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Revision history

Revision

Date

Name

Comments

R01

29-Mar-2022 mape

Initial release

R02

3-May-2022

mape

Noted the need to flash ANT-B10 with u-connectLocate in

Software

section.

Minor change in

Document information

and other small corrections.

R03

20-Jan-2023 mape

Restructured document, moved content to u-connectLocate AT commands
manual and ANT-B10 system integration manual. Renamed to XPLR-AOA-3
user guide. Added

EVB-ANT-1

chapter and related schematics.

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Summary of Contents for XPLR-AOA-3

Page 1: ...OA 3 explorer kit provides a complete Angle of Arrival anchor point and all you need for developing direction finding and indoor positioning applications This document describes the operation and asse...

Page 2: ...n the products names logos and designs included in this document Copying reproduction or modification of this document or any part thereof is only permitted with the express written permission of u bl...

Page 3: ...w 16 4 3 Main EVB ANT 1 use cases 16 4 3 1 Anchor point 16 4 3 2 Custom antenna support 17 4 4 UART connections to board 19 4 5 EVB ANT 1 software 20 4 5 1 Default software 20 4 5 2 Flashing 20 4 5 3...

Page 4: ...44 C1 Public 6 u connectLocate software 29 6 1 General information 29 6 2 Configuration example 29 Appendix 30 A Glossary 30 B C209 schematics 31 C EVB ANT 1 schematics 32 Related documentation 44 Rev...

Page 5: ...VB ANT 1 includes a mounted FTDI chip that provides the serial port connectivity The driver for the UART is normally installed automatically when the board is connected to the internet If the driver d...

Page 6: ...necessary for mechanically connecting the boards are also included in the kit An off the shelf pin header on EVB ANT 1 allows easy connection to ANT B10 and a ready to use AoA indoor positioning anch...

Page 7: ...ffs and screws assemble the two PCBs to the plexiglass as shown in Figure 3 The assembly order of the components see Kit includes are as follows a Plexiglass b M3 30 mm standoff c EVB ANT 1 PCB Connec...

Page 8: ...tooth direction finding board equipped with eight dual polarized patch antennas for direction finding as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5 Figure 4 ANT B10 board top view showing antennas traces and moun...

Page 9: ...oning guide 21 For more information about ANT B10 see the ANT B10 data sheet 1 and ANT B10 system integration manual 17 3 1 Flashing ANT B10 software 3 1 1 General The u connectLocate software is flas...

Page 10: ...ecting the SWITCH_2 pin to ground while powering up the board 3 Flash the u connectLocate software using the bundled Windows only newtmgr executable Alternatively use the Newt Manager Guide 6 to insta...

Page 11: ...89 15892 24 UUDF CCF9578E0D8A 42 10 2 0 39 CCF9578E0D89 15921 25 The data reported in these events can be used to estimate a position of the tracked beacon The parameters of the UUDF event are in orde...

Page 12: ...3 1 Overview A host PC communicates with ANT B10 over UART interface TX RX CTS RTS through EVB ANT 1 The pin headers connecting the two boards together is physically located in the center of the each...

Page 13: ...e Manager to identify the COM port number of the board 3 Use s center 7 oryour preferred terminal emulator to establish the serial connection to theCOM port 4 Connect the COM port to the s center tool...

Page 14: ...from left to right the components needed to connect ANT B10 to the host PC USB adapter cable with male USB Type A connector to male mini B connector FTDI FT232RL USB to TTL Serial Converter Adapter M...

Page 15: ...shows the modules jumpers and connectors on the board that are referenced throughout this document J7 Custom antenna header SW3 Boot options Internal boot serial downloader SW2 Manual button NINA_SWIT...

Page 16: ...r Wi Fi and Bluetooth connectivity Arm Cortex M7 MCU NXP MIMXRT1060 family Ethernet controller for ethernet connectivity Power over Ethernet PoE controller for powering the board using an Ethernet cab...

Page 17: ...11 Bluetooth module can connect to a custom antenna board through a 2 54 mm pitch connector The module includes the power the RF switch control signals and the U FL connector for the RF signals The MC...

Page 18: ...oard Access to these pins from the header pin make it easier to test custom antenna boards NINA B4 pin Pin name Header pin Note IO 47 SWITCH_D0 4 High speed GPIO IO 48 SWITCH_D1 8 IO 49 SWITCH_D2 12 I...

Page 19: ...4 connector to custom antenna board 4 4 UART connections to board EVB ANT 1 supports a quad channel UART interface that connects to MCU NINA B411 module hosted on the ANT Bxx onboard NINA B411 module...

Page 20: ...and Tools and is available as an open source resource from the dedicated GitHub repository 19 Follow the README file in the GitHub repository for further instructions 4 5 2 Flashing EVB ANT 1 is norm...

Page 21: ...he custom antenna header Figure 18 Configuring the active NINA B411 and destination for angle events After updating the configuration select Submit to send it to the MCU and save it to flash Select Re...

Page 22: ...device automatically gives priority to that even if a PoE switch is also connected to the ethernet plug N 3 4 USB connector J15 USB interface of the ANT B10 F 5 6 USB connector J13 USB connector of th...

Page 23: ...the open CPU NINA B406 module variant C209 tags run on custom tag software that advertises an Eddystone beacon using extended advertising and periodic advertising with a Constant Tone Extension added...

Page 24: ...Active low GPIO_18 SWITCH_2 I Switch_2 button Active low GPIO_20 UART_RTS O UART request to send control signal Used only when hardware flow control is enabled GPIO_21 UART_CTS I UART clear to send co...

Page 25: ...allation option are available from the u blox C209 software repository 12 Figure 23 C209 with enclosure 5 2 1 Installing tag software with the DFU bootloader using s center The C209 tags can be flashe...

Page 26: ...on on the C209 while resetting the board by inserting the USB cable or clicking the RESET button to set the bootloader in download mode See also Figure 23 4 Use the following command to install the C2...

Page 27: ...al MAC address AT GMM Read the model identifier NINA B4 TAG AT TXPWR valid_tx_power valid_tx_power can be one of 40 30 20 16 12 8 4 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 dBm AT TXPWR Query the set TX power Table 5 C209 AT...

Page 28: ...module label The information in the code includes a code that includes the MAC address shown here in bold H85 CCF9578E0D89 0400 2 While having a debugger connected to the SWD interface of the board e...

Page 29: ...track all u blox tags The tags advertise with the Eddystone namespace 0x4E494E412D4234544147 which by default is tracked in u connectLocate So if you are only using the u blox C209 tags no configurati...

Page 30: ...e of Departure ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ARM Arm Advanced RISC Machines Holdings CPU Central Processing Unit CTE Constant Tone Extension MCU Microcontroller Unit PoE Pow...

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Page 44: ...405 15 nrfutil https github com NordicSemiconductor pc nrfutil releases 16 XPLR AOA 3 product page https www u blox com en product xplr aoa 3 kit 17 ANT B10 SIM UBX 22025788 18 u connectLocate AT comm...

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