Paired Sensor(s) / Gateway Demonstration using Anaren Integrated Radio Modules with Texas Instruments SimpliciTI Network Protocol

The Anaren Paired Sensor / Gateway Demonstration shows several different facets of low-power wireless communications in a single configurable demo package using very low-cost development kits. The demonstration uses Texas Instruments SimpliciTI wireless protocol, along with TI’s low-cost development kits using TI’s MSP-430 microcontrollers, and Anaren’s target boards equipped with Anaren Integrated Radio (AIR) modules based on TI’s low-power CC1101 and CC2500 radios. The TI MSP-430 microcontroller used in the demo may be one of TI’s new Value Line products (i.e. very low cost) as the demonstration requires only 16 KB Flash and 512B RAM to operate. The AIR module used can have either an embedded PCB antenna, or an external whip antenna. And the demonstration can operate on either the 915 MHz or the 2.4 GHz ISM band. Different configurations of the demonstration allow the user to view the effects of frequency, baud rate, and transmission power on range, and reliability. This demonstration has been designed to run on either the TI EZ430-RF2500 development kit together with Anaren’s -EZ4x AIR target boards, or on the TI MSP-EXP430G2 LaunchPad development kit in concert with Anaren’s -LPD AIR BoosterPack target boards.