Development Kit Texas Instruments CC2500-CC2550DK

The development kit is designed to help the user to achieve his/hers objectives as quickly as possible.

Detailed Description

Evaluate the SmartRF04 products.
Right out of the box, the user can do range testing (PER testing) and transfer data from one PC to another using the SmartRF04DK. This enables the user to quickly find out how well the SmartRF04 products fit the intended application. A number of demonstration applications serve to highlight the innovative features of the SmartRF04 ICs.
Perform RF measurements. Using SmartRF Studio, the user can configure the radio ICs with parameters that suit the intended application and easily measure sensitivity output power and other RF parameters.
Develop a prototype. The SmartRF04DK includes a a Silicon Labs 8051-core MCU with 16 kB of program memory and 1 kB of data memory. By programming this MCU and utilizing the various peripherals included on the Evaluation Board, the user can easily make a prototype of the intended application. All signals are brought out on 0.1" pin-row connectors so easy connection of other required circuity is possible. These connectors are also compatible with Agilent logic analyser probes for easy debugging. It is also possible to disconnect the Silicon Labs MCU from the EM board, and connect a MCU selected by the user to the I/O connectors.

Texas Instruments: CC2500-CC2550DK Development Kit

CC2500 Features

RF Performance
- High sensitivity (-104 dBm at 2.4 kBaud, 1% packet error rate)
- Low current consumption (13.3 mA in RX, 250 kBaud, input well above sensitivity limit)
- Programmable output power up to +1 dBm
- Excellent receiver selectivity and blocking performance
- Programmable data rate from 1.2 to 500 kBaud
- Frequency range: 2400 - 2483.5 MHz
Analog Features
- OOK, 2-FSK, GFSK, and MSK supported
- Suitable for frequency hopping and multichannel systems due to a fast settling frequency synthesizer with 90 us settling time
- Automatic Frequency Compensation (AFC) can be used to align the frequency synthesizer to the received centre frequency
- Integrated analog temperature sensor
Digital Features
- Flexible support for packet oriented systems: On-chip support for sync word detection, address check, flexible packet length, and automatic CRC handling
- Efficient SPI interface: All registers can be programmed with one "burst" transfer
- Digital RSSI output
- Programmable channel filter bandwidth
- Programmable Carrier Sense (CS) indicator
- Programmable Preamble Quality Indicator (PQI) for improved protection against false sync word detection in random noise
- Support for automatic Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) before transmitting (for listen-before-talk systems)

CC2550 Features

RF Performance
- Programmable output power up to +1 dBm
- Programmable data rate from 1.2 to 500 kBaud
- Frequency range: 2400 - 2483.5 MHz
Analog Features
- OOK, 2-FSK, GFSK, and MSK supported
- Suitable for frequency hopping and multichannel systems due to a fast settling frequency synthesizer with 90 us settling time
- Integrated analog temperature sensor
Digital Features
- Flexible support for packet oriented systems: On-chip support for sync word insertion, flexible packet length, and automatic CRC handling
- Efficient SPI interface: All registers can be programmed with one "burst" transfer
- Optional automatic whitening of data
Low-Power Features
- 200 nA SLEEP mode current consumption
- Fast startup time: 240 us from SLEEP to TX mode (measured on EM design [3])
- 64-byte TX data FIFO (enables burst mode data transmission)
General
- Few external components: Complete onchip frequency synthesizer, no external filters needed
- Green package: RoHS compliant and no antimony or bromine
- Small size (QLP 4x4 mm package, 16 pins)

A complete development kit containing:

CC2500CC2550DK, CC2500 CC2550DK