User`s guide

PICDEM Z Demonstration Kit User’s Guide

FIGURE 1-1: PICDEM™ Z DEMONSTRATION KIT

1.3 PICDEM Z DEMONSTRATION KIT

The PICDEM Z Demonstration Kit allows developers to evaluate and develop with

Microchip wireless solutions. The kit provides two motherboards and two 2.4 GHz

MRF24J40MA daughter boards which can be used to form a simple two node wireless

network. More nodes can be added by purchasing additional PICDEM Z Demonstration

Kits or individual components (see Table 1-1).

The PICDEM Z Demonstration Kit comes preprogrammed with a wireless demo pro-

gram. Refer to Chapter 2. “Getting Started with the PICDEM™ Z Demonstration

Kit” to learn how to operate the preprogrammed demo program and how to load other

Microchip Wireless Protocols for evaluation and development. Additional wireless pro-

tocols can be downloaded from the Microchip Wireless Design Center at

http://www.microchip.com/wireless/.

The motherboard is powered by an external power supply via the 2.5 mm coaxial power

connector (J1) or portably via a 9V battery (B1).

The kit comes with the ZENA™ Network Analyzer that graphically displays wireless

network traffic following the IEEE 802.15.4™ specification on the 2.4 GHz band. The

ZENA Network Analyzer supports IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee™ and MiWi™ protocols. The

software can analyze complete network traffic and graphically display decoded pack-

ets. It can also display a graphical representation of the network topology and the mes-

sages as they flow through the network. This information can then be saved and/or

exported for further analysis. Refer to the User's Guide (DS51606) for more information

on the operation of the ZENA Network Analyzer.

Note: The 9V wall adapter and 9V battery are not included in the kit. A 9V wall

adapter may be ordered from microchipDIRECT under part number

AC162039.