Quick Start Guide

MK8000 EVB Quick Start Guide
Mauna Kea Semiconductor Confidential
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October 14, 2022
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5. Application examples
This chapter provides an introduction of procedures for two basic tests:
 Ranging and AoA
 Power consumption
5.1 Ranging and AoA test
At the beginning of test, the proper bin file should be downloaded to MK8000 EVBs. Get example
project from the following locations then make the bin file or get bin file directly.
 Standalone mode
o project: “sdk_folder\boards\mk8000_dk\uwb_examples\aoa_loc”
o bin file: “sdk_folder\boards\mk8000_dk\uwb_examples\bin_files\aoa_loc.bin”
 MKTool mode project:
o project: “sdk_folder\boards\mk8000_dk\uwb_examples\uci_test”
o bin file: “sdk_folder\boards\mk8000_dk\uwb_examples\bin_files\uci_test.bin”
5.1.1 Standalone Mode
Standalone mode provides a quick demonstration and evaluation of ranging and AoA capability of
MK8000 chipset. Figure 9 shows a typical setup of measurement. The tag is set on a plastic stand
vertically and connected to a portable battery. The Anchor is set on another plastic stand vertically and
connected to a Windows laptop to display the test results by using a console application such as
PuTTY. The detailed port configuration is listed in Table 6.
Figure 9 Example of setup of Ranging and AoA test in Standalone mode