MSP430-CCRF development board
User's manual
All boards produced by Olimex are ROHS compliant
Revision C, July 2013
OLIMEX Ltd, All rights reserved
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INTRODUCTION:
MSP430-CCRF is development board with CC430F5137IRGZ microcontrol-
ler by Texas Instruments. This ultra-low-power microcontroller has integrated
CC1101 RF transceiver. The board has also UEXT, which can be modified as device
or host. MSP430-CCRF can communicate with other boards with integrated
CC1101 RF transceiver via radio connection.
BOARD FEATURES:
Microcontroller:
CC430F5137IRGZ
JTAG
UEXT
PWR jack for 2 x 1.5V AA batteries
On-board voltage regulator
On-bard pcb antenna
Supported radio frequencies bands 868/915 MHz – software selectable.
By default – 868 MHz.
Maximal permissible distance between two MSP430-CCRF boards
depends on RF chip's output power, data transfer rate and the selected
radio frequency band. For more information, see the table below.
User button
Status LED
RTC crystal
Extension pin holes for most of the microcontroller pins
FR-4, 1.00 mm, soldermask, component print
Dimensions: 78.49 x 39.12mm (3.09 x 1.54")
RF Frequency
868MHz
868MHz
868MHz
915MHz
915MHz
915MHz
Output Power
10dBm
10dBm
10dBm
10dBm
10dBm
10dBm
Data Rate
1.2kBaud
38.4kBaud
250kBaud
1.2kBaud
38.4kBaud
250kBaud
Measured Distance
155m
110m
85m
140m
100m
60m
This measurements were taken via using “RF Connection_toggle LED” demo software
loaded at two alike MSP430-CCRF boards!
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ELECTROSTATIC WARNING:
The
MSP430-CCRF
board is shipped in protective anti-static packaging. The board
must not be subject to high electrostatic potentials. General practice for working
with static sensitive devices should be applied when working with this board.
BOARD USE REQUIREMENTS:
Cables:
The cable you will need depends on the programmer/debugger you
would use. If you use MSP-JTAG-TINY-V2 or MSP-JTAG-ISO-MK2, you will need
USB A-B cable. If you use MSP-JTAG, you will need LPT cable.
Hardware:
Programmer/debugger MSP-JTAG-TINY-V2, MSP-JTAG-ISO-MK2 or
other compatible programming/debugging tool.
PROCESSOR FEATURES:
MSP430-CCRF
board use microcontroller
CC430F5137IRGZFBD100
with these
features:
True System-on-Chip (SoC) for Low-Power Wireless Communication
Applications
Wide Supply Voltage Range: 1.8 V to 3.6 V
Ultra-Low Power Consumption:
CPU Active Mode (AM): 160 μA/MHz
Standby Mode (LPM3 RTC Mode):2.0 μA
Off Mode (LPM4 RAM Retention): 1.0 μA
Radio in RX: 15 mA, 250 kbps, 915 MHz
MSP430™ System and Peripherals
16-Bit RISC Architecture, Extended Memory, up to 20-MHz System Clock
Wake-Up From Standby Mode in Less Than 6 μs
Flexible Power Management System with SVS and Brownout
Unified Clock System with FLL
16-Bit Timer TA0, Timer_A with Five Capture/Compare Registers
16-Bit Timer TA1, Timer_A with Three Capture/Compare Registers
Hardware Real-Time Clock
Two Universal Serial Communication Interfaces
USCI_A0 supporting UART, IrDA, SPI
USCI_B0 supporting I
2
C, SPI
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12-Bit A/D Converter With Internal Reference, Sample-and-Hold, and
Autoscan Features
Comparator
128-bit AES Security Encryption/Decryption Coprocessor
32-Bit Hardware Multiplier
Three-Channel Internal DMA
Serial On-board Programming, No External Programming Voltage Needed
Embedded Emulation Module (EEM)
High-Performance Sub-1-GHz RF Transceiver Core
Wide Supply Voltage Range: 2.0 V to 3.6 V
Frequency Bands: 300 MHz to 348 MHz, 389 MHz to 464 MHz, and 779
MHz to 928 MHz.
Programmable Data Rate From 0.6 kBaud to 500 kBaud
High Sensitivity (-117 dBm at 0.6 kBaud, -111 dBm at 1.2 kBaud, 315 MHz,
1% Packet Error Rate)
Excellent Receiver Selectivity and Blocking Performance
Programmable Output Power Up to +12 dBm for All Supported
Frequencies
2-FSK, 2-GFSK, and MSK Supported as well as OOK and Flexible ASK
Shaping
Flexible Support for Packet-Oriented Systems: On-Chip Support for Sync
Word Detection, Address Check, Flexible Packet Length, and Automatic
CRC Handling
Support for Automatic Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) Before
Transmitting (for Listen-Before-Talk Systems)
Digital RSSI Output
Suited for Systems Targeting Compliance With EN 300 220 (Europe) and
FCC CFR Part 15 (US)
Suited for Systems Targeting Compliance With Wireless M-Bus Standard
EN 13757-4:2005
Support for Asynchronous and Synchronous Serial Receive/Transmit
Mode for Backward Compatibility With Existing Radio Communication
Protocols
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(1)
5, 3 - represents two instantiations of Timer_A, the first instantiation having 5 and the second
instantiation having 3 capture compare registers and PWM output generators, respectively.
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