Texas instruments CC2530ZDK User Manual

CC2530ZDK Quick Start Guide

SWRA274A

June 2010

1. Introduction

This guide describes how to set up a
ZigBee® sensor network demo
(consisting of sensor nodes and collector
nodes) using the preprogrammed devices
of the CC2530ZDK.

The sensors periodically report their
temperature and the collector nodes
ensure that the data gets routed to the
collector node that functions as gateway.
The collector node configured as gateway
is connected to the PC running the PC
application that visualizes the network
topology and the sensor data. More
information about the demo and the
source code can be found on the
CC2530ZDK product page [1].

The ZDK contains 2 CC2530EM’s
programmed as collector devices (both
can be used as gateway), and 5
CC2530EM’s programmed as sensor
devices.

The following steps describe how to
install & run the demo. Additionally, it is
shown how to get started with setting up
the development environment.

2. Kit Contents

2 x SmartRF05EB (the large boards)
5 x SmartRF05BB (the battery boards)
2 x CC2530EM (labeled COLLECTOR)
5 x CC2530EM (labeled SENSOR)
1 x CC2531 USB Dongle
7 x 2.4 GHz Antennas
Cables
Batteries
Documentation

The USB dongle is not directly used in
this demo. It can be us ed for over the air
packet sniffing (see also Step 12)

3. Assemble the boards

Assemble the boards that are included in
the CC2530ZDK:
 Connect an antenna to each of the

CC2530EM’s

 Mount the 2 Collector EM’s on top of

SmartRR05EB’s.

 Mount the 5 Sensor EM’s on the

SmartRF05 Battery Boards.

Place the batteries in the sockets
underneath the boards. Wait with
powering up the boards until instructed.

On the EB boards set jumper P11 in
position for battery power. Place the EM
Selection switch on each of the EB’s and
BB’s in position SoC/TRX.

4. Install ZSensorMonitor

The ZSensorMonitor software can be
downloaded from the CC2530ZDK
product page [1].
Install it on your PC and launch the
application (zsensormonitor.exe). A
shortcut can be found under the Texas
Instruments folder on the Program menu.

Connect a serial cable from one of the
SmartRF05EB boards to the PC. This will
be the gateway node.

If you experience any problem (e.g. with
launching the ZSensorMonitor), please
consult the ZigBee Sensor Monitor User’s
Guide (ZSensorMonitor User's
Guide.pdf). It can be found under the
Texas Instruments folder on the Program
menu .

5. Power up gateway device

Make sure that P14 (the RS232 switch) is
set in position Enable on this board.

Power up the gateway device (the
SmartRF05EB connected to the PC with
serial cable). Press and hold joystick
center during power up.

After power up LED 1 and 2 are blinking
to indicate that the gateway device is
trying to connect to a network. Press
joystick up on the device. This will start
up a new PAN and this node will be the
ZigBee Coordinator. LED 1 will be
switched on.

Press Joystick right on the device. This
will make the device accept binding
requests and configure this node as the
gateway node. LED 2 will be switched on.

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6. Connect with
ZSensorMonitor

Choose correct COM port from the drop
down list in the top and then press the
play button in the ZSensorMonitor User
Interface (in the upper left corner).

The node symbol will turn red to indicate
that the gateway node is detected by the
ZSensorMonitor application.

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Press the joystick like a button and keep it pressed while powering up the board. Do not release the joystick

until a few seconds after power up. This will ensure a fresh startup, i.e. bypass the network and binding

information stored in Non Volatile memory.

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7. Power on collector device

Power up the other SmartRF05EB
(Collector device). Press joystick center

during power up1. The green LED 1 will
blink shortly during connecting to the
network. The red LED 2 will blink to
indicate it is in process of discovery and
binding. LED 1 and LED 2 will both be
switched on when the device has joined
the network and bound to the gateway.

Press joystick down to start sending
periodic reports from this device. The
collector node will be displayed as a blue
circle in the ZSensorMonitor as shown in
the image.

10. Demo of ZigBee Features

8. Add 2 sensor nodes

Add 2 of the sensor nodes (SmartRF05
Battery boards) to achieve the topology
shown above. Power them up one by one
and press joystick center during power

up1.
After the LED’s start blinking rapidly press
joystick down to start the reporting. The
two sensor nodes will appear in the
ZSensorMonitor as soon as their first
report is received.
Press joystick left on the gateway node
(device connected to the PC). The
gateway will then not accept new joining
requests in order to achieve the desired
topology (see step 9).

11. IAR Embedded Workbench

9. Add remaining sensors

Add the 3 remaining s ensors. Press
joystick center during power up1. These
sensors will not join the gateway but the

other Collector device since the gateway
is not accepting join requests.

After the LED’s start blinking rapidly press
joystick down to start reporting from
each of the sensors. All of the nodes will
appear in the ZSensorMonitor that will
display the reported temperature.

Congratulations! You have successfully
setup a small ZigBee network and the
sensor demo application.

12. Packet Sniffer

The resulting setup can be used to
demonstrate two of the many benefits
of the ZigBee protocol.

Range extension

The topology in the figure of Step 9
illustrates that ZigBee can be used to
extend the range of a network by using
hops between communicating nodes.

Self-healing

To demonstrate the self-healing feature of
ZigBee you can simply turn off the
collector device that is not connected to
the PC; then the sensors will join the
gateway device (if in radio range) as the
gateway does not allow new devices to
join, but it does allow re-joins of nodes
that are already in the network.

A. References and more
information

[1] CC2530 ZigBee Development Kit

www.ti.com/cc2530zdk

[2] CC2530 product web page

www.ti.com/cc2530

The Low Power RF Online Community
has forums, blogs and videos. Use the
forums to find information, discuss and
get help with your design. Join us at

www.ti.com/lprf-forum

To develop software, program and debug
the CC2530, you should use the IAR
Embedded Workbench for 8051.

A free evaluation version of IAR EW8051
is included in the kit. See also

www.iar.com/ew8051.

(See the Z-Stack™ release notes for
details regarding which version to use.)

B. Software references

Z-Stack™ Software

In order to start software development for
ZigBee applications on CC2530, TI’s
ZigBee compliant protocol stack is
required. You can find it on the Z-stack™
product page: www.ti.com/z-stack

Sensor Demo source code

Source code and IAR projects for the
Sensor Demo can be found in the Sensor
Demo software package on the
CC2530ZDK product page:

www.ti.com/cc2530zdk

In order to debug RF protocols, one can
use TI’s SmartRF Packet Sniffer to
capture packets.

The packet sniffer software can be found
in the Tools & Software section of the
CC2530 product page [2]. It can be used
with the CC2531 USB dongle or the
SmartRF05EB with a CC2530EM

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