NEC Release-it, Hardware Manual

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
RELEASE-IT is an evaluation kit for wireless personal area network using 78K0/KF1+ 8-bit MCU and
CC2420 RF transceiver.
1.1
Features
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Hardware is ready to accommodate IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee compliant wireless personal area
network with 8 bit single chip MCU 78K0/KF1+, µPD78F0148HD, and 2.4GHz transceiver
CC2420.
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Object code of IEEE 802.15.4 PHY/MAC is included in the kit and possible to utilize as a library.
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60 Kbytes of Flash EEPROM, available on chip in the 78K0/KF1+ MCU, is programmable from PC
via USB connection without any additional Flash programming hardware
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Debugging of the program can be made from PC via USB connection utilizing the debugger
included in the kit without any additional debugging hardware.
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The evaluation version of the IAR Embedded Workbench for 78K0/K0S, containing C Compiler,
Assembler, Linker and C-SPY Simulator can be downloaded from the IAR webpage
http://www.iar.com . The direct link to the webpage to download the evaluation version for
78K0/K0S is:
http://wwwjobb4.iar.se/Download/SW/?item=EW78K-EVAL
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USB connection can be utilized not only for Flash programming and debugging, but also for user
applications and power supply.
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Real time clock is available on the board.
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Two MCU boards and two RF transceiver boards with two antennas are packaged in the kit.
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Two digital input ports, two digital output ports, and three analog input ports are available in the
each of the MCU board.
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Two tact switches and one 5-direction tact switch are on board in addition to one hardware reset
switch.
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Four green LEDs are available on board.
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Two battery adapters for 006P are included in the kit.