User's Manual

Table Of Contents
1.1Description
1.2EVMDefaultConfiguration
Chapter1
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IntroductionandDescription
TheTexasInstrumentsTRF7960evaluationmodule(EVM)helpsdesignersevaluatetheperformanceof
theTRF7960multiple-protocolRFIDtransceiver.
ThismanualincludesalistofEVMfeatures,abriefdescriptionofthemodule,EVMspecifications,details
onconnectingandusingtheEVM,andadiscussionofthesoftwareinterfacefortheEVM.TheEVMis
usedtodemonstratethecapabilitiesofthedevice(32pinQFN)andhelpaidtheuserinthedevelopment
process.Thedeviceincorporatesananalogfrontend,protocolhandling,framing,errorchecking,and
multipleintegratedvoltageregulatorswithotherfeaturesthatallowthereadertobe
customized/configurablefortheendapplication.
TheTRF7960EVMfeaturesinclude:
SupportfortheISO15693standard
SupportforboththeISO14443AstandardandtheISO14443Bstandard(uptolayer4)
SupportfortheTexasInstrumentsTag-it™standard
Selfcontainedhasanon-board13.56-MHzloopantennaandinterface
CommunicationwithhostsoftwareonaWindows-basedPCthroughastandardUSBcable
ProtocolindicationLEDs(standalonemode)requiredtoindicatedetectionofatag.
TheTRF7960EVMRev.Ahasthefollowingadditionalhardwarefeatures:
SupportsbothPARALLELandSPIcommunicationinterfacesbetweentheTRF7960andtheMSP430
on-board(configurableusinganon-boardjumpersetting)
Afasterandlower-powerMSP430onboard.TheTRF7960EVM(Rev.A,Figure2-2)usesthe
state-of-theartMSP430F2370withmaximumspeedsupto16MHzandisavailableinatiny40-pin
QFNpackage.
Power-selectionjumper
Note:Thepower-selectionjumperisusedtoconnectthe5VcomingfromtheUSBbustoVINof
theRFIDreaderchip.Bydefault,whentheEVMsareshipped,thisjumperisconnectedso
thatwhentheEVMispluggedintotheUSBportofaPC,theTRF7960andtheallthe
associatedcircuitsarepowered.
Asdelivered,theEVMisafullyfunctionalreaderwhenpluggedintoaUSBport.Toevaluatethe
TRF7960,agraphicaluserinterfacemaybeinstalledonahostPC.AUSBdriverisrequiredtoallow
communicationsfromahostPC(seeSection3.1,SoftwareInstallations).
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