Texas Instruments CC-Antenna-DK2 Quick Start Manual

CC-Antenna-DK2 Quick Start Guide
1. Kit Contents
1 x CC-ANTENNA-DK2
1 x JSC - SMA cable (MXFR01JA1500)
1 x JSC - JSC cable (MXJA01JA1200)
1 x Documentation
This guide will show how to connect the
CC-Antenna-DK2 to a LaunchPad,
SensorTag or an Evaluation Module (EM).
It will also point to additional resources.
4. Connection to a SensorTag
Antenna board #9 has been snapped out
from the CC-Antenna-DK2 panel and is
connected to a SensorTag via the JSC to
2
JSC cable .
2
the 0 ohm resistor must be positioned towards the JSC
connector on the SensorTag/LaunchPad instead of the
integrated antenna.
2. Snap a board from the panel
The CC-Antenna-DK contains 13 boards; 3
calibration boards and 13 antenna boards.
Each CC-Antenna-DK has been scribed (v-
cut) so a specific board can easily be
snapped out of the panel. Connectivity to
each antenna board is achieved via a JSC
(uSMA) connector.
5. Connection to a LaunchPad
Antenna board #8 has been snapped out
from the CC-Antenna-DK2 panel and is
connected to a LaunchPad via the JSC to
2
JSC cable .
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September 2016
3. Board Overview
# Board Description
1
1 CR2032 PCB Antenna 868 or 915 / 920
2 Compact PCB Antenna
(AN043)
1
3 Fractus Chip Antenna 868 or 915 / 920
4 PCB Helical Antenna 433 or 470-510
5 Antenna Diversity
6 Compact PCB Helical
Antenna (DN038)
7 ProAnt Antenna
8 Antenna Diversity 868 or 915 / 920
9 Dual-band PCB 868 / 915 / 920
1
Antenna
10 PCB Helical Antenna
1
11 PCB Antenna (DN007)
12 Single-Sided Compact
PCB Antenna
13 "SHORT" Calibration
14 "LOAD" Calibration
15 "OPEN" Calibration
16 Helical Wire
1
Dual-band option
All Low Power RF bands are covered by
the antenna kit.
6. Connection to EM or test
equipment
If the antenna board shall be connected to
EM or test equipment then the JSC to SMA
cable can be used. The JSC to SMA cable
is a low cost cable with significant insertion
loss at 2.4 GHz. Alternative cables
with lower insertion loss can
(MXHQ87XB3000)
be used. Different cable lengths are also
available and this is visible in the part
number.
For example: 15 cm
(MXFR01JA1500),
and 30 cm
(MXJA01JA1200) (MXHQ87XB3000)
The antenna resonance can vary slightly
pending on the cable length.
Freq. (MHz)
1
& 2440
2440
& 2440
2440
868 or
915 / 920
169
& 2440
433 or 868
1
868 / 2440
868 or
915 / 920
-
-
-
169 / 315
12 cm
.