The Demo Board is a sturdy platform for growing and demonstrating superior wi-fi options. It leverages the synergy between the microcontroller and RFMD’s proficiency in RF know-how.

The Atmel RF6505RC128A-410 Demo Board is a collaborative reference design by RFMD and Atmel Company. It gives a complete 2.4GHz ZigBee IEEE 802.15.4-compliant radio transceiver resolution conforming to FCC CFR47 half 15 laws. This design options ATmega128RFA1 and ATmega256RFR2 as its core ZigBee platform, integrating a low-power 2.4GHz radio frequency transceiver with a high-performance, low-power AVR 8-bit microcontroller in a compact 9mm x 9mm x 0.9mm 64-pin QFN bundle. 

RFMD performs a pivotal position on this reference design with its world-class Entrance Finish Module (FEM), the RF6505. This module is engineered to ship environment friendly, prolonged output energy exceeding 27dBm whereas incorporating options akin to harmonic filtering, a range swap, and an LNA with bypass. The important thing highlights of this design embrace a formidable output energy of +27dBm (1/2 Watt), an industry-leading 129dB hyperlink funds, and a sensitivity of -102.5dBm at 1% Packet Error Price (PER), making certain sturdy communication. The design boasts low harmonic content material, antenna range for enhanced sign reliability, RoHS compliance for environmental sustainability, and a single differential bidirectional TX/RX interface for streamlined connectivity.

The RF6505 FEM is a single-chip medium energy (24 to 27dBm) Good Power front-end resolution, integrating a PA with harmonic filtering, an LNA with bypass, an SPDT swap for TX/RX performance, a DP2T swap for antenna range, and a 100Ω Balun for a single differential bidirectional TX/RX interface, all inside a compact 3.5 x 3.5 x 0.55 QFN 20-pin bundle. The built-in AVR RISC 8-bit microcontroller and IEEE 802.15.4-compliant transceiver assist the globally accessible 2.4GHz ISM band, making the system appropriate for standard-based functions akin to ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee RF4CE, 6LoWPAN, and excessive knowledge fee ISM functions.

This utility notice is designed to equip builders with the important knowledge, analysis steps, and design instruments required to implement a ZigBee resolution using the RF6505RC128A reference design. The potential functions for this design are numerous and embrace ZigBee 802.15.4 primarily based techniques for distant monitoring and management, serving as a communications hub for sensible vitality and residential automation, sensible metering for vitality administration functions, and constructing automation. These functions spotlight the flexibility and utility of the RF6505RC128A reference design in numerous sensible and related environments.
Atmel Company has examined this reference design. It comes with Practical Descriptions, FCC Compliance Measurements, ETSI_EN 300 Compliance Testing and so forth. You will discover extra knowledge in regards to the reference design on the corporate’s web site. To learn extra about this reference design, click on right here.