TI DK-LM3S9B96

2.4 GHz SimpliciTI™ Protocol on
Stellaris®
The Stellaris® 2.4 GHz SimpliciTI™ Wireless Kit
(DK-EM2-2500S) from Texas Instruments provides a
low-power RF network solution for customers’ end
equipment. The solution combines TI’s easy-to-use
SimpliciTI™ protocol with the new Stellaris EM2 expansion
board and the Chipcon CC2500EM 2.4 GHz evaluation
module along with the full suite of tools an engineer needs
to develop and prototype 2.4 GHz wireless embedded
applications with Stellaris. The DK-EM2-2500S wireless kit
works with our most popular Stellaris microcontroller
development kit, the DK-LM3S9B96 (sold separately).
„ Polling with Access Point
SimpliciTI’s open-source software is aimed at simple, small
RF networks and was designed for easy implementation on
several TI RF platforms. Such networks typically contain a
limited number of battery-operated devices which require
long battery life, low data rate, and low duty cycle that talk
either directly to each other or through optional access
points and range extenders. The minimal resource
requirements for a SimpliciTI™ implementation make it a
perfect low-cost solution for wireless communication.
Kit Contents
– Access point
– End device
– Range extender
„ Access Point as Data Hub
– Access point
– End device
– Channel sniffer
„ Access Point for eZ430-Chronos (with the CC1101EM,
sold separately)
Stellaris®
DK-LM3S9B96
Development
Kit
START
Sub-1 GHz
Frequency
Range
Modulation
2.4 GHz
Proprietary
2.4 GHz
Standard
802.15.4
Stellaris®
LPRF
Solution
SimpliciTI
Software
Stellaris®
DK-EM2-2500 S
Wireless Kit
FINISH
The Stellaris® SimpliciTI™ solution allows software
application developers to become familiar with the
operation of the CC2500EMK using their Texas
Instruments’ Stellaris embedded microcontroller platform
without having to be concerned about the RF portion of the
system. The Stellaris EM2 expansion board facilitates the
connection of up to two wireless expansion modules using
SPI as the primary interface to the DK-EM2-2500S module.
Stellaris® LPRF Block Diagram
Features
„ Low power
„
„
„
„
– A TI-proprietary low-power network protocol
Flexible
– Direct device-to-device communication
– Simple star with access point for store and forward to
multiple ultra-low power end devices
– Range extenders to increase range to 4 hops
Simple—Utilizes a 5-command API
Low data rate and low duty cycle
Easy to learn and easy to use
Included Software Sample
Applications
„ Simple Peer-to-Peer Communication
„ Cascading End Devices
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DK-EM2-2500S Kit Contents
The Stellaris® 2.4 GHz SimpliciTI™ Wireless Kit provides
the tools engineers need to set up and develop wireless
applications right out of the box including:
„ 1 DK-LM3S9B96-EM2 Expansion Board
„ 1 CC2500EMK 2.4 GHz Evaluation Module
„ 1 ez430-RF2500 MSP430 Wireless Development Tool
– MSP430F2274
– 1 AAA battery pack with expansion board (batteries
included)
– 1 MSP430 Development Tool CD-ROM
– 1 eZ430-RF USB debugging interface
– 2 eZ430-RF2500T wireless target boards
„ CD with tools, documentation, and source code
Ordering Information
Product Number Description
DK-EM2-2500S
Stellaris® 2.4 GHz SimpliciTI™
Wireless Kit (includes
DK-LM3S9B96-EM2 Expansion Board)
DK-LM3S9B96
Stellaris® LM3S9B96 Microcontroller
Development Kit (sold separately)
www.ti.com/stellariswireless
2.4 GHz SimpliciTI™ Protocol on
Stellaris® (continued)
Additional Sub-1 GHz Protocol
Support
Additional Evaluation Kits
Supported
The CD that comes with the Stellaris® 2.4 GHz
SimpliciTI™ Wireless Kit contains all the necessary
software to develop a SimpliciTI™ protocol application with
Stellaris. This wireless solution can be used to implement
any protocol that is compatible with the following radio
transceivers and frequency bands.
Texas Instruments also provides a number of Low Power
RF wireless development kits and evaluation modules
featuring different radio frequencies and transceivers. The
Stellaris® 2.4 GHz SimpliciTI™ Wireless Kit makes
evaluation easy by combining all the components needed
to populate a full heterogeneous Low Power RF network,
but it is also possible to separately buy other kits that are
also supported by the software in this kit. The Stellaris
software provided in this kit (and in the
DK-LM3S9B96-EM2 kit) also supports the following Texas
Instruments wireless development kits and evaluation
modules.
Supported Transceivers
Transceiver
CC1101
CC1101
CC1101
CC2500
CC2520
Frequency Band
433 MHz
868 MHz
915 MHz
2.4 GHz (proprietary)
2.4 GHz (802.15.4)
Additional Transceiver Support (each sold separately)
CC1101EMK433
CC1101EMK868-915
CC2520EMK
CC1101 Evaluation Module 433MHz
CC1101 Evaluation Module 868-915MHz
CC2520 Evaluation Module Kit
Additional Wireless Hardware Support (each sold separately)
EZ430-CHRONOS
MSP-EXP430FG4618
SmartRF04/05 Boards
eZ430-Chronos Wireless Watch
Development Tool
MSP430FG4618/F2013 Experimenter Board
SmartRF04 Experimenter Board
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