User Manual

DR1198 JN5168 USB Dongle

Reference Manual

JN-RM-2065 v1.0 © NXP Laboratories UK 2012 3

About this Manual

This manual provides a detailed reference for NXP’s DR1198 JN5168 USB

Dongle. The manual is part of the reference design JN-RD-6039. This USB

Dongle provides an easy way of communicating with the NXP JN5168 wireless

microcontroller from a USB connection. With suitable embedded software

running on the JN5168 device, the dongle can then communicate with an IEEE

802.15.4, JenNet-IP or ZigBee PRO network.

Organisation

This manual consists of 4 chapters, as follows:

 Chapter 1 outlines the features and functions of the USB dongle

 Chapter 2 provides a hardware overview

 Chapter 3 describes programming the JN5168 device on the dongle

 Chapter 4 contains compliance statements and documentation

Conventions

Files, folders, functions and parameter types are represented in bold type.

Function parameters are represented in italics type.

Code fragments are represented in the Courier typeface.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

BOM Bill Of Materials

DIO Digital Input/Output

PCB Printed Circuit Board

SDK Software Developer’s Kit

UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

USB Universal Serial Bus