Würth Elektronik THYONE-I PLUG User Manual

THYONE-I PLUG USER MANUAL

2611036021001

VERSION 1.2

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Revision history

Manual versionHWversion

1.0 1.1

1.1 1.1

1.2 1.1

Notes

• Initial version of the manual

• Updated Declaration of EU conformity to latest Version of EN 300 328 after successfully passing corresponding delta test in chapter

Regulatory compliance information

• Updated Declaration of EU conformity in chapter

Regulatory compliance information

Date

February 2020

November 2020

December 2020

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Abbreviations and abstract

Abbreviation Name Description

FSE

HIGH High signal level LOW Low signal level

RF Radio frequency

UART

VDD Supply voltage

Field Sales Engineer

Support and sales contact person responsible for limited sales area

Describes everything relating to the wireless transmission.

Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter allows communicating with the module of a speciﬁc interface.

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Contents

1 Introduction 4

1.1 Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Functional description 5

2.1 Typical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.2 Taking into operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.2.1 Usage of CBUS pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.2.1.1 Resetting the Thyone-I Plug using the CBUS pin . . . . . . . . 7

2.2.1.2 Switching from command mode to transparent mode and vice

versa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Regulatory compliance information 9

3.1 Important notice EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.2 Important notice FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.3 EU Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.4 FCC - Federal Communications Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.5 IC - Industry Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.6 Japanese Radio Law Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.6.1 Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4 Important notes 13

4.1 General customer responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.2 Customer responsibility related to speciﬁc, in particular safety-relevant ap-

plications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.3 Best care and attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.4 Customer support for product speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.5 Product improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.6 Product life cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.7 Property rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.8 General terms and conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5 Legal notice 15

5.1 Exclusion of liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5.2 Suitability in customer applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5.3 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5.4 Usage restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

6 License terms 17

6.1 Limited license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

6.2 Usage and obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

6.3 Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

6.4 Firmware update(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

6.5 Disclaimer of warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

6.6 Limitation of liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

6.7 Applicable law and jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

6.8 Severability clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

6.9 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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1 Introduction

The Thyone-I is a radio module that provides wireless connectivity capabilities in the 2.4 GHz frequency band. The Thyone-I Plug incorporates the Thyone-I in a USB stick form factor enabling easy interfacing with any USB enabled device like personal computer or laptop. The Thyone-I Plug allows quick set-up of a radio link between PC and any system with integrated Thyone-I radio module.

1.1 Ordering information

WE order code Description 2611036021001 Radio dongle including Thyone-I

Table 1: Ordering information

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2 Functional description

The Thyone-I Plug consists of Thyone-I radio module along with a serial-to-USB adapter that enables direct connection to any USB compatible device. An FTDI serial-to-USB converter chip FT231X connects the USB interface to the UART pins of the integrated radio module. Besides UART, additional digital GPIO pins (CBUS) are connected to the radio module to provide special functions like reset. Figure1illustrates all the functional components of Thyone-I Plug.

Figure 1: Block diagram of the Thyone-I Plug

2.1 Typical Setup

The Thyone-I Plug offers either a Command API (default) or a Transparent Mode on it’s UART interface.

Two modules or USB dongles can communicate with each other if they share the same radio conﬁguration (radio proﬁle and channel). Based on the network conﬁguration, data can be broadcast, multicast to a group or unicast to a speciﬁc module. The default module settings are selected in such a way that an plug and play experience is possible by using 2 dongles and the PC tool smartCommander (v1.0.0.5 or newer).

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2.2 Taking into operation

The serial-to-USB FTDI converter chip FT231X requires special drivers to be installed for proper operation. The Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers have to be installed by following the "Installation Guides" found under: https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

It is recommended to restart the PC after installation of drivers.

Please note that the FTDI drivers are not available for all platforms. We have tested Windows 10 x64 as well as Raspberry Pi 3B and 4B with Raspbian Buster.

On proper installation of the drivers, the module appears as a virtual COM port on the PC (ttyUSBx on Linux, COMx on Windows) in case of the VCP driver use. This COM port can be opened in any serial emulator program or user written software to communicate with the radio module. The radio module responds to commands in a speciﬁc format. Please refer to the corresponding Thyone-I user manual for the complete description of the command set.

When connecting the plug to the PC, it is recommended to reset the plug once. This can be done using the plug’s reset button or using the CBUS0 pin (see chapter of the PC.

2.2.1.1

). This reset procedure is also recommended after each reboot

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