STM32W-RFCKIT Low-cost RF control kit for STM32W108xx
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1. Ti UM1050 Y User manual STM32W RFCKIT Low cost RF control kit for STM32W108xx microcontrollers Note Introduction The STM32W RFCKIT low cost RF control kit is an easy to use tool for STM32W108xx RF microcontrollers This family of microcontrollers integrates a 32 bit ARM Cortex M3 microprocessor and a 2 4 GHz IEEE 802 15 4 compliant transceiver The kit demonstrates plug and play 2 4GHz RF point to point communications targeting general purpose wireless control systems The STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit provides demonstration applications and documentation which serve as a reference for creating your own applications and re programming the STM32W108xx microcontroller You can run the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit in several ways using the dedicated software libraries Simplified MAC ZigBee RF4CE and ZigBee PRO This kit provides access to a set of straightforward HAL APIs enabling application engineers to easily develop RF control capabilities such as LEDs serial communication channels virtual COM through USB MEM enabled pointers etc Moreover thanks to the flexibility of STM32W microcontrollers developers will also be able to use the kit with other available protocol network libraries MAC based RF4CE ZigBee PRO or 6LowPan This manual provides information about m STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit components m How to install the related hardware software and documentation trees m How to run the preprogrammed demon2. alse wr enn i ae mow 7 6 REVISION history ns cteecd ceded vida iew i de eee eee ee eee 7 2 8 Doc ID 18433 Rev 1 ky UM1050 Getting started 2 Getting started This section provides a complete description of the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit s hardware and software 2 1 Kit description 2 1 1 Hardware The STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit s package contains the following hardware components One STM382W108xx MB950 remote application board One STM32W108xx MB951 USB dongle Figure 1 MB950 remote application board Figure 2 MB951 USB dongle RoHS Note For information concerning the STM32W108xx MB950 and MB951 boards refer to the documentation included with all available software and the documentation tree installer file see Section 2 2 Software libraries and demonstration applications 2 1 2 Software The STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit does not contain any CD ROMs 2 1 3 Documentation The STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit contains a welcome letter which briefly describes its components and targeted applications ky Doc ID 18433 Rev 1 3 8 Getting started UM1050 2 2 Note 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 8 1 Software libraries and demonstration applications The following installer files are available on the STM32W 32 bit RF microcontroller webpages e ST Simple MAC 1 0 2 0 STM32W108 installer file which provides the STM32W108 Simple MAC software library and demonstration applications targetin
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5. cific kit software and documentation tree download the related installer file from the STM32W 32 bit RF microcontroller webpages then start the installation process on your destination folder Building and download the Simple MAC talk demonstration application The Simple MAC talk demonstration application runs on all STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit boards Using the prebuilt talk binary image To download and run the prebuilt talk binary image on the kit s board use the stm32w_flasher utility with the prebuilt talk s37 binary file For information on how to use the stm32w_flasher utility refer to Section 4 1 stm32w_flasher utility Using the talk IAR project An IAR workspace is also provided for building the Simple MAC talk demonstration application Follow these steps to build the talk demonstration application image talk s37 1 Open the IAR toolset 2 From the File Open Workspace menu open the talk eww IAR project 3 From the Project menu select Rebuild All A binary file ta k s37 is built in the specific demonstration application directory under the selected installation path For the talk application two workspaces are provided 1 STM32W108 used to build a binary image with no IAP bootloader support 2 STM32W108 btl used to build a binary image supporting the IAP bootloader file iap_bootloader s37 in the prebuilt folder Doc ID 18433 Rev 1 5 8 Running the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit UM1050 3 1 2 Not
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7. e 6 8 1 Basic RF communication using the talk demonstration application Once the talk application has been loaded on the kit s board different RF communication scenarios can be targeted as described in the table below Table 1 Supported talk RF control scenarios through application board buttons Application board USB dongle Press button S1 LED D1 toggles Press button S2 LED D3 toggles Press button S3 LED D1 D3 both toggle Press button S4 LED D1 blinks for few seconds Press button S5 LED D3 blinks for few seconds When pressing a button on the application board LED D1 is turned on indicating a packet is going to be sent When pressing a button on the application board if something is wrong with the current RF communication packet transmission failed or no acknowledgment received from the USB dongle the application board LEDs D1 and D3 start blinking for few seconds For setting a chat communication it is requested to setup a serial communication channel on both kit s boards by following the steps described in Section 2 3 3 Setting up the application serial communication channel Once the serial communication channels of the kit s boards are correctly configured the two talk demonstration applications can communicate by typing the chat text on the corresponding HyperTerminal The above example application shows how an RS 232 cable connection between two devices can be replaced with a
8. g point to point communication scenarios based on the IEEE 802 15 4 protocol e ST ZigBee RF4CE 1 2 0 0 STM32W108 installer file which provides the STM32W108 ZigBee RF4CE software library and demonstration applications for controlling an RF4CE compliant TV using an RF4CE compliant remote control EmberZNet 4 3 0 0 STM32W108 installer file which provides the EmberZNet 4 3 0 GA software libraries and demonstration applications targeting the mesh network scenarios based on the ZigBee PRO protocol stack For a detailed description of software and documentation trees refer to the related documentation starting from the HTML index file that comes with each installer file Each installer file also provides a set of prebuilt binary images applications and utilities For the most recent installer file versions visit the STM32W 32 bit RF microcontroller webpages at www st com stm32w_rfcontrol Kit setup Powering on the boards The MB950 application board can be powered as follows e Via batteries e Via USB To power on the MB951 USB dongle simply plug it into a PC USB port Installing the ST Virtual COM port driver USB drive To use the serial communication channel on the kit application boards a Virtual COM port driver for STM32F103xx must be installed This driver can be directly downloaded from the ST website at http www st com internet com SOFTWARE_RESOURCES SW_COMPONENT SW_DRIVER vcpdriver_v1 zip Setting up the applica
9. stration applications For more information visit the STM32W 32 bit RF microcontroller webpages at www st com stm32w_rfcontrol These webpages provide full access to all STM32W108xx resources kits software packages and documents February 2011 Doc ID 18433 Rev 1 1 8 www st com Contents UM1050 Contents 1 Introduction i i a ee ae i ne ee eer ne enn 1 2 Getting started saci vivcccdw es dee ke ee ee 3 2 1 KiLGESCiBUON scx tneueet i ieceri re ee os URE Ee eh Geers RL RSE ees 3 2 1 1 HardWare i ahd Sie a eae ed a ee he te ee bd eee Beh 3 2 1 2 SOPMWANC ise ta ee ied te pa a ee Ae aa ne eae ate 3 2 1 3 Documentation isra ona neeee edad NRE EEKEREN EE ee ees 3 2 2 Software libraries and demonstration applications 4 2 3 KIT Sep 2ata Me o n aaa aa ae ee ees ee ee eae 4 2 3 1 Powering on the boards 0 c eee eee 4 2 3 2 Installing the ST Virtual COM port driver USB drive 4 2 3 3 Setting up the application serial communication channel 4 3 Running the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit 0 22055 5 3 1 Installing the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit software tree 5 3 1 1 Building and download the Simple MAC talk demonstration application 5 3 1 2 Basic RF communication using the talk demonstration application 6 4 STM32W RFCKIT utilities and software tools 0 05 7 4 1 stm32w_flasher utility 0 0 0 0 0 00 cee 7 5 List of acronymS nu nine
10. tion serial communication channel To setup a serial communication channel for the kit application boards follow these steps 1 On the MB950 application board connect a mini USB cable between the board s mini USB connector and a PC USB port 2 Plug the MB951 USB dongle into a PC USB port 3 Using the mouse right click on My Computer select Manage Device Manager and open Ports COM amp LPT to display the related USB COM x ports 4 Open a Hyper Terminal on the corresponding USB virtual COMx ports with the following configuration Bit rate 115200 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None Doc ID 18433 Rev 1 ky UM1050 Running the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit 3 3 1 3 1 1 Note Running the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit In the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit the Simple MAC talk application is preprogrammed on both kit boards The Simple MAC talk demonstration application is a simple application that demonstrates point to point IEEE 802 15 4 wireless communications using the STM32W108xx MCU It allows basic RF control of the USB dongle LEDs by pushing the application board s buttons Further it can be used as a wireless RS 232 cable replacement For example all data received on the serial port will be sent wirelessly to the other board and all the data received wirelessly will be sent to the serial port Installing the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit software tree To install the spe
11. wireless system using STM32W108xx microcontrollers Doc ID 18433 Rev 1 ky UM1050 STM32W RFCKIT utilities and software tools 4 STM32W RFCKIT utilities and software tools 4 1 stm32w_flasher utility The stm32w_flasher utility allows you to download a binary file into the STM32W RFCKIT RF control kit s boards This utility comes with the Simple MAC software installer file To download a binary image follow these steps 1 Connect the kit board to a PC USB port 2 Using the mouse right click on My Computer select Manage Device Manager and open Ports COM amp LPT to display the related USB COMx port 3 Open a DOS Window on your PC and go to the utilities folder which is created after the installation process 4 Type the following command stm32w_ flasher p lt COMx gt r f lt file name bin s37 gt where COMx is the virtual COM related to the connected application board and file_name bin s37 is the application image to be downloaded 5 List of acronyms Table 2 List of acronyms Term Meaning API Application programming interfaces CERC Consumer electronic remote control GA General availability HAL Hardware abstraction layer IDE Integrated development tool MAC Media access control RC Remote control RF Radio frequency communication USB Universal serial bus 6 Revision history Table 3 Document revision history ons asn OO Sos 14 Feb 2011 1 Initial release Doc ID 18433 Rev 1 7 8 UM10
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