User's Guide

Table Of Contents
ThingMagic M6e User Guide ii
JADAKtech.com
REVISION HISTORY
Date Version Description
4/2010
01
RevA First Draft for beta release.
8/2010
01
RevB Updated GPIO content.
Added FCC regulation info section.
12/2010
02
Rev1 New development kit content.
Added approved antennas list.
Updated power consumption data.
Updated Gen2 settings.
2/2011
02
Rev2 Updated Regulatory info.
5/2011
03
RevA Added M6e-A info.
Updated ESD info.
1/2012
04
RevA Updated development kit getting started section.
Added new M6e-PRC frequency range info.
New ISO6b settings, including delimiter specific info.
2/2012
05
RevA Fixed ISO6b delimiter information.
7/2012
06
RevA Added warnings about using TTL interface in
continuous reading mode.
Added new 128-byte limit to tag read data metadata.
Added info on new Universal Reader Assistant 2.
2/2013
07
RevA Corrected default bootloader/RESET mode baud rate
to115200.
Corrected RESET line pull-down resistance to
1.5kohms.
9/2013
08
RevA Added antenna detection requirements info.
3/2016 09 RevA Incorporated more information about module variants
- M6e-A, M6e-PRC, M6e-JIC.
Mentioned antenna detection via return loss
measurement, introduced in FW 1.19.0.
Mentioned saving settings and autonomous operation,
introduced in FW 1.19.0.
Removed notes on limitations, which have since been
eliminated by subsequent firmware revisions (see
release notes for details).
Updated address in cover copyright.
All references to “CN” region changed to “PRC2”.
6/2017 09 RevB RED Declaration of Conformity added.
01/31/2018 875-0053-09
RevB
Updated with Novanta Corporation information.
12/2/2018 TM_M6e-UG Rev
12022018
Updated to user documentation standards.
Incorporated M6e firmware v1.21.2 release notes.
1/29/2019 TM_M6e-UG Rev
01292019
Updated warnings to specify M6e-A module.