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1. Introduction The RF Transceiver Evaluation Kit exists to provide familiarity with the functionality of Transceiver ® Atmel ’s UHF ASK/FSK transceivers. For this purpose, software is included which enables the user to configure the registers easily and conveniently. Evaluation Kit 2.
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Transceiver Board • Transceiver base station board • Whip antenna • BNC to SMB adapter SPI2LPT Interface Board ATAB-SPI-LPT • Interface board • DC supply cable • Parallel port cable • CD-ROM Transceiver S2L • CD-ROM Products RF Transceiver Evaluation Kit 4888B–RKE–07/06...
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SPI2LPT interface board ordering codes are in the selection guide, which can be found on the Atmel web site (Products -> Automotive & Indus- trial -> Automotive Control -> Tools & Software). Note that the transceiver board and the interface board have to be ordered separately.
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Connecting the Transceiver Kit To ensure proper operation, the following steps should be carried out before starting the trans- ceiver software: 1. Assemble the transceiver kit as shown in Figure 3-2. 2. Connect the parallel cable to an unused port of the PC. 3.
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RF Transceiver Evaluation Kit 4. Software Installation On the CD-ROM there are different versions setup.exe for the different supported evaluation boards. Go to the appropriate directory on the CD-ROM (for example, ATAB5811_12) for the evaluation board in use and run that setup.exe to install the transceiver software. To use the par- allel port, the driver pport.exe must be installed.
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