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ATAK5276-83
2.1
Components Included
• ATAB5276 demonstrator board patched onto a microcontroller base board
• ATAB5283 receiver board, inclusive Li battery (optionally, the ATAB5282 receiver board)
• Antenna module
• Serial RS232 interface cable
• Two cables for DC power supply
• CD-ROM installation software and documentation
2.2
Equipment Needed
• Host PC with Windows
®
95 or higher
• Power supply 8V to 24V DC 2A (alternative 8V to 24V DC 1A with capacitor 2000 µF/20V at
output)
3.
Host Software Controlling the ATAB5276 Transmitter Board
Host software is needed to control the transmitter board via the microcontroller on the base
board. The software is installed by executing a self-extracting setup file contained on the
included CD-ROM (see
Section 5. ”Demonstrator: Getting Started” on page 11
Upon execution of the demonstration software, the setup menu is displayed (see
). Clicking send causes serial data patterns to be sent via the DIO line to the transmitter.
Depending on the mode selection, patterns can be sent in single-operation or loop-operation
mode. Pattern data to be sent can either be loaded by clicking on load pattern, or by directly edit-
ing the table. The index box to the left of the table shows the index number of the OFF/ON timing
step located in the top row of the table. A maximum of 100 OFF/ON timing steps can be speci-
fied and saved to the AVR
®
microcontroller. Specially composed patterns may be saved into a
new data file.
To demonstrate ATA5276 with ATA5283, an appropriate data file ATA5283.dat is loaded by
default. That file includes the preamble protocol for waking up the receiver; followed by modula-
tion data, switching on the LED indicator on the receiver board. With the continuous carrier
mode selection, the field can be switched on steadily (this feature is useful for antenna evalua-
tion or field strength measurements).
