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Page 1: ...4590 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 TEL 408 919 2500 FAX 408 988 0279 www cel com...
Page 2: ...10 Chapter 2 Transmit Test 11 Transmit Test Settings 11 Running a Default Transmit Test 11 Channel 12 Power 12 Boost Mode 12 External Power Amplifier 13 Send Mode 13 Packet Length 13 Packet Number 14...
Page 3: ...pter 8 Interface Board Settings 26 Power Save Setting 26 Self test 27 Reset 27 Appendix 1 Apex Module Features Specifications 28 Features 28 Specifications 28 Pin Assignments 29 Module Interface Pins...
Page 4: ...s Apex Series modules as a transmission solution in their IEEE 802 15 4 networks This document assumes the reader has a solid understanding of embedded systems design Experience in networking and RF...
Page 5: ...smit Test BOLD ITALIC CAPS A keyboard command ENTER Delimits a hierarchy of menu options which ends with the option to choose Open Save Arial Font Identifies file names and program identifiers such as...
Page 6: ...with an NEC UPG2250T5N high gain Power Amplifier and UPG2214TK high performance RFIC switch The interface board features a serial communication interface a power management module peripherals like a p...
Page 7: ...llow control and display through the interface board s buttons and LCD display Components Apex Evaluation Kits include the following hardware components 2 interface boards 2 Apex Modules ZAXM 201 1 4...
Page 8: ...of Controls and Features OK Button UP Button RESET Button Potentiometer Power On LED APEX Module DOWN Button POWER Switch LCD Display USB Port AC DC POWER EXIT Button Ground JMP1 Jumper JMP2 Jumper J...
Page 9: ...tializing the LCD display The small arrows on the LCD indicate which buttons are active For example The up arrow indicates the UP button is available to go to the previous item in the current list tes...
Page 10: ...4 ZigBee Wars Game page 25 Interface Board Settings page 26 User Tip To return to the top menu from lower menus entries press the EXIT button until the top menu items are displayed Resetting the Board...
Page 11: ...Power page 16 Transmit Test Settings Channel page 12 Power page 12 Boost Mode page 12 Send Mode page 13 Packet Length page 13 Packet Number page 14 Delay page 14 Running a Default Transmit Test The d...
Page 12: ...le The default value is MAX 20 dBm with the power amplifier enabled see page 13 With the power amplifier disabled the value is MAX 3dBm The transceiver offers a programmable output range So with the P...
Page 13: ...smissions Selecting Extern PA enables the external power amplifier The default setting is OFF For more about external power amplification see the CEL Apex data sheet http www cel com pdf datasheets ZA...
Page 14: ...500 10000 to 20000 in increments of 1000 20000 to 60000 in increments of 5000 Delay You can select he delay in milliseconds Delay ms between each packet sent The default is 60 milliseconds Choose fro...
Page 15: ...previous screen with the new value set 5 Press UP or DOWN to view the various settings For example the Send mode is shown here PACKT is the default Send mode PACKT BACK ALTER 6 You alter some settings...
Page 16: ...CKT BACK ALTER 5 Press ALTER the change the Send Mode to TONE Press OK Send mode TONE BACK ALTER 6 Press EXIT to return to the beginning of the Transmit Test Transmit test 7 Press OK to start the test...
Page 17: ...e 19 Receive Test Settings Channel page 18 Boost mode page 18 Sample window page 18 Percentage error alert page 18 RSSI alert page 19 Running a Default Receive Test 1 From the top menu press UP or DOW...
Page 18: ...ember com pdf 120 0082 000_EM250_Datasheet pdf Sample Window The Received Signal Strength Indication RSSI results displayed during a test are calculated as an average of the individual packets within...
Page 19: ...ht be the receiver s sensitivity as defined in the chip s specification Editing Receive Test Settings 1 From the top menu press UP or DOWN until Receive Test is displayed Receive Test 2 Press OK to di...
Page 20: ...ue press OK For example select a value of 1 to represent the error percentage threshold of 1 The display returns to the previous screen with the new value set PER alert OFF BACK EDIT 6 You can change...
Page 21: ...wered down until any interrupt occurs or an external SIF wake up command is seen All peripherals of the EM250 including the radio continue to operate normally Sleep mode power values for the module ca...
Page 22: ...DEEP is the default Sleep Mode DEEP BACK ALTER To change the setting to IDLE press OK Sleep Mode IDLE BACK ALTER If you want to toggle the setting back to DEEP press OK again 5 To start the test press...
Page 23: ...n the Energy Scan Test using Ember s InSight Desktop software It can be downloaded directly from Ember s website at www ember com rfeval html 1 From the top menu press UP or DOWN until Energy Scan is...
Page 24: ...analog to digital converter ADC 1 From the top menu press UP or DOWN until Potentiometer is displayed Potentiometer START 2 Press OK to start the test POT 0 6150 V The LCD displays a value for the po...
Page 25: ...ove your player left or OK to move it right 4 Press UP to fire a missile The missile will appear in the upper row of the LCD The number of missiles a player has is displayed on the LCD Five missiles i...
Page 26: ...onal settings 4 To modify a setting or run a test press OK Power Save Setting To increase battery life the module can be set to go into sleep mode after a specific amount time of inactivity The defaul...
Page 27: ...uctions displayed The following components are tested The buzzer sounds upon completion of each test UP button OK button DOWN button EXIT button Potentiometer s low values Rotate all the way to the le...
Page 28: ...ht 130mA power consumption 100mW output 2 1 to 3 6V input 16 general purpose I O ports DMA SP1 I2C and UART interfaces FCC and CE certified Specifications Description Specification Frequency 2400 to 2...
Page 29: ...ND GPIO 1 GPIO 0 GPIO 12 GPIO 11 RSTB VDD GROUND GROUND PIN 1 GROUND PIN 18 GPIO 10 GPIO 9 GPIO 8 GPIO 7 GPIO 6 GPIO 5 GPIO 4 PIN 11 GPIO 3 PCB Trace Antenna Figure 9 1 Pin Assignments Pin Name Type D...
Page 30: ...al Purpose Digital I O ADC Input 2 Timer 2 Clock Input or Timer 1 Enable 15 GPIO7 DO Regulator Enable active high see section 8 16 GPIO8 DI DO AO General Purpose Digital I O ADC Reference Output Timer...
Page 31: ...CLK Serial interface clock internal pull down MISO Serial interface master in slave out MOSI Serial interface master out slave in LOADB Serial interface load strobe GPIO16 External interrupt pin tied...
Page 32: ...ey re provided to control the Power Amplifier JMP1 the Apex Module JMP2 and the interface board JMP3 Name Label Function JMP1 PA REG ENABLE Connect to turn PA ON disconnect to turn PA OFF JMP2 M 3VDC...
Page 33: ...in the Ember Proprietary Products and any copy portion or modification thereof shall not transfer to Purchaser or its customers and shall remain solely the property of Ember and its licensors No sourc...
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