Atmel ATAB542 WB Series User Manual page 3

1.1 Purpose
1.2 Description
ATAB542x-x-WB User Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of the ATMEL ATAB542x "Wireless BlackBird" Trans-
ceiver Demonstration Kit. This kit is built around the ATA542x RF transceiver IC and the
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ATmega3290 AVR micro-controller.
This User Guide describes the Demonstration Kit features and provides two versions of
the menu system in the demo software – (1) an abridged version which gives the top
two tiers of the menu, and (2) an exhaustive version which gives the menu in full detail,
including the resulting action from all possible joystick movements at each point in the
menu.
For the most rapid path to executing a working demo with the transceiver pair, see the
Quick Start Card included in the package. It shows how to execute the Link Quality
demo – a demo in which each transceiver in the pair measures and displays the relative
signal strength of the other transceiver's RF transmission.
The Wireless BlackBird kit, consisiting of a pair of transceivers, was designed with a
positive out-of-the-box experience in mind. Using the Quick Start Card included in the
package, an end-user can, within a matter of minutes, have a demonstration running.
This User's Guide outlines the demo-software menu, providing a complete, single docu-
ment which the end-user can reference while becoming intimately familiar with the many
features of the demo.
Equally so, this kit is suitable for a developer who wishes to explore the full capabilities
of the ATA542x radio and the AVR micro-controller. Through the ISP, UART, or JTAG
interface, the developer has complete control.
The ATMEL Wireless BlackBird is a 2" x 3.5" PC-board transceiver using the ATA542x
UHF transceiver IC and the ATmega3290 AVR micro-controller, as shown in Figure 1-1.
It is offered in five frequencies: 315, 345, 434, 868, and 915 MHz. The BlackBird is
UART-, ISP-, and JTAG- ready. It has a custom LCD display, a 4-way joystick, and is
powered by 2 AAA batteries.
The UART, ISP, and JTAG I/Os allow end-users to load software into the AVR and to
interface with the ATA542x radio. With the joystick, the end-user can navigate through
menus and select functions to execute. The LCD displays the menus, as well as show-
ing transceiver activity during each of the various demo functions.
Section 1
Introduction
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