1322XEVK Freescale Semiconductor, 1322XEVK Datasheet - Page 2

• Manufacturer Part Number: 1322XEVK
• Description: KIT EVALUATION 1322X
• Manufacturer: Freescale Semiconductor
• Type: Transceiver, 802.15.4/ZigBeer

Specifications of 1322XEVK

• Frequency: 2.4GHz
• For Use With/related Products: MC1322x
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

Freescale’s Wireless
Portfolio
Overview
Freescale’s portfolio of 802.15.4 platforms
lets the developer choose the best platform
for their technical requirements and cost
objectives. Whether they simply need to add
a wireless transceiver to their existing design
or create stand-alone wireless functionality,
Freescale has the solution to meet
their needs.
Freescale draws on extensive radio
frequency (RF) and wireless experience
from more than 50 years of radio product
development. With our depth of experience
in this area, we are qualified to offer
comprehensive IEEE
compliant and ZigBee
solutions. Freescale makes wireless simple
by providing a one-stop shop for customers,
complete with RF transceivers, MCUs,
sensors, network protocol stacks, including
802.15.4 and ZigBee, reference designs and
a flexible development tool suite. Virtually
any low data rate, monitoring, control or
automation application that requires long
battery life and networking capability can
benefit from the wireless connectivity
solutions provided by the IEEE 802.15.4
standard and ZigBee technology.
Software Development
While developers and users seek nirvana
through a singular technology that solves
all of their market needs, this rarely
happens. Wireless sensing and control is
no exception, however 802.15.4 is a solid
foundation and Freescale has developed a
number of protocol stacks based on it to
meet specific application needs. Freescale’s
802.15.4 platform supports Freescale’s
simple media access controller (SMAC),
IEEE 802.15.4 MAC, SynkroRF, RF4CE
and BeeStack ZigBee/ZigBee Pro protocol
stacks. These give developers the flexibility
to build products optimized for different
features, such as cost, performance,
complexity and interoperability. Freescale
solutions are delivered in conjunction with
Freescale’s BeeKit Wireless Connectivity
Toolkit. The BeeKit provides a simple GUI
approach to configure network settings,
allowing the embedded designer to
concentrate on building the application. BeeKit
helps reduce development time for developers
lacking extensive networking experience.
2
®
®
802.15.4 standard-
compliant platform
BeeKit and BeeStack Solutions
IEEE 802.15.4 provides a solid foundation
for wireless control and monitoring
applications, enabling developers to
take their applications to new levels of
functionality. However, with this increased
functionality comes increased complexity
for the developer. Freescale steps in with
an extensive portfolio of development
kits based on our 802.15.4 platforms.
Whether the customer is developing simple
point-to-point applications or a complex
mesh network using ZigBee technology,
Freescale’s development kits provide the
flexibility for whatever wireless application is
needed. The development kits combine the
hardware, software, tools and accessories
needed to help streamline the
development process.
BeeKit
Freescale’s 802.15.4 protocol stacks
allow application developers to enhance
their product offerings and take their
applications to new levels of functionality.
However, with this increased functionality
comes increased complexity as developers
now have to concern themselves with
issues such as network and protocol
management options. Freescale stepped
in to specifically develop the BeeKit
Wireless Connectivity Toolkit to help
minimize these issues. BeeKit provides
a development environment where these
design considerations can be managed in a
straightforward, uncomplicated approach.
BeeKit offers a graphical user interface
which includes codebases for Freescale’s
SMAC, IEEE 802.15.4 MAC, SynkroRF,
RF4CE and BeeStack ZigBee/ZigBee Pro
protocol stacks. BeeKit comes in all of
Freescale’s development kits and may
also be downloaded at freescale.com. All
protocol stacks are complimentary.
SMAC
SMAC is a simple and cost-effective start to
wireless networking. Based on the 802.15.4
PHY, it provides commands to create simple
point-to-point and star networks. The small
2.5–4K code size allows a low-cost platform
for many applications requiring simple but
effective wireless communication.
MC1323X Block Diagram
SMAC Features
• Small memory footprint
• Supports point-to-point and star
• Support for over the air programming
IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
Freescale’s fully compliant IEEE 802.15.4
MAC provides a robust building block for
point-to-point, star and mesh networks. While
the MAC is part of the SynkroRF, RF4CE and
BeeStack protocol stacks, it is often used as
the foundation for proprietary stacks as well.
IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Features
• Fully compliant IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
• Supports optional features, including
• Supports peer-to-peer, star and mesh
SynkroRF
Synkro RF is optimized for very quick design
cycles and an easy to follow design process.
When SMAC is too simple and ZigBee is too
complex, designers have the opportunity
to utilize Synkro RF for proprietary 802.15.4
wireless monitoring and control. The network
stack allows for application development with
the API which uses the embedded processor
running SynkroRF or the BlackBox which
provides access to the complete API through
a serial command set. Enhanced functionality
includes features such as channel agility,
Application Framework
networks with repeaters
beaconed networks and guaranteed
time (GTS)
networks
Network Stack
Silicon
Application
Network/Security
Application
MAC Layer
PHY Layer
Layers
freescale.com/802154
Network Stack
IEEE
Application
®