6. Board Controller
6.1 Introduction
The Wireless STK Mainboard and the Wireless Pro Kit Mainboard contain a dedicated microcontroller for some of the advanced kit
features provided. This microcontroller is referred to as the board controller and is not programmable by the user. The board controller
acts as an interface between the host PC and the target device on the radio board, as well as handling some housekeeping functions
on the board.
Note:
This chapter describes the board controller on both the Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard and the Wireless Pro Kit Mainboard.
There might be slight differences between these two boards, such as the exact menu and format on the admin console, not highlighted
in this chapter.
Some of the kit features actively managed by the board controller are
• The
, which can flash and debug both on-board and external targets.
• The
, which provides real-time energy profiling of the user application.
• The Packet Trace Interface, which is used in conjunction with PC software to provide detailed insight into an active radio network.
• The
and
interfaces, which provide ways to transfer application data between the host PC and the
target processor.
• The
, which provides configuration of the various board features.
Silicon Labs publishes updates to the board controller firmware in the form of firmware upgrade packages. These updates may enable
new features or fix issues. See Section
for details on firmware upgrade.
6.2 Admin Console
The admin console is a command line interface to the board controller on the kit. It provides functionality for configuring the kit behavior
and retrieving configuration and operational parameters.
6.2.1 Connecting
The admin console is available when the Wireless Pro Kit is connected to Ethernet using the Ethernet connector in the top left corner of
the mainboard. See Section
for details on the Ethernet connectivity.
Connect to the admin console by opening a telnet connection to the kit's IP address, port number 4902.
When successfully connected, a
WPK>
prompt is displayed.
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