ATAVRRZ600 Atmel, ATAVRRZ600 Datasheet

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... Stub antennas for all frequency bands 1 Introduction The RZ600 kit is an evaluation kit for the Atmel AT86RF family of radio frequency devices. The family contains the two 2.4GHz device AT86RF230 and AT86RF231. These are highly acclaimed networking devices within low power personal area networks. In addition to this the world’ ...

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... Figure 3-1 shows how the two processor boards paired with the radio frequency boards also available in the kit can form a wireless peer to peer data connection over USB. The application that is pre programmed by Atmel on the AT32UC3A3256 is indeed such a USB to RF gateway. 8293A-AVR-03/10 ...

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... AT86RF212 radio cards: miniature carrier board with the AT86RF212 radio transceiver mounted, SMA antenna connector, one wire ID chip and Atmel standard 10-pin connector. • 2 pcs. AVR UC3 based processor cards: usb dongle form factor board with AT32UC3A3256 processor mounted, LEDs, UART connection and host side Atmel standard 10-pin connector ...

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... Bag with wires and squid cable: The squid cable fits the radio frequency boards and will enable wiring to a hardware that does not contain the standard Atmel 10-pin accessory header. • 1 pcs. Technical Library CD Table 3-1 contains the minimum system requirements for the RZ600 kit when connected for application development on the AT32UC3A3256 microcontroller ...

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... A total of six radio frequency boards included in the kit, two boards per radio transceiver: • AT86RF230: First generation 2.4GHz ISM band radio transceiver from Atmel. • AT86RF231: Second generation 2.4GHz ISM band radio transceiver with front ends for antenna diversity and external power amplifier and encryption accelerators. • ...

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Connectors AVR600 6 Figure 4-1 Radio Frequency Board Overview SMA con GND Current sens 10 pin con There are two main connectors on the board; one is the female SMA antenna connector and in the opposite direction of the ...

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Crystal 4.1.3 RF Front End 8293A-AVR-03/10 Table 4-1. Radio Frequency 10-pin header Pin Name 1 Reset Misc 3 Interrupt Sleep Transmit 5 Chip Select MOSI 7 MISO SCK 9 There are also two single row headers on the board: ...

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Figure 4-2 Radio Frequency Board 4.2 ATAVR32UC3 Processor Board There are two AT32UC3A3256 based processor board in the kit. They run the protocol stack to control the radio transceiver as well as providing USB full and high speed USB connection ...

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Processor 4.2.2 Clocks 8293A-AVR-03/10 Figure 4-3 Processor Board Overview 10 pin con MISC signal JTAG ISP GND USB The AT32UC3A3256 flash microcontroller is designed for exceptionally high data throughput with Hi-Speed USB OTG, SD/ SDIO card, Multi-Level-Cell (MLC) NAND ...

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... See Table 4-2 for pinout. • JTAG Interface (J103 – not mounted): Standard Atmel JTAG header. • Three pin header UART (J105 – not mounted): See Table 4-3 for pinout. ...

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Figure 4-5 Processor Board 4.3 Antennas There are two different antennas (SMA stub type) available in the RZ600 kit • Long Type: This is used only in conjunction with the AT86RF212 radio • Short Type: This antenna is made for ...

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... Besides from being used on the processor boards the radio frequency board can be attached to wide range of Atmel evaluation and starter kits. The following kits are supported directly. If you do not find your preferred kit here, please take a look at section 5 ...

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Example AVR32: EVK1100 Intentionally left blank. 5.4 Example ARM7: AT91SAM7X-EK Intentionally left blank. 6 Firmware Table 6-1. Firmware Layout Path /Applications /Applications/TAL_Examples/Wireless_UART /Applications/TAL_Examples/Wireless_UART/Src /PAL /PAL/AVR32 /PAL/AVR32/Generic/Inc /PAL/AVR32/Generic/Src /PAL/AVR32/UC3A3256 /PAL/AVR32/UC3A3256/Boards/RZ600 /PAL/AVR32/UC3A3256/Inc /PAL/AVR32/UC3A3256/Src /TAL /TAL/AT86RF212/Inc /TAL/AT86RF212/Src /TAL/AT86RF230B/Inc 8293A-AVR-03/10 PIN PIN Pin ...

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Path /TAL/AT86RF230B/Src /TAL/AT86RF231/Inc /TAL/AT86RF231/Src /Resources /Resources/Buffer_Management/Inc /Resources/Buffer_Management/Src /Resources/Queue_Management/Inc /Resources/Queue_Management/Src 7 Getting Started This chapter describes how to get started with the RZ600 kit and run the demo application in the most efficient way. Read section for section sequentially and follow ...

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Run the Example Application 7.4 Install Software and Test 8293A-AVR-03/10 Any terminal application can be used to connect to the COM ports, this section shows how to do this with HyperTerminal. 1. From the start menu select All Programs, ...

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... These devices must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Atmel Norway could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules ...

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... FCC (except as may be otherwise noted on the board/kit). Atmel supplied this board/kit “AS IS,” without any warranties, with all faults, at the buyer’s and further users’ sole risk ...

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... BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Atmel makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this document and reserves the right to make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice. Atmel does not make any commitment to update the information contained herein. Unless specifically provided otherwise, Atmel products are not suitable for, and shall not be used in, automotive applications. Atmel’ ...