STMicroelectronicsS STM32WLCDL Users Manual
Low-cost RF control kit for STM32W108xx microcontrollers
1 Introduction
The STM32W-RFCKIT low-cost RF control kit is an easy-to-use tool for STM32W108xx RF
microcontrollers. This family of microcontrollers integrates a 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M3
microprocessor and a 2.4 GHz, IEEE 802.15.4-compliant transceiver. The kit demonstrates
plug and play 2.4GHz RF point-to-point communications targeting general-purpose wireless
control systems.
The STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit provides demonstration applications and
documentation which serve as a reference for creating your own applications and reprogramming the STM32W108xx microcontroller.
You can run the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit in several ways using the dedicated
software libraries (Simplified MAC, ZigBee RF4CE and ZigBee PRO). This kit provides
access to a set of straightforward HAL APIs enabling application engineers to easily develop
RF control capabilities such as LEDs, serial communication channels (virtual COM through
USB), MEM enabled pointers, etc. Moreover, thanks to the flexibility of STM32W
microcontrollers, developers will also be able to use the kit with other available protocol
network libraries: MAC based, RF4CE, ZigBee PRO or 6LowPan.
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This manual provides information about:
■ STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit components
■ How to install the related hardware, software and documentation trees
■ How to run the preprogrammed demonstration applications
Note: For more information, visit the STM32W 32-bit RF microcontroller webpages at
www.st.com/stm32w_rfcontrol
These webpages provide full access to all STM32W108xx resources (kits, software
packages and documents).
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 Kit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1.1 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1.2 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1.3 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Software libraries and demonstration applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3 Kit setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3.1 Powering on the boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3.2 Installing the ST Virtual COM port driver USB drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3.3 Setting up the application serial communication channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Running the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1 Installing the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit software tree . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.1 Building and download the Simple MAC talk demonstration application . 5
3.1.2 Basic RF communication using the talk demonstration application . . . . . 6
4 STM32W-RFCKIT utilities and software tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1 stm32w_flasher utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5 List of acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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2 Getting started
This section provides a complete description of the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit's
hardware and software.
2.1 Kit description
2.1.1 Hardware
The STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit's package contains the following hardware
components:
● One STM32W108xx MB950 remote application board
● One STM32W108xx MB951 USB dongle
Figure 1. MB950 remote application board Figure 2. MB951 USB dongle
Note: For information concerning the STM32W108xx MB950 and MB951 boards, refer to the
documentation included with all available software and the documentation tree installer file
(see Section 2.2: Software libraries and demonstration applications).
2.1.2 Software
The STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit does not contain any CD-ROMs.
2.1.3 Documentation
The STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit contains a welcome letter which briefly describes its
components and targeted applications.
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