Chapter 1. Introduction - RabbitCore RCM4500W User Manual

The RCM4510W next-generation RabbitCore modules add ZigBee
802.15.4 functionality to the existing Rabbit
features to allow you to create a low-cost, low-power, embedded wire-
less control and communications solution for your embedded control
system. The Rabbit
DMA, clock speeds of up to 60 MHz, I/O lines shared with up to six
serial ports and four levels of alternate pin functions that include vari-
able-phase PWM, auxiliary I/O, quadrature decoder, and input capture.
Coupled with more than 500 new opcode instructions that help to
reduce code size and improve processing speed, this equates to a core
module that is fast, efficient, and the ideal solution for a wide range of
wireless embedded applications.
The Development Kit has the essentials that you need to design your
own wireless microprocessor-based system, and includes a complete
Dynamic C software development system. This Development Kit also
contains a Prototyping Board that will allow you to evaluate the
RCM4510W modules and to prototype circuits that interface to the
RCM4510W modules. You will also be able to write and test software
for these modules.
In addition to onboard ZigBee/802.15.4 functionality, the RCM4510W model has a Rabbit 4000
microprocessor operating at 29.49 MHz, static RAM, flash memory, two clocks (main oscillator
and timekeeping), and the circuitry necessary for reset and management of battery backup of the
Rabbit 4000's internal real-time clock and the static RAM. One 50-pin header brings out the Rab-
bit 4000 I/O bus lines, parallel ports, and serial ports. A separate 14-pin auxiliary I/O header
brings out up to nine additional I/O pins (up to four of which may be configured as analog inputs)
made possible by the onboard XBee RF module.
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