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2008 Radiocrafts AS RC1xx0 / 2x00DK Demonstration Kit version 3.0 User Manual (rev. 3.1)

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RC1xx0 / 2x00DK Demonstration Kit User Manual

Table of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..........................................................................................................1

QUICK START GUIDE ............................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................3

DEMONSTRATION BOARD ...................................................................................................4

POWER SUPPLY SECTION ...................................................................................................5

RS-232 INTERFACE ...............................................................................................................6

CONTROLLING CONFIG-MODE VIA THE RS232 PORT ......................................................6

CONNECTORS .......................................................................................................................7

PUSH BUTTONS.....................................................................................................................7

USING THE DEMONSTRATION KIT ......................................................................................7

ANTENNA SELECTION VERSUS RANGE PERFORMANCE ................................................8

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM ................................................................................................................9

BILL OF MATERIALS ...........................................................................................................10

PCB LAYOUT........................................................................................................................11

TROUBLESHOOTING...........................................................................................................13

DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY .......................................................................................14

DISCLAIMER.........................................................................................................................14

TRADEMARKS .....................................................................................................................14

LIFE SUPPORT POLICY.......................................................................................................14

CONTACT INFORMATION ...................................................................................................14

Summary of Contents for 2 00DK Series

Page 1: ...ENTS 1 QUICK START GUIDE 2 INTRODUCTION 3 DEMONSTRATION BOARD 4 POWER SUPPLY SECTION 5 RS 232 INTERFACE 6 CONTROLLING CONFIG MODE VIA THE RS232 PORT 6 CONNECTORS 7 PUSH BUTTONS 7 USING THE DEMONSTRATION KIT 7 ANTENNA SELECTION VERSUS RANGE PERFORMANCE 8 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM 9 BILL OF MATERIALS 10 PCB LAYOUT 11 TROUBLESHOOTING 13 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY 14 DISCLAIMER 14 TRADEMARKS 14 LIFE SUPPORT POLI...

Page 2: ... in idle mode listening for a valid data packet to arrive Now you can enter data in one terminal window and after approximately 2 seconds timeout the ASCII string is transmitted to the other module and shown in the other terminal window if the transmission was successful How do I go on and change the RF channel or any other parameter To change configurable parameters assert the CONFIG pin pulling ...

Page 3: ...n the RC1xx0 or RC2x00 module and associated support circuits The board can easily be operated using a PC terminal emulator This User Manual describes how to use the Demonstration Kit and provides detailed documentation for the Demonstration Board The Demonstration Kit includes what you need to evaluate the RF performance of the modules develop your own application interfacing the modules and can ...

Page 4: ...h specific module for a typical application circuit The Demonstration Board comes in different versions equipped with the different variants of the modules Among the frequencies supported are 433 MHz 868 MHz 915 MHz and 2 45 GHz For each frequency there exist narrowband versions RC12x0 series and wideband versions RC10x0 series and RC2x00 This covers the most used frequency bands the 433 MHz band ...

Page 5: ...dule Remove the jumper on connector P15 and connect the ampere meter between the two pins as shown in the figure below Figure 2 Module current consumption measurement As shown in the figure above there are also available connection points for setting the module in OFF mode and for VDD monitoring both optional connections for test purposes Note The 100k pull up resistor R2 will draw approximately 2...

Page 6: ...ws the pinout and signals at P13 Pin no Signal Note 1 2 GND 3 4 CTS Install jumper when using hardware handshake 5 6 RTS Install jumper when using hardware handshake 7 8 CONFIG 9 10 TXD Jumper installed from factory 11 12 RXD Jumper installed from factory 13 14 GND Note The module CTS is set up during the first stop bit sent to the module when the buffer is full and the host should then halt furth...

Page 7: ...monstration Board is furnished with four push buttons connected to the control signals S1 RXEN Pressing this button will activate RX when using un buffered mode S2 TXEN Pressing this button will activate TX when using un buffered mode S3 CONFIG Pressing this button will activate configuration mode S4 RESET Pressing this button will activate the main RESET of the module Using the Demonstration Kit ...

Page 8: ... adaptors and one sufficiently large groundplane radius L length of the antenna and a good electrical connection to the GND layer an optimum performance of the antenna following the kit is achieved Other antenna solutions can be tested by connecting to the excisting SMA female connector on the Demo Board via one of the methods below 1 Solder the feeding point of the antenna to be tested directly t...

Page 9: ... 2x00DK 2008 Radiocrafts AS RC1xx0 2x00DK Demonstration Kit version 3 0 User Manual rev 3 1 Page 9 of 14 Circuit Diagram The circuit diagram is shown below A full resolution schematic is found in RC1xx0DB_3_0 zip available from Radiocrafts webpage ...

Page 10: ... D1 1 BAT254 Diode Si D2 1 LED_CL150GCD Green LED M1 1 RC1XX0 RF Module P1 1 DSUB_9F D Sub 9 pin female P2 1 SCREW_TERM_2 2 pin terminal screw P3 1 DC_JACK_2 5 DC jack 2 5mm center pin P4 1 SMA SMA connector straight P13 1 CON_2X7_TH_MALE Connector 14 pins pin header R1 1 R_0_0603 Resistor 0603 R2 R7 9 4 R_100K_0603_G Resistor 0603 R3 1 R_150_0603_G Resistor 0603 S1 4 4 PUSH_BUTTON Push button SMD...

Page 11: ... 11 of 14 PCB layout The PCB is a simple 2 layer board where the bottom layer is used as ground plane The laminate used is standard FR 4 board material The PCB is 1 6mm thick Full resolution layout and assembly drawing are found in RC1xx0DB_3_0 zip Figure 6 RC1xx0 2x00DB PCB layout top layer 1 Figure 7 RC1xx0 2x00DB PCB layout bottom layer 2 ...

Page 12: ...iocrafts Embedded Wireless Solutions RC1xx0 2x00DK 2008 Radiocrafts AS RC1xx0 2x00DK Demonstration Kit version 3 0 User Manual rev 3 1 Page 12 of 14 Figure 8 RC1xx0 2x00DB PCB component placement top side ...

Page 13: ... exit the command mode using the exit command capital X I cannot communicate between two modules in buffered mode Make sure that the address mode and CRC mode is the same in both modules set using the M Memory configuration command refer to the RC232 User Manual Make sure the destination address is the same as the other modules Unique ID if addressing is used set using the T Destination address co...

Page 14: ... on products and support tools Trademarks RC232 is a trademark of Radiocrafts AS The RC232 Embedded RF Protocol is used in a range of products from Radiocrafts The protocol handles host communication data buffering error check addressing and broadcasting It supports point to point point to multipoint and peer to peer network topologies All other trademarks registered trademarks and product names a...

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