User manual

MRF24J40MA/MB PICtail™/PICtail
PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD
USER’S GUIDE
 2009 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51867A-page 11
Chapter 1. Overview
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The MRF24J40MA/MB PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a demonstration and
development daughter board for the:
• MRF24J40MA IEEE 802.15.4 2.4 GHz RF Transceiver module, or
• MRF24J40MB 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 20 dBm RF Transceiver module
The daughter board can plug into multiple Microchip Technology demonstration and
development boards. For example, for 8-bit microcontroller development using the
PIC18 Explorer Board (DM183032) or for 16-bit microcontroller development using the
Explorer 16 Development Board (DM240001).
Supporting software stacks and application notes may be downloaded from the
Microchip website http://www.microchip.com/wireless
.
This chapter discusses:
• MRF24J40MA/MB PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Contents
• MRF24J40MA/MB PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board
1.2 MRF24J40MA/MB PICtail/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD CONTENTS
Depending on the development tool ordered, package contents will contain one of the
following development boards listed in Table 1-1.
TABLE 1-1: MRF49XA PICtail™/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD
1.3 MRF24J40MA/MB PICtail/PICtail PLUS DAUGHTER BOARD
The MRF24J40MA/MB PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board is a complete IEEE
802.15.4 2.4 GHz wireless transceiver. The features are shown in Figure 1-1 and 1-2.
Description Part Number
MRF24J40MA PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board AC164134-1
MRF24J40MB PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board AC164134-2
CAUTION
Power to the MRF24J40MA/MB PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board should be in the
range of 2.4-3.6V. Ensure that the development/demonstration board that the daugh-
ter board is plugged into meets this voltage requirement; otherwise, damage to the
MRF24J40 may occur.