User Manual

RN131/171 EVALUATION KIT
USER’S GUIDE
 2013 Microchip Technology Inc. DS50002183A-page 13
Chapter 1. Overview
1.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the RN131/171 Evaluation Kits that are used for demonstrating
the RN131 and RN171 module capabilities. These boards have the flexibility to connect
directly to computers/laptops through a standard USB interface or to embedded
controllers through the serial UART interface. These evaluation boards contain two
push buttons, namely RESET and FN. The RESET button is used to reset the module
and the FN button is used to launch different applications depending on software
configuration. The status LEDs enables quick debug support.
The RN171 Evaluation Board has an additional flexibility of powering up through
battery pack (two AAA batteries) apart from connecting through USB cable to the host
PC. Analog sensor interface supported by RN131 and RN171 Evaluation Boards also
provides direct connections to read analog signals such as temperature, acceleration
and so on.
For data sheet and other details related to RN131 and RN171 modules refer to the
Microchip web site http://www.microchip.com.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• RN131/171 Evaluation Kit Features
• RN131/171 Evaluation Kit Contents and Part Details
• RN131 and RN171 Evaluation Kits Content
• RN131/171 Evaluation Related Contents
1.2 RN131/171 EVALUATION KIT FEATURES
1.2.1 RN131 Evaluation Board Features
The RN131 Evaluation Board has the following features:
• Supports FCC/CE/IC certified 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g RN131 module
•Wi-Fi
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Alliance certified for WPA2-PSK and RoHS compliant
• Complete on-board TCP/IP networking stack through RN131 module
• Supports Ad hoc and Infrastructure networking modes along with SoftAP mode
• Built-in networking applications through RN131 module, such as, TCP/IP, DHCP,
DNS, ARP, ICMP, UDP, Telnet, FTP client and HTML client
• Configuration over Wi-Fi or UART using simple ASCII commands
• Supports 921 Kbps TX, 500 Kbps RX data rates with TCP/IP and WPA2 over
UART
• Powered by a USB cable (5V)
• Push buttons for launching Applications and RESET signals
• Real-time clock for wake up and time stamping
• The RN131 module includes an on-board ceramic chip antenna and a U.FL. con-
nector
• Size – 50.8 mm x 28 mm x 5 mm
• Weight – approx. 10g