Texas Instruments CC1110-CC1111DK, CC2510-CC2511DK User Manual

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CC1110-CC1111DK
CC2510-CC2511DK

Development Kit

User Manual

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Table of contents

1

INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3

2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL ..........................................................................................................3

3 DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................................4

4 KIT CONTENT..........................................................................................................................5

4.1 HARDWARE...................................................................................................................................5

5 SMARTRF®04EB.......................................................................................................................6

5.1 USB MCU ....................................................................................................................................7

5.1.1 Bootloader............................................................................................................................................................................. 7

5.1.2 Programming USB controller...............................................................................................................................................7

5.2 USB MCU SIGNAL NAMES ............................................................................................................8

6 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION SMARTRF®04EB..................................................................9

6.1 POWERING SMARTRF®04EB.......................................................................................................10

6.2 USB INTERFACE..........................................................................................................................11

6.3 RS-232 INTERFACE......................................................................................................................11

6.4 USER INTERFACE.........................................................................................................................11

6.5 AUDIO INTERFACE.......................................................................................................................11

6.6 SPI INTERFACE SWAP JUMPERS ON SMARTRF®04EB..................................................................12

6.7 I/O CONNECTORS.........................................................................................................................13

6.8 EM CONNECTORS........................................................................................................................ 14

6.9 SIGNAL FLOW ..............................................................................................................................14

6.10 EM LCD CONNECTION................................................................................................................15

7 APPLICATION EXAMPLES AND RF TESTING...............................................................16

7.1 SETUP..........................................................................................................................................16

7.2 EXAMPLES...................................................................................................................................16

7.3 RF TESTING .................................................................................................................................17

7.3.1 Output power testing...........................................................................................................................................................17

8 IAR EMBEDDED WORKBENCH.........................................................................................18

8.1 DOWNLOAD THE LATEST IAR SOFTWARE....................................................................................18

8.2 INSTALLATION OF DOWNLOADED EVALUATION VERSION FROM WEB ..........................................18

8.3 INSTALLATION FROM THE CD .....................................................................................................19

8.4 OBTAINING 60 DAYS ADDITIONAL LICENSE .................................................................................20

8.5 IAR EMBEDDED WORKBENCH – KICKSTART EDITION ................................................................20

9 USING SMARTRF®04EB FOR PROTOTYPING................................................................21

9.1 USING SMARTRF®04EB AS AN IN-CIRCUIT EMULATOR (ICE)....................................................21

9.2 DEBUG INTERFACE ......................................................................................................................21

9.3 SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DEBUG PLUG-IN BOARD (SOC_DEM) ...........................................................22

10 PROGRAMMING THE SOC WITH A HEX FILE.............................................................23

11 SMARTRF®04EB TROUBLESHOOTING...........................................................................23

12 SMARTRF04DK SCHEMATICS...........................................................................................24

13 EVALUATION MODULES....................................................................................................31

14 DOCUMENT HISTORY.........................................................................................................31

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1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a SmartRF®04DK Development Kit.
Please note that Texas Instruments uses the term SmartRF

®

04DK as a collective term for all

development kits on the Chipcon SmartRF

®

04 platform. This development platform supports

evaluation, development and prototyping using the Chipcon SmartRF

®

04 products from

Texas Instruments.
Make sure to subscribe to the Low-Power RF eNewsletter to receive information about

updates to documentation, new product releases and more. Sign up on the Texas
Instruments RF/IF Components web site.

2 About this manual

This manual contains both tutorial and reference information, and covers both the hardware
and software components of the development kit.

Note that the RF USB dongle HW (CC1111 or CC2511) and application examples are
covered in a separate document.

Both SmartRF

®

Studio and the Chipcon Flash Programmer have their own user manual.

Further background information can be found in the device datasheets.

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3 Definitions

SmartRF04EB

CC1110EM or CC2510EM

Evaluation Board. Main board with LCD, USB
interface, LEDs, pot-meter etc. Platform for the
Evaluation Modules (EM).

CC1110/CC2510 Evaluation Module, a
small plug-in module for CC1110­CC1111DK/CC2510-CC2511DK, should be
used as reference design for antenna and
RF layout.

RF USB Dongle

Reference design for a CC1111 or CC2511
based USB dongle with RF interface. Should be
used as reference design for antenna and RF
layout. Note that the USB dongle is covered in a
separate user manual.

SmartRF

®

04DK A collective term used for all development kits for the SmartRF®04

platform, i.e. SmartRF

®

04EB + EM.

USB MCU The Silicon Labs C8051F320 MCU used to provide a USB interface

on the SmartRF04DK.

Factory firmware The firmware that is supplied programmed into the USB MCU from

the factory. This firmware supports SmartRF

®

Studio operation as well

as a stand-alone PER tester.

PER Packet Error Rate. Counts the number of lost and/or faulty packets

and displays the ratio: (lost/faulty packets)/number of packets sent.

SoC System on a Chip. A collective term used to refer to Texas

Instruments ICs with on-chip MCU and RF transceiver. Used in this
document to reference the CC1110 / CC2510.

ICE In Circuit Emulator.

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4 Kit content

4.1 Hardware

The development kit contains the following:

• 2 x SmartRF

®

04EB

• 2 x CC2510EM evaluation modules
in the CC2510-CC2511DK

• 2 x CC1110EM433 and
2 x CC1110EM868-915 evaluation
modules in the CC1110-CC1111DK

• Antennas for the appropriate
frequency range

• 1 x USB dongle

• 2 x USB cables

• 1 x USB extension cable

• 1 x 10-wire flat cable for using

SmartRF

®

04EB as emulator for

external target systems

• 1 x SOC_DEM System on Chip
debug plug-in board

• Quick start guide

SmartRF

®

04EB with EM

The SmartRF04DK Development Kit includes a number of functions and applications that
allows quick testing of the RF interface and peripherals of the chip.

• Evaluate the SmartRF

®

04 products. Right out of the box, the kit can be used for

range testing.

• Use SmartRF

®

Studio to perform RF measurements. The radio can be easily

configured to measure sensitivity, output power and other RF parameters.

• Prototype development. The SmartRF04DK includes a USB interface that can be
used as emulator interface for the CC1110/CC2510. All CC1110/CC2510 I/O ports
are available on pin connectors on the edge of the board to allow external
applications easy access to the CC1110/CC2510. These connectors are also
compatible with logic analyser probes for easy debugging.

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5 SmartRF®04EB

This chapter includes overall information that applies to SmartRF®04EB. In the following SoC
means Chipcon System on Chip, i.e. CC1110 or CC2510.

Figure 1: Main components

Figure 1 shows the main components on the SmartRF

®

04EB. A USB cable from a PC is
connected directly to the USB controller. When a SoC evaluation module is plugged into the
SmartRF

®

04EB, the only purpose of the USB controller is to “translate” USB signals to the
SoC 2-wire debug interface. This interface includes Debug Clock (DC) and Debug Data (DD).
The USB controller also controls the Reset_n line connected to the SoC.

Most of the peripherals on the SmartRF

®

04EB are connected to both the USB controller and
to the SoC. This means that I/O ports on both controllers can drive the same pin. When the
USB controller detects that a SoC is connected, it will therefore set all the I/O in three-state
(high impedance) mode. The connection to the USB controller may anyhow somewhat
influence these I/O lines.

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5.1 USB MCU

5.1.1 Bootloader

The USB controller is programmed with a bootloader when it is shipped from the factory. The
bootloader allows programming of new code into the USB MCU without the Silicon Labs’
serial adapter. The bootloader communicates with SmartRF

®

Studio or a custom program via

USB.

5.1.2 Programming USB controller

If it is required to update the firmware of the USB MCU, this can be done using the
SmartRF

®

04 programming software (Chipcon Flash Programmer or SmartRF® Studio). For
use of Chipcon Flash Programmer please refer to Chipcon Flash Programmer user manual
for instructions. The USB controller can only be updated via USB when no EM is connected to
the SmartRF

®

04EB.

To download firmware to the USB MCU without using the bootloader or to download the
bootloader in the first place, a Silicon Labs’ EC2 serial adapter (Figure 2) is required. This
adapter should be connected to P301, marked “USB MCU debug”, on the SmartRF

®

04EB.

Figure 2: EC2 serial adapter

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5.2 USB MCU signal names

The USB MCU is a C8051F320 from Silicon Labs. Please see the Silicon Labs web site for
detailed information about this MCU.

The following table shows the usage of I/O pins on the USB MCU.

Pin
no.

Pin name
(USB MCU)

Signal name
SmartRF®04EB

0-ohm
resistor

Function

1 P0.1 P1.7/SO/GDO1/MISO R117 SPI MISO signal,

transceiver/transmitter SO/GDO2
2 P0.0 P1.5/SCLK R115 SPI Serial clock
10 P3.0/C2D USB MCU Debug pin
11 P2.7 P1.3/LED3 R113 LED3 (yellow), active low
12 P2.6 P0.4/RTS R100
13 P2.5 RS232_POWER Turns RS-232 level converter on/off
14 P2.4 P2.0/LED_4 R120 LED4 (Blue), active low
15 P2.3 RESET_N LCD Power on reset signal, SoC

RESET
16 P2.2 SOC_PRESENT Tells USB MCU whether a SoC is

present.

0 = transmitter/transceiver

1 = SoC
17 P2.1 P0.6/JOY R106 Joystick input (analogue coded

voltage)
18 P2.0 P1.2/LED2 R111 LED2 (Red), active low
19 P1.7 P1.0/LED1 R110 LED1, (Green), active low
20 P1.6 P0.7/POT R107 Potentiometer input
21 P1.5 P0.5/JOY_PUSH R112 Joystick pushed
22 P1.4 P1.1/PWM_OUTPUT R105 PWM audio output
23 P1.3 P0.1/BUTTON_PUSH R101 Button pushed
24 P1.2 P0.0/MIC_INPUT R104 Audio input
25 P1.1 P2.4/SCL R124 I2S clock (for LCD)
26 P1.0 P2.3/SDA R123 I2S data (for LCD)
27 P0.7 P2.2/GDO2/DC R122 Transceiver/transmitter GDO3, SoC

debug signal
28 P0.6/CNVSTR P2.1/GDO1/DD R121 Transceiver/transmitter GDO1, SoC

debug signal
29 P0.5 P0.2/UART_RD R102 UART RD
30 P0.4 P0.3/UART_TD R103 UART TD
31 P0.3/XTAL2 P1.4/CSn/SS R114 SPI slave select signal
32 P0.2/XTAL1 P1.6/MOSI R116 SPI MOSI signal,

Transceiver/Transmitter SI

Table 1: USB MCU pin-out

As mentioned in the table, the joystick output is coded as an analogue voltage. This has been
done in order to save the number of pins required on the MCU to interface with the joystick.
The SoC software libraries contain functions to decode the ADC values and indicate in what
direction the joystick is moved. The push function of the joystick is treated as a separate
digital signal.

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6 Hardware description SmartRF®04EB

Figure 3: SmartRF04DK overview

The figure above shows the major parts of the SmartRF

®

04EB. The SmartRF®04EB serves

as main platform in the development kit.

USB
connector

RS-232
connector

Joystick

LEDs

I/O connector A

I/O connector B

SMA test
connectors

Connectors
for evaluation
module (EM)

Supply selection
switch

DC jack

Power connector

LCD

SoC
debug/flash
connector

Potentio
meter

Head­phone
output

Mic.
input

Volume
control

Button
S1

USB MCU
reset

USB MCU
debug
connector

USB MCU

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6.1 Powering SmartRF®04EB

If several power sources are connected to SmartRF

®

04EB, the board will be powered from

the supply that supplies the highest voltage.

Figure 4: Power switch setting

The Power Switch S3 must be set according to what power source is used. If 3.3V is applied
using the power terminal block, the switch should be set to the left position. In all other cases,
the switch should be set to the right position for power to be applied to the SmartRF

®

04EB.

This switch can be used to turn off the SmartRF

®

04EB by switching it to the opposite position

of that used to turn it on.

Figure 5: Power connector

The SmartRF

®

04EB can be powered in several different ways:

• DC jack connector with standard DC jack power connectors with a 2.5mm centre pin. The

centre pin is used for the positive voltage. A 4-10V DC power supply should be used. The
onboard voltage regulator supplies 3.3V to the board.

• Laboratory power supply. Ground should be connected to the 0V terminal on the power

connector (see Figure 5). A 4-10V supply can be connected to the “4-10V” terminal, or a

3.3V supply can be connected to the “3.3V” terminal. The on-board voltage regulators will
be bypassed when using the “3.3V” terminal. Therefore it is important that the voltage
level is within these limits:

o 2.7V-3.6V when the USB interface is not active.
o 3.0V-3.6V when the USB interface is active.

• USB power. If the SmartRF

®

04EB is connected to a USB socket on a PC, it will draw

power from the USB bus. The onboard voltage regulator supplies 3.3V to the board.

• Battery power. The evaluation board includes a 9V-type battery connector on the bottom

side of the PCB. A 9V battery or a battery pack that uses a 9V-type connector can be
connected to this battery connector. The onboard voltage regulator supplies 3.3V to the
board.