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1 Introduction
The SmartRF Transceiver Evaluation Board (SmartRF TrxEB or simply EB) is the motherboard in
many development kits for Low Power RF transceiver devices from Texas Instruments. The
board has a wide range of features, listed in Table 1 below.
Component Description
MSP430 MCU The Ultra-low Power MSP430 serves as a platform for software
development, testing and debugging.
Full-speed USB 2.0 interface Easy plug and play access to full transceiver control using
SmartRF™ Studio PC software. Integrated serial port over USB
enables communication between onboard MSP430 and PC.
64x128 pixels serial LCD Big LCD display for demo use and user interface development.
LEDs Four general purpose LEDs for demo use or debugging.
Serial Flash External flash for extra storage, over-the-air upgrades and more.
Buttons Five push-buttons for demo use and user interfacing.
Accelerometer Three-axis highly configurable digital accelerometer for application
development and demo use.
Light Sensor Ambient Light Sensor for application development and demo use.
Breakout pins Easy access to GPIO pins for quick and easy debugging.
Table 1
– Available features on the SmartRF TrxEB
2 About this manual
This manual contains reference information about the SmartRF TrxEB.
Chapter 4 will give a quick introduction on how to get started with the SmartRF TrxEB. It
describes how to install SmartRF Studio and to get the required USB drivers for the evaluation
board. Chapter 5
briefly explains how the EB can be used throughout a project’s development
cycle. Chapter 6 gives an overview of the various features and functionality provided by the
board.
Chapter 9 and 10 provide additional details about the different revisions of SmartRF TrxEB,
revision 1.3.0 and 1.5.0, respectively. Chapter 11 gives details on how to update the EB firmware,
while a troubleshooting guide is found in chapter 12.
Appendices A, B and C contain the schematics for the different versions of SmartRF TrxEB.
The PC tools SmartRF Studio and SmartRF Flash Programmer have their own user manual.
See chapter 13 for references to relevant documents and web pages.