Design Guide

Dev Kit Hardware
A DIVISION OF TRIMBLE
110 Appendix B: Getting Started - Dev Kit
Sample tags
One QuickStart Guide - Details on which documents and software to download to get
up and running quickly, along with details on how to register for and contact support.
Setting up the Dev Kit
When setting up the Dev Kit, use the following procedures:
Connecting the Antenna
Powering up and Connecting to a PC
WARNING!
Never mount the carrier board so that it is resting flat against the metal
plate of the Dev Kit main board unless a heat sink has been attached to
the bottom of the Carrier Board as shown in this picture:
Connecting the Antenna
ThingMagic supplies one antenna that can read tags from 3 meters away with most of the
provided tags. The antenna is monstatic. Use the following procedure to connect the
antenna to the Dev Kit.
1. Connect one end of the coax cable to the antenna.
2. Connect the other end of the cable to the antenna port 1 connector on the Dev Kit.
Powering up and Connecting to a PC
After connecting the antenna you can power up the Dev Kit and establish a host
connection.
1. Connect the USB cable (use only the black connector) from a PC to the developerʼs
kit. There are two Dev Kit USB Interface
options. Use the interface that is labeled