P2110-EVAL-01 Datasheet
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1. Connected 0 00 05 Auto detect 19200 N i Switch Functions Switches S1 and S2 on the Microchip 16 bit XLP Development Board function as defined below Switch S1 Resets the system software and all data buffers including time counter and dT counter Pressing S1 is not required to start receiving packets and displaying sensor data Switch S2 Outputs data to the screen from the last packet received with an updated elapsed time and time differential dT Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 10 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors Www powercastco com 5 Configure the P2110 evaluation board 5 1 Attach an antenna to each P2110 evaluation board using SMA connector J1 The line of sight range when using the included patch antennas is around 40 feet and around 20 for the dipole antenna Note Operating the evaluation board on a ground plane such as an anti static protection mat on a lab bench may cause significant signal attenuation Note Optional testing of P2110 Evaluation Board only also requires Step 6 To test the proper function of the P2110 Evaluation Board use the following settings or see the instructions for the P2110 EVB at http www powercastco com PDF P2110 EVB pdf J1 Antenna connected JP1 C3 connected S2 LED The LED will blink when sufficient power is available The blinking rate is faster when closer to the transmitter and slower w2. is displayed Also if power is removed from this sensor by removing the TEMP jumper on JP1 is displayed Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 13 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors Wwww powercastco com Humidity Sensor A Honeywell HIH 5030 humidity sensor is used to measure humidity in the range of 15 to 85 with 3 accuracy A reading outside this range will constitute and error and is displayed Also if power is removed from this sensor by removing the HUMIDITY jumper on JP1 is displayed Light Sensor A Vishay TEMT6000X01 ambient light sensor is used to measure illuminance in the range of 10 lux to 99999 lux A reading outside this range will constitute and error and is displayed Also if power is removed from this sensor by removing the LIGHT jumper on JP1 is displayed External Sensor Port The wireless sensor board has a terminal block J3 for using external sensors This port can supply power to an external sensor but the more power that the sensor uses the longer the time period between packets transmitted 1 Connect the sensor wires to J3 as follows power S sensor output ground 2 Enable reading of the sensor port by connecting the EXTERNAL jumper pins on JP1 WARNING this port can only supply 3V to external sensors do not apply more than 3V to EXTERNAL port as this will cause damage to the Wireless Sensor Boa
3. Pp P2110 EVAL 01 POWERCAST Lifetime Power Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors User s Manual featuring PIC MCU with eXtreme Low Power XLP Technology Overview The Lifetime Power Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors is a complete demonstration and development platform for creating battery free wireless sensor applications powered by RF energy radio waves It is designed and configured for extremely low power operation and the firmware is pre installed for out of the box operation The wireless sensor boards are powered by the P2110 Powerharvester Receiver which converts RF energy into DC power In this kit the TX91501 transmitter is the source of RF energy at 915MHz but other sources from 850 950 MHz can also be used for power The communications from the sensor boards to the access point is 2 4GHz using 802 15 4 compliant radios No batteries are needed to power the wireless sensor board RF energy is converted into DC and stored in a capacitor When sufficient charge is stored the regulated output of the P2110 provides power to the wireless sensor board until the operation is completed by the node or until the power is turned off at the low voltage threshold on the capacitor The included wireless sensors measure temperature humidity and light and have an interface for an external sensor Contents The contents of the kit are shown in the image and table below The kit includes an R
4. Www powercastco com 7 Verify Packet Reception The sensor modules will transmit data when Vout of the P2110 is activated Confirm packet reception on the Microchip 16 bit Development Board by watching the LED D3 This LED will flash every time a packet is received The received data will also display on the PC as shown below Powercast HyperTerminal Fi D e Edit View Call Transfer Help Lifetime Power R Energy Powercast Corporation Version 1 0 Packet 1 Time 00 00 07 Packet 2 Time 00 00 09 Packet 3 Time 00 00 10 Packet A Time 00 00 12 Packet 9 Time 00 00 15 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 9 07 o TK ID 009 RSSI 1 68mi TK ID 009 RSSI 1 42mi TK ID 009 RSSI 1 37mi TK ID 009 RSSI 1 17mi TX ID 009 RSSI 8 56mi Temp 73 8 Humidity Temp 73 7 Humidity Temp 73 7 Humidity Temp 73 9 Humidity Temp 73 8 Humidity Harvesting Development Kit for Sn ST ST OST s T Light Extrnl Light Extrnl Light Extrnl Light Extrnl Light Extrnl 339 Wireless Sensors lx O mY 333 lx O mY 322 lx O mY 31 lx O mY 270 lx O mY Connected 0 00 24 Auto detect 19200 8 N 1 SCRC The screen output for the two different modes of operation is shown below Mode 1 MODE jumper is connected default Mode 2 MODE jumper is disconnected future functionality or u
5. signal strength from an RF power source otherwise Temp Temperature Fahrenheit 25 125 F Humidity Relative Humidity 15 85 rh Light Ambient Illuminance Lux 10 99999 lux Pee er a If both wireless sensor boards are set to the same ID then the Time and dT values will be based on packets received from either node It is recommended that each wireless sensor board is assigned a unique ID Wireless Sensor Board Voltage The wireless sensor boards are regulated to operate at 3V This voltage can t be adjusted Transmitter Identification TXID The TX91501 sends a unique identifier code along with the power that it outputs This code can be used for wireless sensor location tracking if devices are mobile The wireless sensor board contains a circuit for decoding this ID If the wireless sensor board for some reason can t read the ID or there is no ID it sends an error code and is displayed on the terminal Receiver Signal Strength Indicator RSSI RSSI shows the actual power level that is being received at the antenna This number is accurate from 0 04mW to 50mW If the value is outside of the range is displayed denoting an RSSI read error Movement and reflections from various objects will affect the RSSI reading Temperature Sensor A Murata NCP18XH103F03RB thermistor is used to measure temperature in the range of 25 F to 125 F A reading outside this range will constitute and error and
6. F transmitter RF energy harvesting receiver boards and antennas wireless sensor boards a PIC MCU based development board and radio and a programming tool DEVELOPMENT S A TO O LS Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 1 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com Item Description S O Power and Data 3 watt 915 MHz transmitter for power and data with integrated 8dBi Transmitter antenna and two power jacks Sends a pre programmed transmitter TX91501 3W ID ID that is received by the P2110 Powerharvester component and is decoded by the MCU on the Wireless Sensor Board P2110 Evaluation Board Evaluation board Rev B for P2110 Powerharvester Receiver This P2110 EVB board has an SMA connector to connect the antennas and a 10 pin connector for the Wireless Sensor Board included with the P2110 evaluation board included with the P2110 evaluation board Wireless Sensor Board Sensor for Temp Humidity Light and an external input Plugs into WSN EVAL 01 P2110 evaluation board and sends data to the access point Microchip 16 bit XLP Development Board 1 Microchip 16 bit XLP Development platform featuring Microchip s PIC24F MCU that is pre Development Board programmed to operate as an access point for receiving data from the DM240311 Wireless Sensor Boards USB cable included in box 1 Microchip MRF24J40 2 4GHz IEEE 802 15 4 radio that plugs into the 16 bit XLP PICtail P
7. ICtail Plus Development Board for receiving data from the Wireless Sensor Daughter Board Boards AC164134 1 PICkit 3 programmer Programming tool for updating code on the Wireless Sensor Boards debugger and the 16 bit XLP Development Board USB cable included in PG164130 package Set up and Operation Installation Overview The following basis steps are required to operate the kit and are provided as an overview Detailed installation instructions are provided immediately after this summary 1 Install HyperTerminal already installed with Windows XP or equivalent terminal emulator program 2 Install the USB Serial Driver for the Microchip 16 bit XLP Development Board 3 Configure HyperTerminal or equivalent terminal emulator program 4 Connect antennas and sensor boards to P2110 evaluation board 5 Turn on the transmitter and point toward receivers Note The required software for steps 1 and 2 above is available for download from http www powercastco com resources or the direct links provided in the next section Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 2 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com Step by Step Installation 1 Install a terminal emulator program on your PC HyperTerminal is included with Windows XP and earlier versions and no installation is required Windows Vista and Windows 7 users can download HyperTerminal from the following link http www po
8. f P2110 Powerharvester Receiver datasheet http www powercastco com PDF P2110 datasheet pdf P2110 Evaluation Board instructions http www powercastco com PDF P2110 EVB pdf TX91501 Powercaster Transmitter user s manual http www powercastco com PDF TX91501 manual pdf All documentation and software can be obtained through the following page http www powercastco com resources Microchip Technology nanoWatt XLP Technology eXtreme Low Power PIC Microcontrollers http www microchip com XLP XLP 16 bit Development Board for low power PIC MCU prototyping http www microchip com xlp16bitboard Wireless Design Center Complete hardware amp software solutions including sub GHz 2 4GHz amp WiFi http www microchip com rf MPLAB IDE http www microchip com mplab The Microchip name and logo PIC and MPLAB are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U S A and other countries MiWi and PICkit are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 16 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com Mouser Electronics Authorized Distributor Click to View Pricing Inventory Delivery amp Lifecycle Information Powercast P2110 EVAL 01
9. hen further from the transmitter 5 2 Verify the configuration of the P2110 evaluation boards as follows JP1 C5 connected can also use C4 with a properly sized user installed capacitor S2 doesn t matter S3 doesn t matter S4 doesn t matter 5 3 Attach the wireless sensor boards to the P2110 evaluation boards using the keyed connector and set the sensor board node IDs values of 0 7 as desired using the 3 position DIP switch S1 Set the jumpers on JP1 as appropriate for TEMP LIGHT HUMIDITY EXTERNAL and MODE They should all be connected for the default mode of operation aa be STEFE a cE seen A et N Le ya POWERCAST WSN EVAL 01 wireless sensor board Note JP2 can be used to measure current being used by the sensor board It should be connected for normal operation This is explained in greater detail on page 14 6 Plug in the Transmitter Plug in the TX91501 Powercaster Transmitter and point it toward the P2110 evaluation boards with the wireless sensor nodes The line of sight range when using the included patch antennas is around 40 45 feet and less for the dipole antenna Note Asa precaution do not operate the transmitter within 12 inches of the evaluation board when the patch antennas are attached Please see the transmitter user s manual for operating details Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 11 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors
10. l you see Ports COM amp LPT and click the sign to expand the list Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 8 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors Wwww powercastco com 4 4 Set the baud rate Bits per second to 19200 19 2kbps and click OK COM16 Properties Fort Settings Bits per second Use these default settings Flow control Hardware w Restore Defaults 4 5 The following blank screen will appear Powercast HyperTerminal le Edit View Call Transfer Help Fi Connected 0 00 07 Auto detect Auto detect Packets are displayed automatically when the TX91501 transmitter or other RF energy source is providing power to a P2110 evaluation board with the sensor board attached Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 9 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com 4 6 Press switch S1 see page 3 on the Microchip 16 bit XLP Development Board to reset the system software and validate proper installation If everything has been installed properly you will see the following message displayed on the screen Lifetime Power R Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors Powercast Corporation Version X X Powercast HyperTerminal File Edit View Call Transfer Help Lifetime Power R Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors Powercast Corporation Version 1 0
11. nds that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway 3 5 When completed you should see this screen Click Finish to proceed Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for F Communications Port Click Finish to close the wizard Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 6 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com 4 Configure HyperTerminal to see data on the PC The data can be displayed through a PC using any terminal emulator program This manual will show how to configure HyperTerminal but the following settings are needed with any terminal emulator that is used Baud rate 19200 bps Data bits 8 bits Parity None Stop bits 1 bit Emulation ANSI or Auto Detect Windows XP or Windows 2000 HyperTerminal is provided with Windows XP and earlier versions To access the program use the following menu options Start Menu gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt HyperTerminal Windows Vista or Windows 7 Go to the directory where HyperTerminal was installed from Step 1 and double click on hypertrm exe to launch the program 4 1 Upon starting the program the dialog box may ask you if you would like to make HyperTerminal your default telnet program Select Yes or No to proceed Defaul
12. rcastco com resources USB to Serial driver file installation a Download the file and unzip to a preferred location b Connect the Microchip 16 bit Development Board to the PC using the USB cable c Manually install the driver as shown below DO NOT use Windows automatic driver search Note the installation example below is based on Windows XP 3 1 Connect the USB cable to the Microchip 16 bit XLP Development Board using min USB connector J9 When the following screen appears select No not at this time and then click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New eS Hardware Wizard Windows will search for curent and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with pour permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only es now and every time connect a device Select for MANUAL installation Click Next to continue Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 4 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com 3 2 Select Install from a list of specific location and then click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for CDC AS 232 Emulation Demo Ce If your hardware came with an installation CD A or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the
13. rd Current Measuring JP2 is provided to allow for current usage measurements of the Wireless Sensor Board The running time of the board is too short approx 10ms to allow for average current monitoring using a digital multi meter An oscilloscope is required to witness the current usage To measure current using a current probe remove JP2 and connect a test lead with hooks on either side from one pin to the other Attach the current probe to the test lead If a current probe is not available R18 is provided as a current sensing resistor R18 is a 10Q resistor in parallel with JP2 With JP2 disconnected the voltage across R18 can be witnessed on the oscilloscope by connecting a voltage probe across JP2 The current can then be calculated Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 14 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com Software Firmware source code The source code for the Wireless Sensor Board and Access Point Microchip XLP 16 bit Development Board is available for download from the Powercast website http www powercastco com resources Software for Microchip s MiWi protocol is included as part of Powercast s code and is subject to accepting Microchip s MiWi Software License Agreement before download All software pre loaded in the kit components or available for download is subject to Powercast s Limited Warranty for Development Systems Modifying the firmware on
14. ser s code Powercast HyperTerminal Fi D Connected 0 02 07 Auto detect 19200 8 N 1 lt Rev A 3 2012 11 e Edit View Call Packet Time 00 01 Time 00 01 Packet Time 00 01 Packet Time 00 01 Packet Time 00 01 Transfer Node Help dT 00 0 Node J dT 00 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 Node dT 00 TX ID 009 RSSI 6 82mi TK ID 009 RSSI 8 89mi TX ID 009 RSSI 6 82mi TK ID 009 RSSI 8 26mi Temp 77 3 Humidity Temp 76 9 Humidity Temp 76 9 Humidity Temp 74 9 Humidity This mode not implemented This mode not implemented This mode not implemented This mode not implemented sn ST STN oT Light Extrnl Light Extrnl Light Extrnl Light Extrnl P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power www powercastco com Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors Mode 1 output Mode 2 output Page 12 Data Output Ranges The following table explains each item displayed on the screen and the valid range of data Packet Packet counter reset when S1 is pressed 1 to 99999 number is incremented d Time differential between received packets A 00 00 MM SS up to 99 59 e E a TX ID The ID number broadcasted by the TX91501 1 254 Wireless Sensor Board identifier 0 7 configured by DIP switches RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator the received 0 04 50 mW
15. t Telnet Program T We recommend that you make HyperTerminal your default telnet program Do you want to da this Don t ask me this question again 4 2 Next you will be shown the following dialog box in which to enter a name for the connection You can choose any name Powercast is used in this manual Enter Powercast into the dialog box and select OK to continue Connection Description Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com 4 3 The following dialog box will appear Select the COM port which is being used for the access point and click OK COM16 is used in this example Connect To f ee Powercast Enter details for the phone number that you want to dial Countrregion United States 1 k Area code 412 Connect usihg ThinkPad Modem ka ThinkPad Modem COMMS COM16 TCP IP Mfinsack Connect To i ee Powercast Enter details for the phone number that you want to dial Country regiory Connect using DS Sats Note If more than one COM port is shown you may need to use System Properties through Windows Control Panel to determine which is the correct COM port To access System Properties on your PC using Windows XP select the following menu options 1 Start Menu gt Control Panel gt System 2 Click on the Hardware tab and then Device Manager 3 Scroll down unti
16. the Wireless Sensor Boards or Access Point The software on the Wireless Sensor Boards and the Access Point can be modified using Microchip s free MPLAB Integrated Development Environment IDE Programming is done using the C programming language Download MPLAB IDE from Microchip Technology Inc Use the link below and follow Microchip s instructions for installation and operation http www microchip com mplab PICkit 3 Programmer Debugger The PICkit 3 programming tool is included to re program the wireless sensors boards and the access point Wireless sensor board use header J1 enable Power target circuit from PICkit 3 checkbox found under Programmer menu gt Settings gt Power tab 16 bit XLP board use header J5 disable Power target circuit from PICkit 3 checkbox HyperTerminal HyperTerminal is available for download at the following link http www powercastco com zip HyperTerminal zi USB to Serial Driver The USB to Serial driver for the Microchip 16 bit XLD Development Board is available at the following link http www powercastco com zip USB Serial Driver zi Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 15 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com Documentation Powercast P2110 EVAL 01 Overview http www powercastco com PDF P2110 EVAL 01 overview pdf P2110 EVAL 01 User s Manual this document http www powercastco com PDF P2110 EVAL 01 manual pd
17. wercastco com zip HyperTerminal zi The download file is also found on the following page http www powercastco com resources There are only two files in this ZIP package hypertrm dll hypertrm exe Unzip the files to a location of your choice and click on hypertrm exe when you are ready to operate the program not yet Be sure to keep these files in the same directory 2 Verify the settings on the Microchip 16 bit XLP Development Board as follows S4 PIC24FK S7 ON J12 Jumper set to EXT PS USB JP6 Jumper on JP9 Jumper on JP10 Jumper on Plug the Microchip MRF24J40 daughter board into the PICtail Connector J7 of the XLP board The daughter board should hang off the side of the XLP board with the components facing inward toward the XLP board as shown in the picture on page 1 We A K i err f lt a GN a d Peat E a OC a 7 pm EES C ae a ee doh E EE feke l c G ro G LE a ue Jumpers JP6 JP9 JP10 S1 igi S4 k D3 S2 Q G D S1 System Reset RE S2 Display last packet w timer update Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 3 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com 3 Download and install the USB to Serial driver file The following driver file is needed to communicate with the Microchip 16 bit Development Board http www powercastco com zip USB Serial Driver zi The file is also found on the following page http www powe
18. wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Click Next toa continue 3 3 Select the specific directory where you unzipped the USB to Serial driver files and then click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boses below to limit or expand the default search which inclides local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed Include this location in the search CADocuments and Settings rina Desktop LSB S er v Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for pour hardware C ce Net Rev A 3 2012 11 P2110 EVAL 01 Lifetime Power Page 5 Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Wireless Sensors www powercastco com 3 4 Click Continue Anyway to proceed Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Communications Port has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows esP Lell me why this testing i important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recomme
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