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Connecting to the PC Using CC31XXEMUBOOST Board
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CC3120 SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi
®
BoosterPack™ Plug-In Module and IoT
Solution
3 Connecting to the PC Using CC31XXEMUBOOST Board
3.1 CC31XXEMUBOOST Board
3.1.1 Overview
The CC31XXEMUBOOST board is designed to connect the BoosterPack module to a PC through a USB
connection. This connection updates the firmware patches, which are stored in the serial flash on the
BoosterPack, and in software development using SimpleLink Studio. The board is also used to measure
the RF performance using a software tool named
RadioTool . For more information, see the CC31xx &
CC32xx Radio Tool wiki page.
3.1.2 Hardware Details
Figure 13 shows the CC31XXEMUBOOST board.
Figure 13. CC31XXEMUBOOST Board
The CC31XXEMUBOOST board has two FTDI ICs to enumerate multiple COM and D2XX ports. Table 6
gives the details of the ports.
Table 6. Ports Available on J6
Port Number Port Type Usage Comments
1 D2XX SPI port for SimpleLInk Studio
2 D2XX GPIO for SimpleLink Studio Control the nRESET, nHIB, IRQ
3 VCP
COM port for flash
programming
4 VCP NWP
Network processor logger output. Used with specific
tools to analyze the network processor logs. For TI use
only.