ATAB5429-9-B Atmel, ATAB5429-9-B Datasheet
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... ATAB542x-x-WB User Guide .............................................................................................. ATMEL “Wireless BlackBird” Transceiver Demonstration Kit ...
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Introduction ........................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Purpose.....................................................................................................1-1 1.2 Description ................................................................................................1-1 1.3 Performance Characteristics.....................................................................1-2 1.4 Kit Contents...............................................................................................1-2 Operating the Transceivers .................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Menu Guide Description............................................................................2-1 2.2 The Abridged Menu Guide ........................................................................2-2 2.3 The Exhaustive Menu Guide.....................................................................2-3 Appendix............................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Miscellaneous Information ........................................................................3-1 ...
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... 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- offered in five frequencies: 315, 345, 434, 868, and 915 MHz. The BlackBird is UART-, ISP-, and JTAG- ready ...
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... MHz ATAB5428-4-WB for 434 MHz ATAB5428-8-WB for 868 MHz ATAB5429-9-WB for 915 MHz Some typical characteristics for the ATA542x BlackBird transceiver board are: Sensitivity: approximately -102 dBm FSK and -105 dBm ASK Data Rate Kbit/s FSK and 10 Kbit/s ASK Frequency/Channels: Multi-channel operation over +/- 2 ...
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Figure 1-1. Wireless BlackBird Transceiver Figure 1-2. Wireless BlackBird Demonstration Kit ATAB542x-x-WB User Guide Introduction 1-3 5219A–WIRE–04/07 ...
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Menu Guide Description ATAB542x-x-WB User Guide Operating the Transceivers This section contains remarks about how the Menu Guides, both abridged and exhaus- tive, are set-up and how to use them. Then, both versions of the Menu Guide, respectively, are ...
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Operating the Transceivers 2.2 The Abridged Menu Guide 2-2 5219A–WIRE–04/07 5. the letters "X" or "x" are used in this outline to indicate display of a number that has a variable value. There are 6 main menus: DIAGNOSTICS LINK QUALITY ...
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... RF MODULE SELECT - loads pre-set register data for each RF frequency To power-up the transceiver, slide the white-and-black switch downward. The text ATMEL WIRELESS BLACKBIRD scrolls across the screen. The AVR logo and the device part number (542x) are also displayed. At this point displays VERSION X.XX, the current version of the demo software P,L,R,U,D - goes to power-up display (ATMEL SMARTRF ...
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Operating the Transceivers 2.3.1.2 SPACE 2.3.1.3 TOGGLE 2-4 5219A–WIRE–04/07 radio is transmitting, indicated by AVR logo and antenna icon P,L,R,U,D - goes to START and stops transmitting START - exits or re-starts TX mode P - re-starts TX mode L ...
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RSSI 2.3.1.5 PKT TX ATAB542x-x-WB User Guide Indicates received signal strength Note: a 2nd transceiver must be put into one of the above transmit modes (MARK, SPACE, or TOGGLE) in order to see a received signal strength indication P ...
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Operating the Transceivers 2.3.1.6 PKT RX 2.3.1.7 S LINK 2-6 5219A–WIRE–04/ goes to PKT TX (main menu resets counter to 0000 HOW TO EXECUTE THE “PKT TX” FEATURE: When ready to transmit, the blinking text PKT ...
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... Exchanges and displays measured signal strengths Note: this demonstration requires 2 transceivers P - accesses menu items L - goes to power-up display (ATMEL SMARTRF...) U,D - scrolls through menu (DIAGNOSTICS, LINK QUALITY, ...) sets radio channel ( sets channel and goes to FSK L - goes to FSK Operating the Transceivers 2-7 5219A– ...
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... RLINK instead of MLINK. Exchanges and displays measured temperatures Note: this demonstration requires 2 transceivers P - accesses menu items L - goes to power-up display (ATMEL SMARTRF...) U,D - scrolls through menu (DIAGNOSTICS, LINK QUALITY, ...) sets radio channel ( sets channel and goes to FSK L - goes to FSK ...
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... SYSTEM SETUP menu, under UNIT ID ADR utility, the REMOTE IDs can be set manually to any value 0 to 255 P - accesses menu items L - goes to power-up display (ATMEL SMARTRF...) U,D - scrolls through menu (DIAGNOSTICS, LINK QUALITY, ...) sets radio channel ( sets channel and goes to FSK ...
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Operating the Transceivers 2-10 5219A–WIRE–04/07 x KBPS - sets data rate P - sets data rate and goes to *WAIT*, antenna blinking L - goes to *WAIT*, antenna blinking U,D - changes data rate (1,5,10 kbps for ASK; 1,5,10,20 kbps ...
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... PWR DWN, CHANNEL ADJUST, UNIT ID ADR, SET DATE/TIME, PWR LVL, LCD SEG ON, A/D TST, CLK OUT, TIME, REMOVE SELECT P - accesses sub-menus L - goes to power-up display (ATMEL SMARTRF...) U,D - scrolls through menu (DIAGNOSTICS, LINK QUALITY, ...) Puts transceiver in two different sleep modes Operating the Transceivers 2-11 5219A– ...
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... U,D - toggles between PWR OFF and PWR SAVE PWR SAVE - display and radio are off; 32kHz oscillator and real-time clock are wakes-up part at power-up display (ATMEL SMARTRF...) PWR OFF - turns display and radio off asleep; max draw <1uA P - wakes-up part at SYSTEM SETUP ...
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SET DATE/TIME ATAB542x-x-WB User Guide P - sets selected address number and goes to SYSTEM SET- goes to SYSTEM U,D - changes address to 0 thru 255 Sets date and time of internal clock P - accesses ...
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Operating the Transceivers 2.3.6.5 PWR LVL 2.3.6.6 LCD SEG ON 2.3.6.7 A/D TST 2-14 5219A–WIRE–04/07 day, date, and time displayed P (again) - goes to SYSTEM Sets power output LO ~ 0dBm 8dBm accesses menu items ...
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CLK OUT 2.3.6.9 TIME 2.3.6.10 RF MODULE SELECT ATAB542x-x-WB User Guide L,R,U,D - goes to SYSTEM SETUP P (again) - goes to LGHT 2 VCC 3 - the voltage source output is on A/D channel displays ...
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Operating the Transceivers 2-16 5219A–WIRE–04/07 U,D - scrolls through menu (5423 – 315MHZ, 5425 – 345MHZ,…) 5428 – 433MHZ - selects pre-set data for 433MHz P - selects 433MHz data is loaded, and then goes to SYSTEM SET- ...
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Miscellaneous Information 3.1.1 Software re-load and FUSE settings ATAB542x-x-WB User Guide If at any time the software for the BlackBird needs to be re-loaded, please use the file: CD:\software\IARSRF_B100.hex In addition to programming the BlackBird with the executable software, ...
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Appendix Figure 3-1. 3.1.2 Software documentation 3-2 5219A–WIRE–04/07 To facilitate understanding the source code recommended that DOXYGEN soft- ware (http://www.doxygen.com) be used to generate documentation. A file called “Doxyfile” the CD in the software directory. This ...
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