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Anaren A2530R24A User Manual

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AIR BoosterPack User's
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A2530R24A
A2530E24A
Release Date 11/2/12

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  • Page 1 Anaren Integrated Radio AIR BoosterPack User’s Manual A2530R24A A2530E24A Release Date 11/2/12...
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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USER’S MANUAL AIR BoosterPack Contents AIR BoosterPack Overview ........................... 5 1.1. Overview ..............................5 1.2. Kit Contents ............................... 6 Getting Started with the AIR BoosterPack ....................7 2.1. Hardware Installation ..........................9 2.1.1. AIR BoosterPack with MSP430 LaunchPad ..................9 2.1.2.
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  • Page 5: Air Boosterpack

    Table 1 - AIR BoosterPack Models Model Operating Band Range Extender A2530R24A 2400-2483.5MHz ISM Band (FCC/IC, ETSI) A2530E24A 2400-2483.5MHz ISM Band (FCC/IC, ETSI) Figure 1 - AIR BoosterPack with MSP430 LaunchPad...

  • Page 6: Kit Contents

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 6 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 AIR BoosterPack Hardware Features:  2.7V to 3.6 V operation (2.2V min when RGB Light Sensor power disabled)  Low power consumption  SPI interface to Radio Module ...

  • Page 7: Getting Started With The Air Boosterpack

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 7 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 2. Getting Started with the AIR BoosterPack The following sections describe the necessary steps to get the AIR BoosterPack hardware and software up and running with the LaunchPad. Figure 2 - AIR BoosterPack Overview AIR Radio Module (U6).
  • Page 8 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 8 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 IR Temperature Sensor (U1). RGB Light Sensor (U2). 128Kb (16K x 8) Serial EEPROM (U1). RGB LED (D4). J1 LaunchPad Connector. J1 Test Points. Current Sense Amplifier (U4). Current Sense Select Jumper (JP1).

  • Page 9: Hardware Installation

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 9 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 2.1. Hardware Installation 2.1.1. AIR BoosterPack with MSP430 LaunchPad The following steps need to be performed on each LaunchPad/BoosterPack: 1) If not already populated, solder both 10-pin male headers provided in the LaunchPad kit onto the LaunchPad’s J1 and J2 breakout connections.
  • Page 10 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 10 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 Figure 4 - Standard Installation (MSP430 on BoosterPack) Figure 5 - Alternate Installation (MSP430 on LaunchPad)

  • Page 11: Air Boosterpack With Stellaris Launchpad

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 11 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 2.1.2. AIR BoosterPack with Stellaris LaunchPad The following steps need to be performed on each LaunchPad/BoosterPack: 1) Remove the provided MSP430 device on the BoosterPack. 2) Install the AIR BoosterPack onto the LaunchPad board. Ensure the BoosterPack is oriented correctly.
  • Page 12 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 12 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 Figure 7 – BoosterPack with Additional Connectors Installed Figure 8 – Stellaris LaunchPad Figure 9 – Installed BoosterPack (with Additional Connectors, Stellaris LaunchPad)

  • Page 13: Usb Driver Installation

    – OR – 2) Install drivers provided on the CD in the A2530 BoosterPack kit following the steps below. These drivers are the same as those provided by TI; Anaren has simply provided a GUI to install them. a. Insert the BooserPack CD in the CD drive. The AIR A2530 BoosterPack Installation GUI should automatically start.
  • Page 14 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 14 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 b. Select which LaunchPad board will be used with the BoosterPack by clicking either the MSP430 button or Stellaris button. c. Click on the “Install LaunchPad USB Driver” button.
  • Page 15 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 15 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 When installing Stellaris drivers, a message will pop up indicating that later steps may warn about drivers not being signed. The installation may be cancelled at this point if you do not want to install unsigned drivers, however the USB Virtual COM will be unusable.
  • Page 16 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 16 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 For Stellaris, Windows may provide a Security Warning due to the drivers not being signed. Click on “Install this driver software anyway” to continue installation. There may be up to three of these messages due to there being three separate drivers installed.

  • Page 17: Programming The Demo Application On Stellaris

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 17 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 2.3. Programming the Demo Application on Stellaris Follow these steps to load the “Simple Application” demo on each of the Stellaris LaunchPads. 1) Plug in one of the Stellaris LaunchPads to a USB port. 2) Run the Texas Instruments LM Flash Programmer utility available on the TI website.
  • Page 18 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 18 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 4) In the Program tab, browse to the “Firmware\FactoryDefault\Stellaris” folder on the BoosterPack CD and select “SimpleApplicationCoordinator.bin”. Then click Program. 5) Unplug the LaunchPad from the USB port. 6) Repeat steps 1 thru 5 above for the “SimpleApplicationRouter.bin”...

  • Page 19: Important: Required Radio Setup

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 19 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 2.4. IMPORTANT: Required Radio Setup The AIR BoosterPack must be operated in accordance with local regulations. The firmware preloaded in the MSP430G2553 devices provided with the AIR BoosterPack kit (or loaded into the Stellaris devices as described in section 2.3) offers two radio operation options;...

  • Page 20: Using The Demo Application

    Coordinator. Red LED D8 should be ON and yellow LED D9 should be OFF. 2.6. AIR A2530 Wiki Please visit the AIR A2530 Wiki (http://www.anaren.com/air-wiki-zigbee) on the Anaren website for details regarding the example applications, Module Interface Specification (i.e. API), and general Zigbee® information.

  • Page 21: Air Boosterpack Hardware

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 21 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 3. AIR BoosterPack Hardware 3.1. Electrical Characteristics 3.1.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings Under no circumstances shall the absolute maximum ratings given in Table 2 be violated. Stress exceeding one or more of the limiting values may cause permanent damage to the device.

  • Page 22: Functional Description

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 22 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 3.2. Functional Description Figure 11 – Hardware Block Diagram...

  • Page 23: A2530 Radio Module (U6)

    Release Date 11/2/12 3.2.1. A2530 Radio Module (U6) The Anaren A2530 module is a 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant radio running the Texas Instruments ZNP protocol. For details regarding the radio module, refer to the A2530E24x and A2530R24x User’s Manuals located on the CD provided in the BoosterPack kit.

  • Page 24: Serial Eeprom (U1)

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 24 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 3.2.4. Serial EEPROM (U1) A 128Kbit (16K x 8) serial EEPROM is provided for applications that require storing data in nonvolatile memory. Please refer to the AT24C128C datasheet on the Atmel website for further info regarding this device.

  • Page 25: Switches

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 25 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12  Blue LEDs (D6, D7) These LEDs (when populated) are always ON and are intended to produce a “cool” looking visual effect which is especially noticeable when the BoosterPacks are operated in a dark environment.
  • Page 26 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 26 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12  Sensor/LED Power Control (S3) These DIP switches are used to control power to specific devices on the BoosterPack board. The primary purpose is to provide a method for turning off unused devices to conserve power.
  • Page 27 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 27 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12  Radio Module GPIO (S4) These DIP switches are used to electrically isolate the LEDs and pull-down resistors from the A2530 GPIO signals for applications that require the GPIO but don’t want the added load of the resistors and LEDs.

  • Page 28: Jumpers

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 28 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 3.2.7. Jumpers  Current Sensor The onboard Current Sensor can be configured to measure the current drawn by the A2530 radio module only or by the entire board. The current consumption of the radio module is always measured and the installed shunt determines which side of the current sense resistor the remainder of the board gets its power from.
  • Page 29 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 29 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12  Radio Module Pin Mapping The AIR BoosterPack board provides the ability to remap several of the radio module’s I/O pins to different MCU pins. JP102, JP105, and JP108 consist of one or more 0603 SMT pads which allow a zero Ohm resistor to be soldered in place to select the desired jumper position.
  • Page 30 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 30 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12  C Pin Mapping The example application preloaded in the MSP430 uses a software I C controller on port pins P2.3 and P2.4. For Stellaris applications utilizing a hardware I C controller, JP106 and JP107 may be used to free up these two pins for other purposes.

  • Page 31: Connectors

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 31 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 3.2.8. Connectors  J1 – LaunchPad J1 Interface Table 17 – J1 LaunchPad Connector Pinout Signal Name Description J1-1 LP_VCC Supply voltage LaunchPad Red LED Control – active high (onboard MSP430) J1-2 P1.0/LED1...
  • Page 32 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 32 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12  J2 – LaunchPad J2 Interface Table 18 - J2 LaunchPad Connector Pinout Signal Name Description Not used (onboard MSP430) J2-1 P2.3/SDA C Data (external LaunchPad MCU) C Clock output (onboard MSP430) J2-2 P2.4/SCL/LEDS...
  • Page 33 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 33 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12  J3 – External Device Interface 0.1” pitch thru-hole footprint which provides a single location for connecting external devices (e.g. sensors) to the BoosterPack via SPI and/or I It is also possible to connect an external MCU acting as SPI/I C master to this port, provided the LaunchPad/BoosterPack MCU is removed or configured as SPI/I...
  • Page 34 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 34 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12  J4 – Radio Module Programming/Debugging Interface 0.05” pitch footprint for A2530 programming/debugging using a CC Debugger. Table 20 – J4 A2530 Program/Debug Connector Pinout Signal Name Description J3-1 Ground reference J3-2...

  • Page 35: Schematics

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 35 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 3.3. Schematics Figure 13 – Schematic Sheet 1...
  • Page 36 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 36 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 Figure 14 – Schematic Sheet 2...

  • Page 37: Pcb Layout

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 37 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 3.4. PCB Layout Figure 15 - PCB Layout Top Layer Figure 16 - PCB Layout Inner Layer (GND Plane)
  • Page 38 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 38 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 Figure 17 - PCB Layout Inner Layer (Split PWR Plane) Figure 18 - PCB Layout Bottom Layer...
  • Page 39 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 39 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 Figure 19 - PCB Layout Top Silkscreen Figure 20 - PCB Layout Bottom Silkscreen...
  • Page 40 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 40 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 Figure 21 - PCB Layout Bottom Layer Mirror Image Figure 22 - PCB Layout Bottom Silkscreen Mirror Image...

  • Page 41: Bill Of Materials (Bom)

    AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 41 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 3.5. Bill of Materials (BOM) Table 23 - Bill of Material Item Ref Des Description Comment C1,C2,C3, CAP CER 0.1UF 16V 10% X7R 0402 C4,C9 C5,C6 CAP CER 1000PF 50V 5% NP0 0402 C7,C8 2 NP CAP CER 12PF 50V 5% NP0 0402...
  • Page 42 Texas Instruments 4DSBGA INA216A2YFFR U5 (SKT) IC SOCKET 20PIN IC MCU 16BIT 16KB FLASH Texas Instruments U5 (IC) 20PDIP MSP430G2553IN20 Anaren A2530E24AZ1 RADIO MODULE A2530 SMD A2530R24AZ1 Not populated 1 NP CRYSTAL 32.768 KHZ 12.5PF SMD Abracon ABS06-32.768KHZ-T (or equivalent)
  • Page 43 AIR BoosterPack – User’s Manual Page 43 of 45 Release Date 11/2/12 HISTORY Date Author Change Note No./Notes 11/2/12 Initial Draft...
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  • Page 45 For a full list of our franchised distributors, please visit our website: http://www.anaren.com/air/ Anaren Microwave, Inc. Anaren Microwave (Europe), Inc. Anaren Communication Suzhou Co. Ltd. 6635 Kirkville Road 12 Somerset House, Suite 16 & 17 No. 5 Chun Hui Road...
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