Development Kit Texas Instruments CC2420DK

The CC2420DK development kit is a powerful and flexible tool specifically designed to make it easy for the user to evaluate the RF performance of the CC2420 and to minimize the time spent on evaluation.

Detailed Description

The CC2420 is a true single-chip 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver designed for low-power and low-voltage wireless applications.

Texas Instruments: CC2420DK Development Kit

Features

  • True single-chip 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver with baseband modem and MAC support
  • DSSS baseband modem with 2 MChips/s and 250 kbps effective data rate
  • Suitable for both RFD and FFD operation
  • Low current consumption (RX: 18.8 mA, TX: 17.4 mA)
  • Low supply voltage (2.1 – 3.6 V) with integrated voltage regulator
  • Low supply voltage (1.6 – 2.0 V) with external voltage regulator
  • Programmable output power
  • No external RF switch / filter needed
  • I/Q low-IF receiver
  • I/Q direct upconversion transmitter
  • Very few external components
  • 128(RX) + 128(TX) byte data buffering
  • Digital RSSI / LQI support
  • Hardware MAC encryption (AES-128)
  • Battery monitor
  • QLP-48 package, 7×7 mm
  • Complies with ETSI EN 300 328, EN 300 440 class 2, FCC CFR-47 part 15 and ARIB STD-T66
  • Powerful and flexible development tools available
  • applications
    • 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 systems

The Development Kit includes:

  • 2 CC2400EB Evaluation Boards
    • Serves as a motherboard for the Evaluation Modules
    • Provides a USB port, serial port, buttons, LEDs, voltage regulator, configuration jumpers and connetors to make it easy to interface the CC2420 with the SmartRF Studio software and various test equipment
  • 2 CC2420EM Evaluation Modules which contain:
    • CC2420 chip
    • Required external components

CC2400EB Schematic Diagram
CC2420EM Schematic Diagram

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