EZ430-RF2500

eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool User's Guide Literature Number: SLAU227F September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................................ 4 1 eZ430-RF2500 Overview. Wireless Made Easy. ........................................................................ 5 2 Kit Contents, eZ430-RF2500 .................................................................................................. 6 3 Developing With eZ430-RF2500T Target Board ........................................................................ 7 4 Specifications ...................................................................................................................... 9 5 Supported Devices ............................................................................................................. 10 6 MSP430 Application UART .................................................................................................. 10 7 Software Installation ........................................................................................................... 11 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7.1 Installing the IDE ........................................................................................................ 11 7.2 Installing the Sensor Monitor Visualizer Application ............................................................... 11 Hardware Installation .......................................................................................................... 11 SimpliciTI™ Network Protocol ............................................................................................. 11 Demo – eZ430-RF2500 Sensor Monitor.................................................................................. 12 10.1 Demo Hardware Setup ................................................................................................. 12 10.2 Demo Firmware Download ............................................................................................ 13 10.3 Demo Software GUI Setup ............................................................................................ 14 10.4 Demo Options ........................................................................................................... 14 Suggested Reading ............................................................................................................ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ...................................................................................... eZ430-RF2500 Schematics ................................................................................................... Detailed Hardware Installation Guide .................................................................................... IAR Workbench Compatibility Guide ..................................................................................... 14 15 16 20 22 Revision History .......................................................................................................................... 23 2 Table of Contents SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated www.ti.com List of Figures 1 eZ430-RF2500 ............................................................................................................... 5 2 eZ430-RF2500 Battery Board .............................................................................................. 6 3 eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool 4 eZ430-RF2500 USB Debugging Interface 6-Pin Male Header ....................................................... 10 5 9600 bps With No Flow Control .......................................................................................... 10 6 eZ430-RF2500 Sensor Monitor 7 IAR Embedded Workbench KickStart Workspace ..................................................................... 13 8 eZ430-RF, USB Debugging Interface, Schematic ..................................................................... 16 9 eZ430-RF, USB Debugging Interface, Schematic ..................................................................... 17 10 eZ430-RF2500T, Target Board and Battery Board, Schematic ...................................................... 18 11 eZ430-RF, USB Debugger, PCB Components Layout ................................................................ 19 12 eZ430-RF, USB Debugger, PCB Layout ................................................................................ 19 13 eZ430-RF2500T, Target Board, PCB Layout ........................................................................... 19 14 Windows XP Hardware Recognition ..................................................................................... 20 15 Windows XP Hardware Recognition for MSP430 Application UART................................................ 20 16 Windows XP Found New Hardware Wizard ............................................................................ 20 17 Windows XP Hardware Wizard ........................................................................................... 21 18 Windows XP Warning...................................................................................................... 21 19 Device Manager ............................................................................................................ 22 ........................................................................................ .......................................................................................... 7 12 List of Tables 1 eZ430-RF2500T Target Board Pinouts ................................................................................... 7 2 Battery Board Pinouts ....................................................................................................... 8 SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated List of Figures 3 Preface SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Read This First If You Need Assistance Support for MSP430™ devices and the eZ430-RF2500 is provided by the TI Product Information Center (PIC). Contact information for the PIC can be found on the TI website at www.ti.com. Additional devicespecific information can be found on the MSP430 website at www.ti.com/msp430 and www.ti.com/ez430rf. NOTE: IAR Embedded Workbench® KickStart is supported by Texas Instruments. Although IAR Embedded Workbench KickStart is a product of IAR, Texas Instruments provides support for KickStart. Therefore, please do not request support for KickStart from IAR. Consult all provided documentation with KickStart before requesting assistance. We Would Like to Hear from You If you have any comments, feedback, or suggestions, let us know by contacting support@ti.com. MSP430, Code Composer Studio, SimpliciTI are trademarks of Texas Instruments. Embedded Workbench is a registered trademark of IAR Systems. 4 Preface SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated User's Guide SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool 1 eZ430-RF2500 Overview. Wireless Made Easy. The eZ430-RF2500 is a complete USB-based MSP430 wireless development tool providing all the hardware and software to evaluate the MSP430F2274 microcontroller and CC2500 2.4-GHz wireless transceiver. The eZ430-RF2500 uses the IAR Embedded Workbench Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or Code Composer Studio™ (CCS) IDE to write, download, and debug an application. The debugger is unobtrusive, allowing the user to run an application at full speed with both hardware breakpoints and single stepping available while consuming no extra hardware resources. The eZ430-RF2500T target board is an out-of-the box wireless system that may be used with the USB debugging interface, as a stand-alone system with or without external sensors, or may be incorporated into an existing design. The USB debugging interface enables the eZ430-RF2500 to remotely send and receive data from a PC using the MSP430 Application UART. eZ430-RF2500 features: • USB debugging and programming interface featuring a driverless installation and application backchannel • 21 available development pins • Highly-integrated ultra-low-power MSP430 MCU with 16-MHz performance • Two general-purpose digital I/O pins connected to green and red LEDs for visual feedback • Interruptible push button for user feedback Figure 1. eZ430-RF2500 SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool 5 Kit Contents, eZ430-RF2500 www.ti.com Figure 2. eZ430-RF2500 Battery Board 2 Kit Contents, eZ430-RF2500 • The hardware includes: – Two eZ430-RF2500T target boards – One eZ430-RF USB debugging interface – One AAA battery pack with expansion board (batteries included) NOTE: Visit the TI website for the latest versions of the documentation and development software for eZ430-RF2500: • MSP430x2xx Family User’s Guide (SLAU144) • eZ430-RF2500 User’s Guide (SLAU227) • Code Composer Studio (CCS) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) • IAR Embedded Workbench KickStart IDE • eZ430-RF2500 Sensor Monitor (Code and Visualizer) (SLAC139) 6 eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated Developing With eZ430-RF2500T Target Board www.ti.com 3 Developing With eZ430-RF2500T Target Board The eZ430-RF2500 can be used as a stand-alone development tool. Additionally, the eZ430-RF2500T target board also may be detached from the debugging interface and integrated into another design by removing the plastic enclosure. The target board features an MSP430F2274 and most of its pins are easily accessible. The pins are shown in Figure 3 and described in Table 1 and Table 2. Battery Board More development pins (0.1-inch spacing) Power In and Ground Spy-Bi-Wire Interface F2274 P3.5/UCA0RXD/UCA0SOMI CC2500 VCC (3.6 V) TEST/SBWTCK eZ430-RF2500T Target Board RST/SBWTDIO GND UART P3.4/UCA0TXD/UCA0SIMO 18 available development pins (0.1-inch spacing) Figure 3. eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool Table 1. eZ430-RF2500T Target Board Pinouts Pin Function Description 1 GND Ground reference 2 VCC Supply voltage 3 P2.0 / ACLK / A0 / OA0I0 General-purpose digital I/O pin ACLK output ADC10, analog input A0 4 P2.1 / TAINCLK / SMCLK / A1 / A0O General-purpose digital I/O pin ADC10, analog input A1 Timer_A, clock signal at INCLK SMCLK signal output 5 P2.2 / TA0 / A2 / OA0I1 General-purpose digital I/O pin ADC10, analog input A2 Timer_A, capture: CCI0B input/BSL receive, compare: OUT0 output 6 P2.3 / TA1 / A3 / VREF− / VeREF− / OA1I1 / OA1O General-purpose digital I/O pin Timer_A, capture: CCI1B input, compare: OUT1 output ADC10, analog input A3 Negative reference voltage output/input 7 P2.4 / TA2 / A4 / VREF+ / VeREF+ / OA1I0 General-purpose digital I/O pin Timer_A, compare: OUT2 output ADC10, analog input A4 Positive reference voltage output/input 8 P4.3 / TB0 / A12 / OA0O General-purpose digital I/O pin ADC10 analog input A12 Timer_B, capture: CCI0B input, compare: OUT0 output 9 P4.4 / TB1 / A13 / OA1O General-purpose digital I/O pin ADC10 analog input A13 Timer_B, capture: CCI1B input, compare: OUT1 output 10 P4.5 / TB2 / A14 / OA0I3 General-purpose digital I/O pin ADC10 analog input A14 Timer_B, compare: OUT2 output 11 P4.6 / TBOUTH / A15 / OA1I3 General-purpose digital I/O pin ADC10 analog input A15 Timer_B, switch all TB0 to TB3 outputs to high impedance 12 GND Ground reference 13 P2.6 / XIN (GDO0) General-purpose digital I/O pin Input terminal of crystal oscillator 14 P2.7 / XOUT (GDO2) General-purpose digital I/O pin Output terminal of crystal oscillator SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool 7 Developing With eZ430-RF2500T Target Board www.ti.com Table 1. eZ430-RF2500T Target Board Pinouts (continued) Pin Function Description 15 P3.2 / UCB0SOMI / UCB0SCL General-purpose digital I/O pin USCI_B0 slave out/master in when in SPI mode SCL I2C clock in I2C mode 16 P3.3 / UCB0CLK / UCA0STE General-purpose digital I/O pin USCI_B0 clock input/output USCI_A0 slave transmit enable 17 P3.0 / UCB0STE / UCA0CLK / A5 General-purpose digital I/O pin USCI_B0 slave transmit enable USCI_A0 clock input/output ADC10, analog input A5 18 P3.1 / UCB0SIMO / UCB0SDA General-purpose digital I/O pin USCI_B0 slave in/master out in SPI mode SDA I2C data in I2C mode Table 2. Battery Board Pinouts Pin 8 Function Description 1 P3.4 / UCA0TXD / UCA0SIMO General-purpose digital I/O pin USCI_A0 transmit data output in UART mode (UART communication from 2274 to PC) Slave in/master out in SPI mode 2 GND Ground reference 3 RST / SBWTDIO Reset or nonmaskable interrupt input Spy-Bi-Wire test data input/output during programming and test 4 TEST / SBWTCK Selects test mode for JTAG pins on Port1. The device protection fuse is connected to TEST. Spy-Bi-Wire test clock input during programming and test 5 VCC (3.6V) Supply voltage 6 P3.5 / UCA0RXD / UCA0SOMI General-purpose digital I/O pin USCI_A0 receive data input in UART mode (UART communication from 2274 to PC) Slave out/master in when in SPI mode eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated Specifications www.ti.com 4 Specifications MSP430F2274 • 16-MIPS performance • 200-ksps 10-bit SAR ADC • Two built-in operational amplifiers • Watchdog timer, 16-bit Timer_A3 and Timer_B3 • USCI module supports UART/LIN, (2) SPI, I2C, or IrDA • Five low-power modes that draw as little as 700 nA in standby PARAMETER MIN TYP MAX UNIT OPERATING CONDITIONS Operating supply voltage 1.8 3.6 V Operating free-air temperature range -40 85 °C CURRENT CONSUMPTION Active mode at 1 MHz, 2.2 V 270 390 µA Standby mode 0.7 1.4 µA Off mode with RAM retention 0.1 0.5 µA 16 MHz OPERATING FREQUENCY VCC ≥ 3.3 V CC2500 • 2.4-GHz radio-frequency (RF) transceiver • Programmable data rate up to 500 kbps • Low current consumption PARAMETER TEST CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNIT OPERATING CONDITIONS Operating supply voltage 1.8 3.6 V CURRENT CONSUMPTION RX input signal at the sensitivity limit, 250 kbps RX input signal 30 dB above the sensitivity limit, 250 kbps Optimized current 16.6 Optimized sensitivity 18.8 Optimized current 13.3 Optimized sensitivity 15.7 mA mA Current consumption TX (0 dBm) 21.2 mA Current consumption TX (-12 dBm) 11.1 mA RF CHARACTERISTICS Frequency range 2400 2483.5 MHz Data rate (programmable) 1.2 500 kbps Output power (programmable) -30 0 dBm Optimized current, 2-FSK, 230-kHz RX filter bandwidth, 1% PER Sensitivity, 10 kbps Optimized sensitivity Sensitivity, 250 kbps -99 -101 Optimized current, 500-kHz RX filter bandwidth, 1% PER -87 Optimized sensitivity -89 SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool dBm 9 Supported Devices 5 www.ti.com Supported Devices The eZ430-RF USB debugging interface may be used as a standard Flash Emulation Tool through its Spy-Bi-Wire interface. The eZ430-RF USB debugging interface supports the following MSP430 families: • MSP430F20xx • MSP430F22xx The connector on the USB debugging interface is backward compatible with the eZ430-F2013 and T2012 target boards. TX 3.6 V TEST/SBWTCK RST/SBWTDIO Supports eZ430-F2013 and T2012 target boards GND RX Figure 4. eZ430-RF2500 USB Debugging Interface 6-Pin Male Header 6 MSP430 Application UART The eZ430-RF USB debugging interface features a back channel MSP430 Application UART that may be used independently of a debug session. This allows the user to transfer serial data to a terminal window at a fixed rate of 9600 bps with no flow control. See Figure 5 for typical settings. Figure 5. 9600 bps With No Flow Control Check the Device Manager for COM port assignment of the MSP430 Application UART. For more details, see Section 14. 10 eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool SLAU227F – September 2007 – Revised June 2015 Submit Documentation Feedback Copyright © 2007–2015, Texas Instruments Incorporated Software Installation www.ti.com 7 Software Installation Two different development software tools for the MSP430 are available from TI: IAR Embedded Workbench KickStart and Code Composer Studio (CCS). The term "KickStart" refers to the limited version of Embedded Workbench that allows up to 4KB of C-code compilation. 7.1 Installing the IDE 1. Download the IDE of your choice: IAR Embedded Workbench KickStart: http://www.ti.com/tool/IAR-KICKSTART Code Composer Studio: http://www.ti.com/tool/ccstudio 2. Respond to the prompts to install the software. The installation procedure installs the IDE and TI files. 7.2 Installing the Sensor Monitor Visualizer Application 1. Download the latest version of eZ430-RF2500 Sensor Monitor (Code and Visualizer): http://www.ti.com/lit/zip/slac139 2. Run Sensor Monitor Installer.exe. 3. Choose the installation path for the software. 4. Open the eZ430-RF2500 Sensor Monitor using the shortcut that is installed on the desktop. 8 Hardware Installation 1. Insert the eZ430-RF into USB port. The debugging interface automatically installs itself. 2. When prompted for the software for the MSP430 Application UART, allow Windows to Install the software automatically. This is only possible if either IAR KickStart R4.64 (or higher) or the Sensor Monitor Visualizer has already been installed. For more information, see Section 14. 9 SimpliciTI™ Network Protocol The SimpliciTI™ network protocol is a proprietary, low-power radio-frequency (RF) protocol targeting simple, small RF networks (