Texas Instruments: CC1120DK Performance Line Development Kit

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Kit Overview

The CC1120CC1120 development kit (CC1120DKCC1120DK) provides a complete hardware performance testing and software development platform for TI's Sub-1 GHz Performance Line devices. The development kit comes with a pre-programmed packet error rate test. RF range and robustness can be tested with different RF settings, and power consumption can be measured easily.

The kit includes the SmartRF Transceiver Evaluation board (TrxEB), which has a number of useful features for development of prototype software, as well as USB connectivity making it possible to connect the board to a PC and control the radio from SmartRF Studio. In short, the TrxEB includes MSP430F5438MSP430F5438 MCU, USB interface, 128 x 64 dot matrix LCD, 3 axis digital accelerometer, and Ambient light sensor.

The SmartRF TrxEB acts as the motherboard in several evaluation modules for low power RF ICs. An Evaluation Module is a small RF module with RF chip, balun, matching filter, antenna, and I/O connectors. The modules can be plugged into the SmartRF TrxEB which lets the PC take direct control of the RF device on the EM over the USB interface. This CC1120DKCC1120DK kit contains 2 evaluation module Kits for 868MHz - 915MHz (CC1120EMK-868-915CC1120EMK-868-915). Additionald Evaluation Module Kits shown in below table can be purchased separately to support other frequencies.

Part Number	Description
CC1120EMK-169CC1120EMK-169	CC1120 Evaluation Module Kit 169MHz
CC1120EMK-420-470CC1120EMK-420-470	CC1120 Evaluation Module Kit 420-470MHz
CC1120EMK-868-915CC1120EMK-868-915	CC1120 Evaluation Module Kit 868-915MHz (included in CC1120DKCC1120DK)
CC1120EMK-955CC1120EMK-955	CC1120 Evaluation Module Kit 955MHz
CC1121EMK-868-915CC1121EMK-868-915	CC1121 Evaluation Module Kit 868-915MHz

The CC1120CC1120 is a fully integrated single-chip radio transceiver designed for high performance at low power and low voltage operation in cost effective wireless systems. All filters are integrated, removing the need for costly external SAW and IF filters. The device is mainly intended for the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) and SRD (Short Range Device) frequency bands at 164-192 MHz, 410-480 MHz and 820-960 MHz.

Key Applications: Narrowband ultra low power wireless systems with channel spacing down to 12.5 kHz, 170 / 315/ 433 / 868 / 915 / 950 MHz ISM/SRD band, Wireless Metering and Wireless Smart Grid (AMR and AMI), IEEE 802.15.4g systems, Home and building automation, Wireless alarm and security systems, Industrial monitoring and control, Wireless healthcare applications, Wireless sensor networks and Active RFID, Private mobile radio

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SmartRF Studio

SmartRF™ Studio is a Windows application that can be used to evaluate and configure Low Power RF-ICs from Texas Instruments. The application will help designers of RF systems to easily evaluate the RF-ICs at an early stage in the design process. It is especially useful for generation of configuration register values, for practical testing of the RF system and for finding optimized external component values. SmartRF Studio can be used both as a standalone application or together with applicable evaluation boards that are shipped in the RF-IC development kits.

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	TI: Quick Start Guide for CC1120DK
User Guide	TI: User Guide for SmartRF Transceiver Evaluation Board
User Guide	TI: Quick Start Guide for CC112x Evaluation Module Kit
Datasheet	TI: Data Sheet for CC1120 - High Performance RF Transceiver for Narrowband Systems
Solution Guide	TI: Solution Guide for Smart Grid Solutions (Rev. J)
Revision Note	TI: Revision Note for CC112x High Performance RF Transceiver/Transmitter for Narrowband Systems
Application Note	TI: AN103 - Application Note for Basic RF Testing of CCxxxx Devices
Selection Guide	TI: Selection Guide for Smart Grid Solutions
Application Note	TI: DN403 - Application Note for CC112X/CC1200 On-Chip Temperature Sensor
Application Note	TI: DN040 - Application Note for Reduced Battery Current Using CC112x/CC1175/CC1200 with TPS62730
Application Note	TI: AN115 - Application Note for CC112x/CC1175 Operation in 274-320 MHz Frequency Band
Application Note	TI: AN110 - Application Note for Using the CC1190 Front End with CC112x under FCC 15.247

Design Elements

Type	Description
Reference Design	TI: Reference Design for CC1120EM 169 MHz
Reference Design	TI: Reference Design for CC1120EM 420/470 MHz
Reference Design	TI: Reference Design for CC1120EM 868/915 MHz
Schematics	TI: Schematics File for CC1120EM 420/470
Layout	TI: Layout File for CC1120EM 420/470
BOM	TI: BOM File for CC1120EM 420/470
Application Library	TI: Software Code for CC112x Easy Link Software
Application Library	TI: Software code for CC112x Examples (Rev. A)
Application Library	TI: Application Library for TrxEB RF PER Test Software (Rev. A)

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Kit Features

CC1120DKCC1120DK Features:

2 x SmartRF Transceiver EB (TrxEB)
2 x CC1120EMCC1120EM 868/915 MHz
2 x Pulse Antennas
1 x MSP430 Debug Probe (FET)
2 x Micro USB Cables
1 x Standard USB Cable
1 x 14-pin Flat Cable
4 x 1.5 Volt AA Batteries
Documentation

CC1120CC1120 Features:

High performance single chip transceiver
- Adjacent channel selectivity: 64 dB at 12.5 kHz offset
- Blocking performance: 91 dB at 10 MHz offset
- Excellent receiver sensitivity:
  - 123 dBm at 1.2 kbps
  - 110 dBm at 50 kbps
  - 127 dBm using built-in coding gain
- Very low phase noise: -111 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset
Suitable for systems targeting ETSI category 1 compliance in 169 MHz and 433 MHz bands
High spectral efficiency (9.6 kbps in 12.5 kHz channel in compliance with FCC narrowbanding mandate)
Power Supply
- Wide supply voltage range (2.0 V – 3.6 V)
- Low current consumption:
  - RX: 2 mA in RX Sniff Mode
  - RX: 17 mA peak current in low power mode
  - RX: 22 mA peak current in high performance mode
  - TX: 45 mA at +14 dBm
- Power down: 0.3 μA
Programmable output power up to +16 dBm with 0.4 dB step size
Automatic output power ramping
Configurable data rates: 0 to 200 kbps
Supported modulation formats: 2-FSK, 2- GFSK,4-FSK, 4-GFSK, MSK, OOK
WaveMatch: Advanced digital signal processing for improved sync detect performance
RoHS compliant 5x5mm QFN 32 package

Kit Contents

The Texas Instruments CC1120DKCC1120DK Performance Line Development Kit supplied with below contents:

2 x SmartRF Transceiver EB (TrxEB)
2 x CC1120EMCC1120EM 868/915 MHz
2 x Pulse Antennas
1 x MSP430Debug Probe (FET)
2 x Micro USB Cables
1 x Standard USB Cable
1 x 14-pin Flat Cable
4 x 1.5 Volt AA Batteries
Documentation

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