Kit Setup; Powering On The Boards; Installing The St Virtual Com Port Driver Usb Drive; Setting Up The Application Serial Communication Channel - ST STM32W-RFCKIT User Manual

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Kit setup

Powering on the boards

The MB950 application board can be powered as follows:
● Via batteries
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Via USB
To power on the MB951 USB dongle, simply plug it into a PC USB port.

Installing the ST Virtual COM port driver USB drive

To use the serial communication channel on the kit application boards, a Virtual COM port
driver for STM32F103xx must be installed. This driver can be directly downloaded from the
ST website at http://www.st.com/internet/com/SOFTWARE_RESOURCES/
SW_COMPONENT/SW_DRIVER/vcpdriver_v1.zip

Setting up the application serial communication channel

To setup a serial communication channel for the kit application boards, follow these steps:
1. On the MB950 application board, connect a mini-USB cable between the board's mini-
USB connector and a PC USB port.
2. Plug the MB951 USB dongle into a PC USB port.
3. Using the mouse, right-click on My Computer, select Manage, Device Manager, and
open Ports (COM & LPT) to display the related USB COMx ports.
4. Open a Hyper Terminal on the corresponding USB virtual COMx ports with the
following configuration:
Bit rate: 115200; Data bits: 8; Parity: None; Stop bits: 1; Flow control: None
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