STK511 ® Kit Contents STK511 Receiver Interface Board (IFB) RF Receiver Application Board (RAB) – one of the following: T5743 (315/433.92 MHz) T5760 (868 MHz) T5761 (915 MHz) RF Transmitter Application Board (TAB) – one of the following: Tiny13 + T5750 (868/915MHz) Tiny13 + T5753 (315MHz) Tiny13 + T5754 (433.92MHz)
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STK511 ® Receiver Application Board Registers part of Atmel receivers (T5743/60/61) OPMODE & LIMIT set performance of receiver Must be reprogrammed upon power-up Programmed using one-wire protocol over DATA line LED to indicate IC activity Test points for viewing signal activity...
DIP switches set configuration register values Embedded firmware (ATmega8515) programs registers Example: Change modulation to ASK Set DATA selector switch on IFB to STK511 Set OPMODE register DIP switch # 5 to “ON” position Verify “Mod” LED is illuminated (indicating ASK) Press “CONFIGURE”...
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STK511 ® Operation with STK500 STK511 Interface Board is an STK500 expansion card Still permits DIP switch programming of configuration registers Connects receiver signals to STK500 STK500 Capabilities Allows user to select any AVR ® for system development Creates environment for easy prototyping...
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STK511 ® Transmitter Atmel ATtiny13 AVR controls T575x transmitter ® Calibrated internal RC oscillator minimizes external parts Programmable using exposed 6-pin ISP header Multi function I/O (5 places) Button input LED driver A/D converter RF transmission control ASK or FSK RF modulation FSK modulation by “pulling”...
STK511 ® General Setup Stand-alone Operation (RAB to IFB Assembly) Align signal pins of RAB near DIP switches on IFB Align “+” and “GND” test points of RAB near DATA switch on IFB Insert RAB into 12-pin header connectors on IFB Apply +5V supply to “+”...
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STK511 ® Demo Setup - Hardware Verify AT90S8515 AVR ® in 40-pin SCKT3000D3 (red silkscreen) Short VTARGET jumper setting on STK500 Verify cable connections DB9: From RS232 CTRL and host PC serial port 6-wire ribbon: Between SPROG3 and ISP6PIN headers...
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On Board tab, verify VTARGET voltage set to 5V On Program tab In Device, select AT90S8515 from pull-down menu In Flash, browse Input Hex File field to STK511 Decode Software v2.0.hex located on CD Click Program button to complete programming 18-Mrz-05...
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STK511 ® Demo Receiver Configuration Set DATA selector switch on IFB to STK511 Set DIP switches as follows (SW#1 …SW#12): OPMODE register: 000100011001 LIMIT register: 010101101001 Default values printed on board silkscreen below DIP switch Press “CONFIGURE” button to write values into registers...
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STK511 ® Demo Transmitter Configuration Shipped in low current “sleep” mode Periodic RF transmission starts upon button release LED(s) blinks on RF activity RF contains ambient light level data Toggle ASK/FSK by pressing buttons simultaneously FSK selected if both LEDs blink ASK selected if only one LED blinks Reverts to “sleep”...
STK511 ® Running the Demo Light intensity shown as LED bar graph on STK500 Varying ambient light level changes LED bar graph As light gets brighter, more LEDs turn on Darkness corresponds to all LEDs off ¼-second RF transmit interval yields real-time updates “DATA”...
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® Conclusion STK511 is a … Flexible development system compatible with the STK500 Quality support tool that supports many Atmel devices STK511 enables … Easy chipset evaluation of Atmel's uni-directional RF radios Fast design and verification of AVR -based RF radios ®...
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