3. Radio Board Block Summary
3.1 Introduction
This section gives a short introduction to the blocks of the BRD4174B Radio Board.
3.2 Radio Board Block Diagram
The block diagram of the BRD4174B Radio Board is shown in the figure below.
EFR32
Inverted-F
PCB
Antenna
2.4 GHz RF
UFL
Connector
LF
Crystal
32.768k
HF
Crystal
38.4M
Radio
Board
Connectors
8 Mbit
MX25R
Serial Flash
I2C
24AA024
Serial EEPROM
Matching
Network &
Output
Selection
GPIO
UART
Debug
Packet Trace
AEM
I2C
SPI
SPI
2.4 GHz RF
2.4 GHz
RF
SubGHz RF
Matching
Network &
DC Bias
SubGHz RF
SMA
Connector
EFR32
EFR32
Wireless SoC
Figure 3.1. BRD4174B Block Diagram
3.3 Radio Board Block Description
3.3.1 Wireless MCU
The BRD4174B Mighty Gecko Radio Board incorporates an EFR32MG13P733F512GM48 Wireless System-on-Chip featuring 32-bit
Cortex
®
-M4 with FPU core, 512 kB of flash memory, 64 kB of RAM, an integrated 2.4 GHz band, and an integrated sub-GHz ISM band
transceiver with output power up to 19 dBm. For additional information on the EFR32MG13P733F512GM48, refer to the EFR32MG13
data sheet.
3.3.2 LF Crystal Oscillator (LFXO)
The BRD4174B Radio Board has a 32.768 kHz crystal mounted. For details regarding the crystal configuration, refer to Application
Note "AN0016.1: Oscillator Design Considerations".
3.3.3 HF Crystal Oscillator (HFXO)
The BRD4174B Radio Board has a 38.4 MHz crystal mounted. For details regarding the crystal configuration, refer to Application Note
"AN0016.1: Oscillator Design Considerations".
3.3.4 Matching Network for Sub-GHz
The BRD4174B Radio Board incorporates a sub-GHz matching network which connects both the sub-GHz TX and RX pins of the
EFR32MG13 to the SMA connector to be able to transmit and receive with one antenna. The component values have been optimized
for the 169.4 MHz band RF performance and current consumption with 19 dBm output power.
For a detailed description of the matching network see section
4.2.1 Description of the Sub-GHz RF Matching
.
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