Texas Instruments SimpleLink CC3 20 Series User Manual

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User's Guide
SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® CC3x20, CC3x3x Radio Tool
User Guide
The Radio Tool serves as a control panel for direct access to the radio, and can be used for both the radio
frequency (RF) evaluation and for certification purposes. This guide describes how to have the tool work
seamlessly on Texas Instruments
for CC31xx devices, and the LaunchPad
Trademarks.................................................................................................................................................................................1
1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................................2
2 Features...................................................................................................................................................................................2
3 Prerequisites...........................................................................................................................................................................
3.1 Software Downloads..........................................................................................................................................................
3.2 Hardware............................................................................................................................................................................2
4 Radio Tool Installation Directory...........................................................................................................................................3
5 Hardware Connections...........................................................................................................................................................4
5.1 CC31xxBOOST Plus CC31XXEMUBOOST......................................................................................................................
5.2 CC32xx-LAUNCHXL..........................................................................................................................................................
6 Flashing the Board.................................................................................................................................................................
7 Running the RadioTool GUI...................................................................................................................................................
7.1 Set Up Tab and General
7.2 GUI TX Testing...................................................................................................................................................................8
7.3 GUI RX Testing.................................................................................................................................................................11
8 Current Measurement...........................................................................................................................................................15
9 CLI Version............................................................................................................................................................................
10 Insertion Loss Calibration..................................................................................................................................................21
11 Hardware Connections on Non-TI EVMs..........................................................................................................................
12 Source Code for Developers.............................................................................................................................................
12.1 RadioTool Application Sources......................................................................................................................................
12.2 CC32xx Application Source...........................................................................................................................................
Revision History.......................................................................................................................................................................23

Trademarks

Texas Instruments ™ , BoosterPack
Instruments.
LaunchPad ™ is a trademark of TI.
®
Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of Wi-Fi Alliance.
Bluetooth ® is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Microsoft ® and Windows
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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evaluation platforms such as the BoosterPack
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