User`s guide

FreeStar Pro SMAC Programmers’ Guide
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1 Overview
1.1 DESCRIPTION
The ZFSM201-EVB-1 FreeStar Pro Evaluation Board serves as an interface, evaluation and
development tool enabling the user to demonstrate, and evaluate the capabilities of the CEL
ZFSM-201-1, FreeStar Pro Module.
At the heart of the CEL ZFSM-201-1 is the Freescale MC13224V Platform-in-Package (PiP)
transceiver, a 32-bit ARM-based ZigBee radio module and a third-generation 2.4GHz IEEE®
802.15.4 platform.
The 32-bit ARM7 processor and extensive on-chip memory allows designers to eliminate the
peripheral host processors often required by 8- and/or 16-bit transceiver solutions. The high
level of integration also helps to reduce component count, lowering power consumption and
reducing overall system cost.
The evaluation kit provides the end user the ability to quickly become familiar with both the
ZFSM-201-1 FreeStar Pro module’s hardware and software. The evaluation boards come
preloaded with firmware demonstrating a wireless link and communicating with the supplied
FreeStar Pro Test Tool Graphical User Interface (GUI).
The full application source code of the pre-programmed firmware is based on Freescale’s
SMAC codebase for ARM7® and is supplied in an IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM project.
The source code exercises key features of the MC13224V and provides a good reference or
starting point for creating custom applications on the SMAC codebase. The application source
code includes the following features:
 RF Evaluation
 Range Test Application
 Packet Error Rate Test (PERT) Application
 Transmitting and receiving on the UART
 Using low power modes
 Reading and writing to Non-Volatile Memory (NVM)
 Reading Analog to Digital Converters
 Using GPIOs
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
Table 1 contains the documents that have been referenced by this document (or recommended
as additional information). Please consult the appropriate website to check for the latest
revisions and editions.
Table 1 – Related and Referenced Documents
Document Title Document Name / Number
Freescale Semiconductor Documents (www.freescale.com)
BeeKit™ Wireless Connectivity Toolkit Quick Start Guide BKWCTKQSG
BeeKit™ Wireless Connectivity Toolkit User’s Guide BKWCTKUG
BeeKit™ Wireless Connectivity Toolkit Software Release Notes BKWCTKRN
MC13224V Datasheet MC1322x
MC1322x Reference Manual MC1322xRM
MC1322x Software Driver Reference Manual 22XDRVRRM
MC1322x Simple Media Access Controller (SMAC) Reference Manual 22xSMACRM
802.15.4 Media Access Controller (MAC) MyWirelessApp 802154MWAUG
802.15.4 Media Access Controller (MAC MyStarNetworkApp 802154MSNAUG
802.15.4 MAC PHY Software Reference Manual 802154MPSRM
Simple Media Access Controller (SMAC) User’s Guide SMACRM