Applications Engineering
1.0 Introduction
The RZB-CC16C-ZDK kit is a low-cost ZigBee demonstration kit for evaluating wireless ZigBee
connectivity solutions based on the Renesas M16C/28 group of microcontrollers (MCU).
A small ZigBee Personal Area Network (PAN) can be set up, monitored and analyzed with the included
hardware and software.
The kit contains an USB dongle that functions as an RF Sniffer Interface (RFSI). RF Sniffer software
installed on the PC allows you to record and analyze ZigBee data packets. The software can also display
the network topology of a ZigBee network. For more information on the RF Sniffer software and hardware,
see the RF Sniffer User’s Manual, accessible via Start > (All) Programs > Renesas > RF SnifferV.x.xx
A RTA-FoUSB-MON Flash Programmer and In-Circuit-Debugger (ICD) included in the kit allows you to
re-program the demo boards and to run and debug code. The ICD and firmware provide a convenient
Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface between the ZDK boards and the host PC. This interface reduces
resource requirements on the M16C/28 MCU and allows faster code downloads. It also can be used with
many other Renesas Flash MCUs, starter kits, and your own Renesas MCU-based target boards.
Three ZigBee Demonstration Kit (ZDK) boards come pre-programmed with demo software that enables
you to quickly set up a small ZigBee PAN comprised of a ZigBee network Coordinator and two ZigBee
network Routers.
The kit comes with a complete software development tool chain for Renesas MCUs, including High-
performance Embedded Workshop (HEW), which includes Integrated Development Environment (IDE),
Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Software Debugger; NC30WA C-compiler, assembler and linker; and
Flash-over-USB™ (FoUSB) Programming software.
A real-time, source-level debug environment is implemented using the HEW debugging interface with the
RTA-FoUSB-MON Flash Programmer/ICD. The Flash-over-USB
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(FoUSB) Programmer software, in
combination with the ICD, allows in-system programming of the M16C/28 Flash MCUs on the ZDK and
RF Sniffer target boards.
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