The Infrared Wireless Expert
ACT-IR8250P
Specification
10. ACT-IR8250P Evaluation Kit (IR8250PEK and IR8250PEKK)
It is recommended that customer verify the compatibility with your host system by using
ACT-IR8250P evaluation kit, IR8250PEK. It is a self-contained unit, with ACT-IR8250P, IrDA
transceiver, RS232-level converter and external AC power connector, all built into a compact
package. ACT-IR8250 evaluation kit enables your host system to be IrDA (IrReady) certifiable,
immediately. Moreover, this kit can be a full PCB with RS232 interface, or as half-PCB with UART
interface, without the burden of RS232 interface circuitry.
ACT-IR8250PEK package consists of: IR82x0PMB (motherboard) + IR8250PDB
+ Self-downloadable SW to program IR8250P firmware.
1) IR82x0PMB: RS232 level converter, DB9 connector, probe pins and IR8250PDB connector.
2) IR8250PDB (daughter board for direct connection to your embedded PCB):
Self-contained full-function IrDA module, which consists of: IR8250P protocol IC +
IrDA trans 3.3V interface connector.
A more useful Evaluation Kit Full Set is ACT-IR8250PEKK, which is: IR8 IR4000US
(notebook/ desktop USB-IrDA adapter). This is to test IR8250P (connected to your device), to
exchange IrDA data with IR4000US (connected to PC USB port), running hyper-terminal (assigned
to the same virtual comm port as the one used by Windows IrDA driver) on top of Windows IrDA
driver. This avoids debugging multiple issues: PDA application issues (IrDA SW activated and
behaves properly)? IR8250P to host interface issues (UART data rates, flow control, data
bit/parity/stop bit, signal pins, power levels)? Performance issues (throughput, distance, error
rate/dropping bits)?
The following figure is IR8250P evaluation kit, IR8250PEK. It consists of two boards, IR82x0PMB on
the left, and IR8250PDB on the right, connected to each other by 10 pin connector/cable. You can
connect this evaluation kit to your host RS232 port, or use IR8250PDB board to connect to your host
CMOS level UART signals.
The corresponding circuit schematics for IR82x0PMB and IR8250PDB are also included below.
The detail User’s Guideline is described in Appendix 1. How to use IR8250PEK?
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