ok.

Figure 10: Launch Atmel Studio 6.1

Figure 11: Wirless composer Error

3. From the Atmel Studio Start page, launch Performance Analyzer utility by clicking the icon as shown in below figure.

Figure 12: Atmel Studio 6.1 – Start Page

4. After clicking the Performance Analyzer icon, Performance Analyzer window will open as shown in the following figure.

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Figure 13: Performance Analyzer

Ensure the DuT is connected to the PC as explained in Section 5 and step 1

8. Tx Test (Single node / Continuous Transmission) for Sub-1GHz CE Testing

1. Select the COM Port from the dropdown menu and select a COM port to which the kit to be connected and

click “Connect”

Figure 14: Performance Analyzer – COM Port Selection

Note: COM17 from the above figure is an example. The COM Port number varies depending upon the PC.

2. Set the COM settings from the pop-up window. Click “Defaults” and then click “OK”

3. To check “transmit only” functionality; right click on the Kit information area select “Continue as a single node”.

This setting is used for continuous transmission.

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Channels Page ‘9’ for SUN Networ Application

863MHz EU or 915MHz US

Channel Selection

Modulation scheme selection: FSK, OFDM and OQPSK

Tx Power Value: ‘0’ for min & ‘31’ for Max

Click ‘write’ to program the board after setting all the parameters

Figure 15: Performance Analyzer – Kit Information

4. Kit / Transceiver properties, Channel Page, Frequency Band, Channel Number, Modulation Scheme and

Power level can also be changed in the Performance Analyzer window.

Figure 16: Performance Analyzer – Transceiver configuration

5. To Transmit CW mode or PRBS mode, click on Certification tab and Continuous transmission and CW or

PRBS

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Performance Analyzer Parameter

Setting for MR-FSK operating mode #1

Channel Page

Frequency band

863MHz EU (863MHz to 870MHz)

Channel

0 to 33

Modulation

FSK

FSK/ModulationOrder

2FSK

FSK/DataRate

50 kb/s

FSK/FEC

FSK/ModIdx

1.0

FSK/BT

Leave at default value; this is applicable only for GFSK mode

Tx Power Register Value

‘31’ for Max Power (14dBm)

Frequency band (MHz)

Parameter

MR-FSK Operating mode #1

(863MHz to 870MHz)

Channel spacing (kHz)

200

ChanCenterFreq0 (MHz)

863.125

Figure 17: Performance Analyzer – Continuous Tx mode configuration

The center frequency of the MR-FSK, OFDM and OQPSK channels (except the OQPSK operating in the 868–870 MHz) band is defined as follows:

8.1 Tx Test: MR-FSK operating mode #1, 50kbit/s, 14dBm

Performance Analyzer configuration settings are

Table 1:- Board setting

Table 2:

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Click here to start

Transmission

Click here to stop

Transmission

Performance Analyzer Parameter

Setting for OFDM Option 4, MCS3

Channel Page

Frequency band

863MHz EU (863MHz to 870MHz)

Channel

0 to 33

Modulation

OFDM

OFDM/Option

Option4

OFDM/MCS

MCS3

Tx Power Register Value

‘31’ for Max Power (14dBm)

Frequency band (MHz)

Parameter

OFDM Option 4, MCS 3 mode

(863MHz to 870MHz)

Nominal bandwidth (KHz)

156

Data rate

100 kb/s

Channel spacing (kHz)

200

ChanCenterFreq0 (MHz)

863.125

Figure 18: MR-FSK operating mode #1– Countinous transmit mode configuration

8.2 Tx Test: OFDM Option 4, MCS3, 14dBm

Performance Analyzer configuration settings are

Table 3:- Board setting

Table 4:

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Click here to start

Transmission

Click here to stop

Transmission

Performance Analyzer Parameter

Setting for O-QPSK RateMode 0

Channel Page

Frequency band

863MHz EU (868MHz to 870MHz)

Channel

0, 1 and 2

Modulation

OQPSK

OQPSK/ChipRate

ChipRate 100

OQPSK/RateMode

RateMode 0

Tx Power Register Value

‘31’ for Max Power

Frequency band

Channel Number

Channel Center Frequency (MHz)

(868MHz to 870MHz) 0

868.3

868.95

869.525

Figure 19: OFDM option 4, MCS3 – Countinous transmit mode configuration

8.3 Tx Test: O-QPSK RateMode 0, 14dBm

Performance Analyser configuration settings are

Table 5

Table 6:

Data Rate: 6.25 kb/s

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