APGRD004 Microchip Technology, APGRD004 Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: APGRD004
• Description: REF DESIGN MOD AUTO AMBNT LIGHT
• Manufacturer: Microchip Technology

Specifications of APGRD004

• Main Purpose: Lighting, RGB LED Controller
• Embedded: Yes, MCU, 8-Bit
• Utilized Ic / Part: MCP2021, PIC12F615
• Primary Attributes: 4 Tiny Boards, Each Have: RGB LED, LIN Transceiver, Voltage Regulator, MCU
• Secondary Attributes: LIN Commands are Interpreted to Control 16,383 Colors and 1,023 Dimming Levels
• Silicon Manufacturer: Microchip
• Silicon Core Number: APGDT001
• Kit Contents: 4 Ambient Lighting Modules, Documentation
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

Advanced Communication Solutions for Lighting
Several advanced wired and wireless communication
interfaces are being evaluated for use in a multitude of
innovative lighting applications including:
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ZigBee® Protocol
PIC microcontrollers offer the ideal combination of
performance and low power features required to implement
an efficient ZigBee solution. Microchip offers a free ZigBee
Residential stack implementation for the PIC18 and PIC24
family of microcontrollers. More information can be found in
Application Note AN1232. Microchip also offers Zigbee PRO
stack along with public application profiles such as Smart
Energy Profile.
MiWi™ Protocol
The MiWi Wireless Networking Protocol is a simple protocol
designed for low data rate, short distance, low-cost
networks. Fundamentally based on IEEE 802.15.4™ for
wireless personal area networks (WPANs) later expanded
to support Microchip proprietary RF transceivers, the MiWi
protocol provides an easy-to-use alternative for wireless
communication. In particular, it targets smaller applications
that have relatively small network sizes and with few hops
between. For more details, check Application Note AN1066.
MiWi™ P2P Protocol
Microchip MiWi P2P is one of the wireless protocols that
is supported in MiWi Development Environment (DE). It
is a variation of IEEE 802.15.4, using Microchip’s IEEE
802.15.4 compliant and other proprietary RF transceivers,
which are controlled by Microchip 8, 16 or 32-bit
microcontroller with a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).
Application Note AN1204 describes the Microchip Wireless
(MiWi) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Protocol and its differences from
IEEE 802.15.4.
www.microchip.com/lighting
LED Lighting Solutions
ZigBee® and MiWi™ wireless protocols based on the
IEEE 802.15.4 standard
Wi-Fi™, IEEE 802.11
Ethernet, IEEE 802.3
USB
CAN, LIN
The ZigBee protocol is
an industry standard
protocol for wireless
networking. Specifically
designed for low cost and
relatively low bandwidth
automation applications
it allows the quick
deployment of several
networking flexible
topologies, including star,
cluster and mesh.
Development Tools
MRF24J10 – a fully integrated 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4
compatible transceiver
DM163027-4 – PICDEM Z 2.4 GHz Demonstration Kit
DM183023 – ZENA™ wireless network analyzer tool uses
a simple graphical interface to configure the free Microchip
ZigBee and MiWi protocol stacks.
Web Links
www.microchip.com/wireless
www.microchip.com/zigbee
www.microchip.com/miwi
Wi-Fi Interface
Microchip’s Wi-Fi modules have been architected to ease
integration at minimum system cost. Designing from a
module removes effort and time from having to design with a
chip. All module components are tuned for best performance
and have been tested for a variety of antennas. Designers
can simply design the module onto their board in order to
go straight to production. Because the MRF24WB0MA and
MRF24WB0MB modules are certified, designers can save
tens of thousands of dollars for certification fees and about
six months of engineering time. For high volume customers,
the best path is to start with the module to get to market
rapidly.
Wireless Tools
DM183032 – PICDEM PIC18 Explorer Board
DM240001 – Explorer 16 Demo Board
AC164134 – MRF24J40MA PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board
AC164137 – MRF49XA PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board
AC164138 – MRF89XA PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board
AC164136-4 – MRF24WB0MA Wi-Fi PICtail™ Plus Daughter
Board
Web Link
www.microchip.com/wireless
(MA Only)
MRF24WB0MA/MB
Antenna
PCB
Matching
Circuitry
Flash
LED Lighting Solutions Design Guide
Transceiver
Accelerator
AES, TKIP
Encryption
Amplifier
2.4 GHz
Power
Interface
RAM
ROM
SPI
Digital I/O
Interrupt
Power
JTAG
Debug
Reset
Hibernate
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