MRF89XAMxA PICtail™/PICtail
PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD
USER’S GUIDE
©
2011 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS70653A-page 9
Chapter 1. Overview
1.1
INTRODUCTION
The MRF89XAMxA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a demonstration and
development daughter board for the following modules:
• MRF89XAM8A Ultra Low-Power Sub-GHz Transceiver Module - 868 MHz
(AC164138-1)
• MRF89XAM9A Ultra Low-Power Sub-GHz Transceiver Module - 915 MHz
(AC164138-2)
The daughter board can be plugged into multiple Microchip Technology demonstration
and development boards. For example, the daughter board is appropriate for 8-bit
microcontroller development using the PIC18 Explorer Board (DM183032) or for 16-bit
or 32-bit microcontroller development using the Explorer 16 Development Board
(DM240001).
Supporting software stacks and application notes can be downloaded from the
Microchip website
http://www.microchip.com/wireless
.
This chapter discusses these topics:
• MRF89XAMxA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Contents
• MRF89XAMxA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board
1.2
MRF89XAMxA PICtail/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD CONTENTS
Depending on the development tool ordered, package will contain one of the following
development boards listed in Table 1-1.
TABLE 1-1:
MRF89XAMxA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD
1.3
MRF89XAMxA PICtail/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD
The MRF89XAMxA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a complete Ultra Low-Power
Sub-GHz wireless transceiver. The features are shown in Figure 1-1.
Description
Part Number
MRF89XAM8A PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board – 868 MHz
AC164138-1
MRF89XAM9A PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board – 915 MHz
AC164138-2
CAUTION
Power to the MRF89XAMxA PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board should be in the
range of 2.1–3.6V. Ensure that the development/demonstration board that the
daughter board is plugged into meets this voltage requirement; otherwise, damage
to the MRF89XA might occur.
