ATSAMR30-XPRO [USER MANUAL] 1 ATSAMR30
Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Hardware Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Software Setup .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Software Installation..
Introduction 1.1. Scope: The scope of this document is to explain how to install and setup up the required hardware and programming tool for the certification test. Figure 1 : Atmel ATSAMR30-XPRO Board Hardware Setup 2.1. ATSAMR30-XPRO Boards - 2 Nos 2.2. Micro USB cable - 2 Nos Note: SMA cables not included in the box Software Setup 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5.
Software Installation 4.1. Atmel Studio 7 Installation Note: If Atmel Studio 7 is already available in Test PC, jump to step 4.2 in this section and install wireless composer 4.1.1. Open the DVD containing the Atmel Studio 7 Software package. 4.1.2. 4.1.3. Double click the “as-installer-7.0.1006-full.exe” icon to launch Atmel Studio Installation. Click Run icon. 4.1.4. Once you clicked the Run icon,the Atmel Studio 7 installer Wizard dialog box opens and agree the licence terms and conditions.
4.1.5. Ensure all the Architectires are selected and click “Next”. 4.1.6. Select ASF extensions and click “Next” 4.1.7.
4.1.8. Click “Install”. 4.1.9. Atmel Studio 7 installion starts and once completed click ok.
4.2. Wireless Composer Installation 4.2.1. Next install the Wireless Composer extension by double clicking the “wireless-composer-7.0.130.vsix” icon found in the DVD as shown in the following figure and follow the instakkation wizard to comple the installation Figure 2 : Wireless Composer Installation 4.2.2. In case if you I get an error message saying, 4.2.3. To overcome the above error, you have to change the file association as follows (i) Right click on the “wireless-composer-7.0.130.
Hardware and Driver Installation (Automatic): 5.1. Connect a micro USB cable from PC to the micro USB port (USB for programming). Figure.6 Hardware Setup 5.2. Next, EDBG Virtual COM port driver installation will begin automatically Figure.7 EDBG Virtual COM PORT Driver installation 5.3. Click the taskbar notification. When the driver installation is successfully completed, there will be a notificaion as shown below. Figure.
Programming the hex file in SAMR30-XPRO (If required): Board was already programmed with certification software/performance analyzer. In case if required to flash the program file, follow the below steps. If programming the SAMR30-Xpro board for the first time, follow the section 7(SAMR30 part pack installation) before start programming. 6.1. Connect the SAMR30 XPRO board to the PC via EDBG micro USB connector. * PC should have the Atmel Studio 7 installed in it 6.2.
In case if you noticed that the Device “ATSAMR30G18A” is unsupported,see the section 7 to overcome the error. 6.4. Once connected to the board,the device programming window will look like as follows 6.5.
Target Volatge: 3.3V 6.6. Once ensured the device signature and Target Voltage, Click on Memories and then click “Erase now” to erase the already existing program in the chip. Then browse the hex file which you would like to program into the device and click Program. 6.7. Flashing the hex file in the SAMR30-XPRO board completed.
SAM R30 Part Pack Intallation Before using Atmel Studio 7 for programming/debugging in any new device/board, don’t forget to install the part pack of the device using following steps, 7.1. Get the part pack of the device.For SAM R30, it is available in the DVD 7.2. Goto the below link C:\Program Files (x86)\Atmel\Studio\7.0\atpackmanager 7.3. Double click on “PackManager.exe”. 7.4. Device Part Manager window opens as follows and it will list all the device part packs installed. 7.5.
Performance Analyzer 8.1. Launch Atmel Studio tool by clicking the Atmel Studio icon Figure.9 Launch Atmel Studio 7.0 8.2. From the Atmel Studio Start page, launch Performance Analyzer utility by clicking the icon as shown in below figure (or) select Tools “IEEE 802.15.4 Performance Analyzer”. Figure.11 Atmel Studio 7.0 – Start Page 8.3. After clicking the Performance Analyzer icon, Performance Analyzer window will open as shown in the following figure.
Figure.12 Performance Analyzer 8.4. Ensure the DUT is connected to the PC as explained in Step 1 of Section 5.
Connecting kit in Tx Test (Single node / CW): CW – Continuous Wave Transmission 9.1. Select the COM Port from the dropdown menu and select a COM port to which the kit to be connected and click “Connect” Figure.13 Performance Analyzer – COM Port Selection Note: COM17 from the above figure is an example. The COM Port number varies depending upon the PC. 9.2. Set the COM settings from the pop-up window. Click “Defaults” and then click “OK” 9.3.
Figure.14 Performance Analyzer – Kit Information 9.4. Kit / Transceiver properties, Channel Page, Channel Number, Antenna Selection and Power level can also be changed in the Performance Analyzer window.
7 7 Figure.15 Performance Analyzer – Transceiver configuration 9.5. To Transmit CW mode or PRBS mode, click on Certification tab and Continuous transmission and CW or PRBS.
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Tx Test Modes: 10.1. Tx Test (Single node / CW) for Sub-1GHz FCCTesting: 10.1.1.
At the bottom corner, there is an icon called “Read”, click it. Then Change the register value of TRX_CTRL_2 (0xC) to “B4” as shown in the below image and press ‘Enter’ in keyboard After the TRX_CTRL_2 (0xC) value changed to “B4”, click the “Write” icon and do the test. Important Note: Everytime when you change the channel or power or channel page, we need to change the TRX_CTRL_2 register value to “B4”.
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10.2. Tx Test (Single node / CW) for Sub-1GHz CE Testing 10.2.1.
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Connecting kit in Tx-Rx Test mode (Transmit and Receive test): 11.1. Connect two devices with PC by USB cables and so both are power up. 11.2. Select one COM Port and click ‘connect’ the device corresponding to that COM port is connected and select “Initiate Peer Search” So other device connect by RF (RF Pairring). (Device connected to COM Port is transmitter and other device is receiver) Figure 21: Performance Analyzer – Paring devices 11.3.
11.4. PER test is Transmit and Receive test. Number of transmit packets can be set by changing “Test Frames Count” 7 Figure 23: Performance Analyzer – Transmit Packets 11.5. Run Single PER Test.
TRX Test Modes: 12.1.1. Tx-Rx Test (Transmit and Receive test) for Sub-1GHz FCC Testing 12.1.2.
With the above setting click “write” icon and go to “Transceiver Registers” tab. At the bottom corner, there is an icon called “Read”, click it.
After the TRX_CTRL_2 (0xC) value changed to “B4”, click the “Write” icon and do the test. Important Note: Everytime when you change the channel or power or channel page, we need to change the TRX_CTRL_2 register value to “B4”.
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12.2. Tx-Rx Test (Transmit and Receive test) for Sub-1GHz CE Testing 12.2.1.
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FCC Caution: Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This module is intended for OEM integrator.
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