User Manual

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ThingMagic Nano Carrier Board ......................................................................................23
Carrier Board Heat Sinking ..............................................................................................26
Chapter 3 - Firmware Overview ..............................................................................................................27
Boot Loader ............................................................................................................................27
Application Firmware ..............................................................................................................27
Programming the ThingMagic Nano ................................................................................27
Upgrading the ThingMagic Nano .....................................................................................27
Verifying Application Firmware Image ..............................................................................27
Custom On-Reader Applications ............................................................................................28
Chapter 4 - Communication Protocol ....................................................................................................29
Serial Communication Protocol ..............................................................................................29
Host-to-Reader Communication ......................................................................................29
Reader-to-Host Communication ......................................................................................29
CCITT CRC-16 Calculation .............................................................................................29
Chapter 5 - Regulatory Support .............................................................................................................30
Supported Regions ................................................................................................................30
Support for Five New Regions .........................................................................................32
Support for Additional Asian regions................................................................................ 33
Frequency Setting ..................................................................................................................33
Frequency Units .....................................................................................................................33
Frequency Hop Table .......................................................................................................34
Support for Set/Get Quantization Value and Minimum Frequency .........................................35
Protocol Support ....................................................................................................................35
ISO 18000-6C (Gen2) ............................................................................................................35
Gen2 Protocol Configuration Options ..............................................................................36
Unsupported Gen2 Functionality .....................................................................................36
Unsupported Custom Gen2 Functions ............................................................................37
Unsupported Features ...........................................................................................................37
Antenna Port ..........................................................................................................................37
Using a Multiplexer ..........................................................................................................37
Port Power and Settling Time ..........................................................................................38
Tag Handling ..........................................................................................................................38
Tag Buffer ........................................................................................................................38
Tag Streaming/Continuous Reading ................................................................................38
Tag Read Meta Data ........................................................................................................39
Power Management ...............................................................................................................39
Power Modes ...................................................................................................................40
Performance Characteristics ..................................................................................................40
Event Response Times ....................................................................................................40