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MRF24J40ME PICtail™/PICtail PLUS
DAUGHTER BOARD USER’S GUIDE
Chapter 1. Overview
1.1
INTRODUCTION
The MRF24J40ME PICtail™/ PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a demonstration and
development daughter board for the MRF24J40ME 2.4 GHz IEEE Std. 802.15.4™ RF
Transceiver Module with PA/LNA.
The daughter board can be plugged into multiple Microchip Technology demonstration
and development boards. For example, the daughter board is appropriate for 8-bit
microcontroller development using the PIC18 Explorer Board (DM183032) or for 16-bit
and 32-bit microcontroller development using the Explorer 16 Development Board
(DM240001).
Supporting software stacks and application notes may be downloaded from the
Microchip web site
http://www.microchip.com/wireless
.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• MRF24J40ME PICtail™/ PICtail Plus Daughter Board Contents
• MRF24J40ME PICtail™/ PICtail Plus Daughter Board
1.2
MRF24J40ME PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD CONTENTS
Depending on the development tool ordered, package contents will also contain the
MRF24J40ME PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board.
1.3
MRF24J40ME PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD
The MRF24J40ME PICtail™/ PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a complete IEEE 802.15.4
2.4 GHz wireless transceiver. The daughter board is shown in
.
IMPORTANT
The MRF24J40ME module contains a Power Amplifier (PA) and Low Noise Amplifier
(LNA). It is important that the MRF24J40 be configured to control the PA and LNA. Refer
to Section 4.2 “External PA/LNA Control” in the “
MRF24J40 IEEE 802.15.4 2.4 GHz RF
Transceiver Data Sheet”
(DS39776). When using the source code, refer to the compile
options to enable the PA and LNA.
CAUTION
Power to the MRF24J40ME PICtail™/ PICtail Plus Daughter Board should be in the
range of 2.7V-3.6V. Ensure that the development/demonstration board the daughter
board is plugged into meets this voltage requirement; otherwise, damage to the
MRF24J40 may occur.
