User guide

ZIC2410 Getting Started Guide
Rev E Document No. 0005-05-08-11-001 Page 3 of 22
1 INTRODUCTION
This document provides a brief introduction on how to setup and configure the drivers
required for interfacing the ZICM2410P0-KIT2 components and various software tools.
Further, a brief overview of the evaluation boards supplied with the ZICM2410P0-KIT2 is
also provided.
1.1 DEFINITIONS
 ZIC2410QN48: CEL’s single-chip IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver.
 ZICM2410P0-1: CEL’s IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver module.
 ZICM2410-EVB3: An evaluation board containing a ZICM2410P0 for development
and evaluation purposes. Using the CEL supplied software tools makes it possible
to download user-created programs to the ZIC2410.
 ZICM2410P0-KIT2: CEL’s IEEE 802.15.4 evaluation kit.
 ZIC2410USB-WNA: A Wireless Network Analyzer (WNA) used to monitor detailed
information on each layer from the MAC to the Application layer by capturing RF
packet data in real time.
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
Category
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Document Name
Hardware Reference
zicm03_e vb3_h wref 
ZICM2410-EVB3 Evaluation Board Hardware Reference
Guide
zic20_usbwna_u
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ZIC2410WNA-USB User Guide
1.3 CEL ZIC2410 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
The CEL ZIC2410 system of hardware components and software tools allows users, on their
PCs, to easily and efficiently design and implement prototype wireless applications such as
Security or Remote Sensing Networks.
The process starts by creating custom applications. Existing application examples can be
modified to suit the user’s needs or unique applications can be created using the supplied
libraries and the tools of this easy-to-use program. Once the firmware has been created, it
is compiled by Keil 8051 compiler and converted to programming files for each of the nodes.
A CEL software program, known as the Device-Programmer, then allows the user to
program the firmware to the memory space of the ZIC2410 either through a direct download
or Over-The-Air (OTA).
At the heart of system is the evaluation board, the ZICM2410P0-EVB3s, which houses the
ZICM2410P0 IEEE 802.15.4 module. In addition, the evaluation board contains all the
necessary peripherals to interface with the chip in order to implement a variety of
applications and test scenarios.
In order to monitor the newly created prototype network, CEL provides the Packet-Analyzer
program and the ZIC2410USB-WNA Wireless Network Analyzer. The network traffic can
be captured wirelessly for the purpose of testing or troubleshooting. The program’s multiple
tools and views allow the user to display the information being sent in ways as complex as
the frame details at each layer for an individual packet.