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User’s Guide 

SWRU321A 

– May 2013 

 

SmartRF

™ is a trademark of Texas Instruments 

SmartRF06 Evaluation Board 

 

User’s Guide 

 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for SmartRF06

Page 1: ...User s Guide SWRU321A May 2013 SmartRF is a trademark of Texas Instruments SmartRF06 Evaluation Board User s Guide ...

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Page 3: ... 6 12 2 Current Measurement Jumper 27 7 1 20 PIN ARM JTAG HEADER 29 7 2 10 PIN ARM CORTEX DEBUG HEADER 29 7 3 CUSTOM STRAPPING 30 List of Figures Figure 1 Driver install a Update driver b Specify path to FTDI drivers 8 Figure 2 Driver install a VCP loaded and b drivers successfully installed 8 Figure 3 SmartRF06EB rev 1 2 1 with EM connected 10 Figure 4 SmartRF06EB architecture 12 Figure 5 SmartRF...

Page 4: ...nded operating conditions and absolute max ratings 11 Table 3 Temperature Recommended operating conditions and storage temperatures 11 Table 4 UART Back channel signal connections 14 Table 5 Power domain overview of SmartRF06EB 17 Table 6 LCD signal connections 19 Table 7 Micro SD Card signal connections 19 Table 8 Accelerometer signal connections 20 Table 9 Ambient Light Sensor signal connections...

Page 5: ... use and user interfacing Accelerometer Three axis highly configurable digital accelerometer for application development and demo use Light Sensor Ambient Light Sensor for application development and demo use Current measurement Current sense amplifier for high side current measurements Breakout pins Easy access to SoC GPIO pins for quick and easy debugging Table 1 SmartRF06EB features 2 About thi...

Page 6: ...Action Group IEEE 1149 1 LCD Liquid Crystal Display LED Light Emitting Diode LPRF Low Power RF MCU Micro Controller MISO Master In Slave Out SPI signal MOSI Master Out Slave In SPI signal NA Not Applicable Not Available NC Not Connected RF Radio Frequency RTS Request to Send RX Receive SoC System on Chip SPI Serial Peripheral Interface TI Texas Instruments TP Test Point TX Transmit UART Universal ...

Page 7: ... operation from the PC This means that SmartRF Studio will help radio system designers to easily evaluate the RF IC at an early stage in the design process It also offers a flexible code export function of radio register settings for software developers The latest version of SmartRF Studio can be downloaded from the Texas Instruments website 1 where you will also find a complete user manual 4 1 2 ...

Page 8: ...XDS100v3 Channel B listed under Universal Serial Bus Controllers you can proceed Right click on TI XDS100v3 Channel B and select Properties Under the Advanced tab make sure Load VCP is checked as shown in Figure 2a A USB Serial Port may be listed under Other devices as seen in Figure 1a Follow the same steps as for the Texas Instruments XDS100v3 devices to install the VCP driver When the drivers f...

Page 9: ... Verify the USB Product ID PID and Vendor ID VID The TI XDS100v3 USB VID is 0x0403 and the PID is 0xA6D1 but if you wish to find the PID using a terminal window shell use lsusb grep i future b Install driver using modprobe In a terminal window shell navigate to the ftdi_sio folder and run sudo modprobe ftdi_sio vendor 0x403 product 0xA6D1 SmartRF06EB should now be correctly mounted The above steps...

Page 10: ...tenna connector and I O connectors The modules can be plugged into the SmartRF06EB which lets the PC take direct control of the RF device on the EM over the USB interface SmartRF06EB currently supports CC2538EM SmartRF06EB is included in e g the CC2538 development kit Figure 3 SmartRF06EB rev 1 2 1 with EM connected The PC software that controls the SmartRF06EB EM is SmartRF Studio Studio can be u...

Page 11: ...r details on how to use the SmartRF06EB to debug external targets see chapter 7 5 1 Absolute Maximum Ratings The minimum and maximum operating supply voltages and absolute maximum ratings for the active components onboard the SmartRF06EB are summarized in Table 2 Table 3 lists the recommended operating temperature and storage temperature ratings Please refer to the respective component s datasheet...

Page 12: ...the schematics are located in Appendix A This chapter will give an overview of the general architecture of the board and describe the available I O The following sub sections will explain the I O in more detail Pin connections between the EM and the evaluation board I O can be found in section 6 10 EMDomain 1 8 3 6 V XDSDomain 3 3 VDomain EMConnectors Accelerometer LEDs Buttons Light Sensor XDS100...

Page 13: ...CD Accelerometer LEDs Ambient Light Sensor EMconnectors UART back channel enable Jumper Figure 5 SmartRF06EB revision 1 2 1 front side 1 5 VAAA Alkaline Battery holder XDS100v3 Emulator 1 5 VAAA Alkaline Battery holder CR2032 coin cell battery holder Figure 6 SmartRF06EB revision 1 2 1 reverse side 6 1 XDS100v3 Emulator The XDS100v3 Emulator from Texas Instruments has cJTAG and regular JTAG suppor...

Page 14: ...e the SmartRF06EB UART back channel the Enable UART over XDS100v3 jumper J5 located on the lower right side of the EB must be mounted Figure 7 Table 4 shows an overview of the I O signals related to UART Back Channel Figure 7 Jumper mounted on J5 to enable the UART back channel Signal name Description Probe header EM pin RF1 7_UART_RX UART Receive EM data in EM_UART_RX P412 2 RF1 7 RF1 9_UART_TX U...

Page 15: ...r The SmartRF06EB can be powered using two 1 5 V AAA alkaline batteries or a 3 V CR2032 coin cell battery The battery holders for the AAA batteries and the CR2032 coin cell battery are located on the reverse side of the PCB To power the mounted EM and the EB peripherals using batteries the power source selection switch S502 should be in BAT position Figure 10 When battery powered the EM power doma...

Page 16: ... corner of the EB Connect the positive supply connector to the external power header J501 Figure 11 The applied voltage must be in the range from 2 1 V to 3 6 V and limited to max 1 5 A When powered by an external power supply the EM power domain is by default regulated to 2 1 V The voltage regulator may be bypassed by mounting a jumper on J502 See section 6 3 2 for more details There is a risk of...

Page 17: ...LO_VDD USB battery external LEDs EM domain LO_VDD USB battery external XDS100v3 Emulator XDS domain USB XDS100v3 LEDs XDS domain USB SD Card Slot 3 3 V domain HI_VDD Same as EM domain LCD 3 3 V domain HI_VDD Same as EM domain Table 5 Power domain overview of SmartRF06EB 6 3 1 XDS Domain The XDS100v3 Emulator see section 6 1 onboard the SmartRF06EB is in the XDS domain The XDS domain is powered ove...

Page 18: ...Two EB peripherals are in the 3 3 V domain the LCD and the SD card slot as listed in Table 5 These peripherals are connected to the EM domain via level shifters U401 and U402 The 3 3 V domain may be switched on off completely by the mounted EM board by pulling signal LV_3 3V_EN to a logical 1 0 See Table 14 in section 6 11 1 for details about the mapping between the EM and signals onboard the Smar...

Page 19: ... low RF2 12 P411 1 RF2 12 LV_SPI_SCK SPI Clock RF1 16_SCK P407 2 RF1 16 LV_SPI_MOSI SPI MOSI SD card input RF1 18_MOSI P407 4 RF1 18 LV_SPI_MISO SPI MISO SD card output RF1 20_MISO P407 5 RF1 20 Table 7 Micro SD Card signal connections 6 6 Accelerometer The SmartRF06EB is equipped with a BMA250 digital accelerometer from Bosch Sensortech 6 The accelerometer is available to the mounted EM via an SP...

Page 20: ...der EM pin LV_ALS_PWR ALS power enable signal RF2 6 P407 7 RF2 6 LV_ALS_OUT ALS output signal analog RF2 5 P411 6 RF2 5 Table 9 Ambient Light Sensor signal connections 6 8 Buttons There are 6 buttons on the SmartRF06EB Status of the LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN and SELECT buttons are available to the mounted EM These buttons are intended for user interfacing and development of demo applications The EM RESET...

Page 21: ... RF1 4 Table 11 General purpose LED signal connections 6 9 2 XDS100v3 Emulator LEDs The XDS100v3 emulator has two LEDs to indicate its status D2 and D4 The LEDs are located on the top side of the SmartRF06EB LED D2 is lit whenever the XDS100v3 Emulator is powered while LED D4 ADVANCED MODE is lit when the XDS100v3 is in an active cJTAG debug state 6 10 EM Connectors The EM connectors shown in Figu...

Page 22: ... EM SPI MOSI P407 4 P404 7 8 RF1 19 GND Ground RF1 20 RF1 20_SPI_MISO EM SPI MISO P407 5 P404 9 10 Table 12 EM connector RF1 pin out EM pin Signal name Description Probe header Breakout header RF2 1 RF2 1_JTAG_TCK JTAG Test Clock P409 9 P408 1 2 RF2 2 GND Ground RF2 3 RF_VDD2 EM power TP10 J503 1 2 RF2 4 RF2 4_JTAG_TMS JTAG Test Mode Select P409 7 P408 3 4 RF2 5 RF2 5 GPIO signal to EM board P407 ...

Page 23: ... 20 pin ARM JTAG Debug Header P409 10 pin Cortex Debug Header P410 UART back channel probe header P412 Figure 16 SmartRF06EB I O breakout overview 6 11 1 I O Breakout Headers The I O breakout headers on SmartRF06EB consist of pin connectors P406 P407 P411 and P412 P406 P407 and P411 are located at the top left side of SmartRF06EB All EM signals available on these probe headers can be connected to ...

Page 24: ...V_ALS_PWR RF2 6 PA7 RF2 8 LV_ACC_PWR RF2 8 PD4 RF2 10 LV_ACC_CS RF2 10 PD5 RF2 11 LV_LED_1 RF2 11 PC0 P411 RF2 12 LV_SDCARD_CS RF2 12 PD0 RF2 13 LV_LED_2 RF2 13 PC1 RF2 14 LV_ACC_INT2 RF2 14 PD1 RF2 15_RESET LV_BTN_RESET RF2 15 nRESET RF2 16 LV_ACC_INT1 RF2 16 PD2 P412 EM_UART_RX RF1 7_UART_RX RF1 7 PA0 EM_UART_TX RF1 9_UART_TX RF1 9 PA1 EM_UART_CTS RF1 3_UART_CTS RF1 3 PB0 EM_UART_RTS RF2 18_UART...

Page 25: ...TRef Voltage reference VDD_SENSE P408 19 20 P409 2 VSupply Voltage supply NC P409 3 nTRST Test Reset NC P409 4 GND Ground GND P409 5 TDI Test Data In RF2 17_JTAG_TDI P408 5 6 P409 6 GND Ground GND P409 7 TMS Test Mode Select RF2 4_JTAG_TMS P408 3 4 P409 8 GND Ground GND P409 9 TCK Test Clock RF2 1_JTAG_TCK P408 1 2 P409 10 GND Ground GND P409 11 RTCK Return Clock NC P409 12 GND Ground GND P409 13 ...

Page 26: ... target using the XDS100v3 Emulator onboard the SmartRF06EB Figure 19 10 pin ARM Cortex Debug header P410 Pin Signal Description EB signal name XDS bypass header P410 1 VCC Voltage reference VDD_SENSE P408 19 20 P410 2 TMS Test Mode Select RF2 4_JTAG_TMS P408 3 4 P410 3 GND Ground GND P410 4 TCK Test Clock RF2 1_JTAG_TCK P408 1 2 P410 5 GND Ground GND P410 6 TDO Test Data Out RF2 19_JTAG_TDO P408 ...

Page 27: ...e of the SmartRF06EB Using the SmartRF06EB together with for example an oscilloscope makes it easy to measure the EM current consumption as a function of time The relationship between the voltage measured at CURMEAS_OUTPUT VCURMEAS and the EM current consumption IEM is given by Equation 1 below 15 V I CURMEAS EM 1 G 100 0 15 Ohm To EM IEM VCURMEAS Figure 20 Simplified schematic of high side curren...

Page 28: ...a conflict between the EB s EM domain supply voltage and the target s supply voltage This may result in excess currents damaging the onboard components of the SmartRF06EB or the target board In Figure 22 the right hand side scenario shows how it is possible to debug an EM mounted on the SmartRF06EB using an external debugger In this scenario all the jumpers must be removed from the SmartRF06EB hea...

Page 29: ...nd 6 11 2 for more info about the 20 pin ARM JTAG header and the XDS bypass header respectively Figure 23 Debugging external target using SmartRF06EB 7 2 10 pin ARM Cortex Debug Header The SmartRF06EB has a standard 10 pin ARM Cortex Debug header mounted on the right hand side P410 Make sure all the jumpers on the XDS bypass header P408 are mounted and that the jumper is removed from header J503 C...

Page 30: ...nals listed in Table 17 and Table 18 can be found on the 20 pin ARM JTAG header EB Signal Name EB Breakout Description VDD_SENSE P409 1 Target voltage supply GND P409 4 Common ground for EB and external board RF2 1_JTAG_TCK P409 9 Test Clock RF2 4_JTAG_TMS P409 7 Test Mode Select Table 17 Debugging external target Minimum strapping cJTAG support EB Signal Name EB Breakout Description RF2 17_JTAG_T...

Page 31: ...n the SmartRF06EB which one should I use A2 The SmartRF06EB comes with two different standard debug connectors the 20 pin ARM JTAG connector P409 and the compact 10 pin ARM Cortex debug connector P410 These debug connectors are there to more easily debug external targets without the need of customized strapping For more details on how to debug external targets using the SmartRF06EB see chapter 7 Q...

Page 32: ...heet http www lcd module com eng pdf grafik dogm128e pdf 6 Bosch Sensortec BMA250 Datasheet http ae bst resource bosch com media products dokumente bma250 bst bma250 ds002 05 pdf 7 Osram SFH 5711 http www osram os com 8 Cortex M Debug Connectors http infocenter arm com help topic com arm doc faqs attached 13634 cortex_debu g_connectors pdf 10 Document History Revision Date Description Changes SWRU...

Page 33: ...User s Guide SWRU321A May 2013 Appendix A Schematics SmartRF06EB 1 2 1 ...

Page 34: ..._1mm H2 HOLE_3 H3 HOLE_3 1 FM5 FIDUCIAL_MARK_1mm H1 HOLE_3 1 FM6 FIDUCIAL_MARK_1mm 1 FM1 FIDUCIAL_MARK_1mm H4 HOLE_3 1 FM3 FIDUCIAL_MARK_1mm TP13 TESTPOINT_PAD TP12 TESTPOINT_PAD ISSUED 1 7 SmartRF06EB Top Level SCALE SHEET REV DWG NO DWG COMPANY NAME FSCM NO SIZE CONTRACT NO Texas Instruments A3 DRAWN 13 07 12 13 07 12 12 07 12 MAW 1 2 1 DATE APPROVALS CHECKED ...

Page 35: ...0RSB1 GAC2 IO131RSB1 IO132RSB1 GAA2 IO67RSB1 GND GAB2 IO69RSB1 GND VCCIB1 VCCIB0 GND IO68RSB1 IO28RSB0 IO25RSB0 IO22RSB0 IO07RSB0 GAB0 IO02RSB0 A3PN125 ZVQG100 U11 A3PN125 VQFP 1 2 C23 C_4U7_0603_X5R_K_6 1 2 C27 C_4U7_0603_X5R_K_6 1 2 C26 C_4U7_0603_X5R_K_6 1 2 C24 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 1 2 C22 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 1 2 C21 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 1 2 C25 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 2 1 D1 CDBP0130L G 1 2 R1 ...

Page 36: ...4 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 USBDM TCK TDI TDO TMS TRST EMU_EN EMU0 RTCK SRST_OUT CLK_FAIL TVD POD_RLS EMU1 CBL_DIS DTSA_BYP ALT_FUNC SUSPEND PRG_TCK PRG_TDI PRG_TDO PRG_TMS PRG_TRST PWREN EEPROM_DATA EEPROM_CLK EEPROM_CS EECLK EECS RESET REF DP FT2232H DM TEST VREGOUT OSCO BCBUS7 BCBUS6 BCBUS4 BCBUS3 BCBU...

Page 37: ...06 PUSH_BUTTON_SKRAAK 1 2 J503 PINROW_SMD_1X2_2 54MM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 RF2 16 P405 PINROW_SMD_2X5_2 54MM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 VDD_SENSE RF2 4_JTAG_TMS RF2 1_JTAG_TCK RF2 19_JTAG_TDO RF2 17_JTAG_TDI RF2 15_RESET P410 PINROW_SMD_2X5_1 27MM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 T_TCK RF2 1_JTAG_TCK T_TMS RF2 4_JTAG_TMS T_TDI RF2 17_JTAG_TDI T_TDO RF2 19_JTAG_TDO T_SRST RF2 15_RESET T_...

Page 38: ...T VIN U601 TPS22902 1 2 3 4 5 SUSPEND TLV70015 NC4 VOUT EN GND VIN U5 TLV70015 1 2 R32 R_10K_0402_F 1 2 3 4 5 6 STAT SW VIN GND ON BYP VOUT U501 TPS62730 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 V_UNREG LV_3 3V_EN FB Thermal VINA L1 PS GND PGND L2 VIN EN VOUT U502 TPS63031 TP2 Testpoint_Circle_40mils TP18 Testpoint_Circle_40mils TP1 Testpoint_Circle_40mils TP17 Testpoint_Circle_40mils TP19 Testpoint_Circle_40mils ...

Page 39: ...3 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 1 2 R601 R_10K_0402_F 1 2 C408 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 1 2 R612 R_10K_0402_F 1 2 C407 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 1 2 R13 R_10K_0402_F 1 2 3 LV_3 3V_EN LV_3 3V_EN Q2 2N7002F 1 2 C405 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 1 2 R606 R_0_0603 1 2 3 P3 SIP_SOCKET_SMD_1X3_2 54MM 1 2 R615 R_0_0603 1 2 C606 C_1U_0805_X7R_K_16 1 2 C406 C_100N_0402_X5R_K_10 1 2 R603 R_39_0603 1 2 R604 R_39_0603 1 2 R605 R_39_06...

Page 40: ... 12 34 LV_BTN_LEFT S601 PUSH_BUTTON_SKRAAK 12 34 LV_BTN_RIGHT S602 PUSH_BUTTON_SKRAAK 12 34 LV_BTN_SELECT S603 PUSH_BUTTON_SKRAAK 12 34 LV_BTN_UP S604 PUSH_BUTTON_SKRAAK 12 34 LV_BTN_DOWN S605 PUSH_BUTTON_SKRAAK 1 2 R613 R_22K_0603_G 1 2 LV_LED_2 D602 LED_EL19 21UYC_A2 1 2 R608 R_680_0402_G 1 2 R609 R_680_0402_G 1 2 R610 R_680_0402_G 1 2 R607 R_820_0402_G BUTTONS Low Voltage Peripherals ISSUED AMB...

Page 41: ...ency energy and has not been tested for compliance with the limits of computing devices pursuant to part 15 of FCC or ICES 003 rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio frequency interference Operation of the equipment may cause interference with radio communications in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required t...

Page 42: ... its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power e i r p is not more than that necessary for successful communication This radio transmitter has been approved by Industry Canada to operate with the antenna types listed in the user guide with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna impedance for each antenna type indicated Antenna types not included in this l...

Page 43: ...you obtained the Technical Regulations Conformity Certification as provided in Radio Law of Japan with respect to this product Also please do not transfer this product unless you give the same notice above to the transferee Please note that if you could not follow the instructions above you will be subject to penalties of Radio Law of Japan Texas Instruments Japan Limited address 24 1 Nishi Shinju...

Page 44: ... property damage personal injury or death If there are questions concerning these ratings please contact a TI field representative prior to connecting interface electronics including input power and intended loads Any loads applied outside of the specified output range may result in unintended and or inaccurate operation and or possible permanent damage to the EVM and or interface electronics Plea...

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