8 Getting Started with the CC3000-Pmod
™
Compatible Wi-Fi
®
Adapter
Version 1.0
INTRODUCTION
The CC3000-Pmod
™
Compatible Wi-Fi
®
Adapter, designed by Avnet, is a self-contained, certified 802.11b/g
Wi-Fi adapter based on the Texas Instruments SimpleLink
™
CC3000. Conforming to the Digilent Pmod Interface
Specification and 2 x 6 pinout, it is designed to attach to Avnet FPGA development boards that comply with the
Pmod Interface Specification. The built-in IP networking stack provides ubiquitous Wi-Fi and Internet access
without needing a complex CPU and OS. The module’s small API command set is easily incorporated into the
FPGA using a MicroBlaze microcontroller core.
This guide assumes the user has the Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard hardware and has completed
verification of the MicroBoard via the “Getting Started With Spartan-6 LX9 MicroBoard Development Kit”
instructions supplied with that hardware kit and located on the Avnet Design Resource Center.
This Getting Started Guide will walk you through the procedure to install the CC3000-Pmod
™
Compatible
Wi-Fi
®
Adapter into the Spartan-6 LX9 MicroBoard and program the MicroBoard’s SPI Flash with the pre-built
embedded WiFi Webserver based demonstration that is designed to illustrate the features of the LS Research
TiWi Module, TI SimpleLink and Xilinx MicroBlaze 32-bit soft processor IP core.
What’s Inside the Box
• CC3000-Pmod Board with the 802.11b/g TiWi-SL Module from LS Research, utilizing the SimpleLink
Wi-Fi CC3000 solution from Texas Instruments.
• This Getting Started Guide
• Welcome Letter
What’s Available Online
• The Development Kit’s home page with Documentation and Reference Designs, along with additional
Avnet FPGA development board reference designs
•
http://www.em.avnet.com/pmodwifi
•
http://www.em.avnet.com/s6microboard
•
http://www.em.avnet.com
• Technical Support
•
http://www.em.avnet.com/techsupport
•
http://www.xilinx.com/support
If you already have the ISE Design Suite installed on computer or intend to just run this demo “standalone”,
without any development intensions, then you can proceed to the next section, “GETTING STARTED WITH THE
CC3000-PMOD
™
COMPATIBLE Wi-Fi ADAPTER KIT.” If you need to install ISE Design Suite, please proceed with
the instructions found in the “Getting Started With Spartan-6 LX9 MicroBoard Development Kit” located at
http://www.em.avnet.com/s6microboard
.
