Silicon Laboratories 802.15.4-2.4-DK User Guide

802.15.4-2.4-DK

2.4 GHZ 802.15.4 DEVELOPMENT KIT USER’S GUIDE

1. Kit Contents

The 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Development Kit contains the following items, shown in Figure 1.

 2.4 GHz 802.15.4/ZigBee Target Boards (2)
 Antennas (2)
 9 V batteries (2)
 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Development Kit User's Guide (this document)
 Silicon Laboratories Development Kit IDE and Product Information CD-ROM. CD content includes the following:

 Silicon Laboratories Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
 Keil Software 8051 Development Tools (evaluation assembler, linker and C compiler)
 802.15.4 Application Programming Interface (API) library
 Source code examples and register definition files
 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Demonstration Software
 Documentation

 AC to DC power adapter
 USB debug adapter (USB to debug interface)
 USB cables (2)

Figure 1. Silicon Laboratories 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Development Kit

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2. Kit Overview

The 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Development kit contains everything necessary to demonstrate and develop a two-node

802.15.4 network. The 802.15.4 Demonstration Software provides a quick and convenient graphical PC-based
demonstration with no programming required. A complete development environment is provided in the kit for those
wishing to develop a custom 802.15.4 application. The development environment includes an IDE, evaluation C
compiler, software libraries, and a code example.

3. Demonstration Tools

The kit includes a demonstration to enable the user to quickly construct a 802.15.4 network, shown in Figure 2.

The demonstration has both software and firmware components. The 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Demonstration Software is
a graphical user interface that runs on the PC. The demonstration firmware is the 8051 code that runs on the
development board. Development boards are shipped with the firmware preloaded. Software and firmware updates
are available upon request through Silicon Laboratories’ Applications group.

Detailed instructions are in document "AN267: 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Demonstration Software User's Guide", included
with this kit.

Figure 2. Silicon Laboratories 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 Demonstration Software

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