PARTRON CZ3730A User Manual

User Guide

CZ3730A WLAN MIMO and Bluetooth and Zigbee Module

Evaluation Board for TI Sitara Platform

The CZ3730A-COM8 is WLAN dual-band, Bluetooth, BLE and Zigbee module evaluation board (EVB)
with the Partron CZ3730A module The CZ3730A offers A 2.4G and 5-GHz module solution with two
antennas.

Contents

1. Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 2

1.1 General Features ...................................................................................................................... 2

2. Board Pin Assignment ...................................................................................................................... 2

2.1 Pin Description ......................................................................................................................... 3

3. Electrical Characteristics ................................................................................................................. 5

3.1 DC characteristics ................................................................................................................... 5

3.2 External Slow clock Input (RTC Clock) ............................................................................. 5

3.3 1.8V I/O Operation Condition ............................................................................................. 6

3.4 3.3V I/O Operation Condition ............................................................................................. 6

3.5 WLAN 2.4-GHz current consumption (AT BT and ZIGBEE Disable ) .................................. 7

3.6 WLAN 5-GHz current consumption (AT BT and ZIGBEE Disable ) ................................ 7

3.7 Bluetooth 4.0 current consumption (AT WLAN and ZIGBEE Disable ) .............................. 7

3.8 Bluetooth Low Energy Current consumption (AT WLAN and ZIGBEE Disable ) .............. 7

3.9 Bluetooth Low Energy Current consumption (AT WLAN and ZIGBEE Disable ) ......... 8

3.10 2.4GHz WLAN RF specification ............................................................................................ 8

3.11 5GHz WLAN specification ..................................................................................................... 9

3.12 Bluetooth 4.0 RF Specificaiton ........................................................................................... 10

3.15 Bluetooth Low Energy RF Specification ........................................................................... 10

3.16 Zigbee RF Specification ...................................................................................................... 10

4. Antenna Characteristics ................................................................................................................. 11

5. Circuit Design .................................................................................................................................. 12

1. Overview

Shows the CZ3730A-COM8 EVB

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Figure 1 CZ3730A-COM8 EVB(Top View)

1.1 General Features

The CZ3730A-COM8 EVB includes the following features:

 WLAN, Bluetooth, BLE and Zigbee on a single module board
 100-pin board card
 Dimensions:76mm(L) x 44.02mm(W)
 WLAN 2.4- and 5-GHz SISO(20- and 40-MHz channels), 2.4-GHz MIMO(20-MHz channels)
 Support for BLE dual mode
 Seamless integration with TI Sitara and Other application processors
 Design for the TI AM335X General-purpose evaluation module (EVM)
 WLAN and Bluetooth single-antenna coexistence
 Built-in chip antenna

2. Board Pin Assignment

Shows the top view of the EVB

Show the bottom slide of the EVB

Figure 2 EVB Top (Top View)

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Figure 3 EVB Bottom (Top View)

2.1 Pin Description

No. Name Type Description

1 RTC_CLK I Slow clock input option (default: NU)
2 Ground G Ground
3 Ground G Ground
4 WLAN_EN_SOC I WLAN enable
5 VBAT_IN P 3.6-V typical voltage input
6 Ground G Ground
7 VBAT_IN P 3.6-V typical voltage input
8 VIO_IN P Vio 1.8-V (I/O voltage) input

9 Ground G Ground
10 N.C No connection
11 WL_RS232_TX O WLAN tool RS232 output
12 N.C No connection
13 WL_RS232_RX I WLAN tool RS232 input
14 N.C No connection
15 WL_UART_DBG O WLAN Logger output
16 N.C No connection
17 N.C No connection
18 Ground G Ground
19 Ground G Ground
20 SDIO_CLK_WL I WLAN SDIO clock
21 N.C No connection
22 Ground Ground
23 N.C No connection
24 SDIO_CMD_WL I/O WLAN SDIO command
25 N.C No connection
26 SDIO_D0_WL I/O WLAN SDIO data bit 0
27 N.C No connection
28 SDIO_D1_WL I/O WLAN SDIO data bit 1
29 N.C No connection

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30 SDIO_D2_WL I/O WLAN SDIO data bit 2
31 N.C No connection
32 SDIO_D3_WL I/O WLAN SDIO data bit 3
33 N.C No connection
34 WLAN_IRQ O WALN SDIO interrupt out
35 N.C No connection
36 N.C No connection
37 Ground G Ground
38 N.C No connection
39 N.C No connection
40 N.C No connection
41 N.C No connection
42 Ground G Ground
43 N.C No connection
44 N.C No connection
45 N.C No connection
46 N.C No connection
47 Ground G
48 N.C No connection
49 N.C No connection
50 N.C No connection
51 N.C No connection
52 BT_AUD_CLK I/O Bluetooth PCM clock input of output
53 N.C No connection
54 BT_AUD_FSYNC I/O Bluetooth PCM frame sync input of output
55 N.C No connection
56 BT_AUD_IN I Bluetooth PCM data input
57 N.C No connection
58 BT_AUD_OUT O Bluetooth PCM data output
59 N.C No connection
60 Ground G Ground
61 N.C No connection
62 N.C No connection
63 Ground G Ground
64 Ground G Ground
65 N.C No connection
66 BT_HCI_TX O Bluetooth HCI UART transmit output
67 N.C No connection
68 BT_HCI_RX I Bluetooth HCI UART receive input
69 N.C No connection
70 BT_HCI_CTS I Bluetooth HCI UART Clear to Send input
71 N.C No connection
72 BT_HCI_RTS O Bluetooth HCI UART Request to Send output
73 N.C No connection
74 N.C No connection
75 N.C No connection
76 BT_UART_DBG O Bluetooth Logger UART output
77 Ground G Ground
78 N.C No connection
79 N.C No connection
80 N.C No connection
81 N.C No connection
82 N.C No connection
83 Ground G Ground
84 N.C No connection
85 N.C No connection
86 N.C No connection