UG374: EFR32ZG14 Zen Gecko Wireless Starter Kit User's Guide

PublishTime：2020-04-16

A Wireless Starter Kit with the BRD4201A Radio Board is an ex-cellent starting point to get familiar with the EFR32 Zen Gecko Z-Wave® Wireless System-on-Chip. It also provides the necessarytools for developing a Silicon Labs Z-Wave gateway application.BRD4201A is a plug-in board for the Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard. It is a complete ref-erence design for the EFR32ZG14 Wireless SoC, realizing the matching network with anIntegrated Passive Device (IPD). The board features an SMA connector for RF connec-tion, or a PCB antenna that can be selected by moving a 0 Ω resistor.The Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard contains an on-board J-Link debugger with a PacketTrace Interface and a virtual COM port, enabling application development and debuggingthe attached radio board as well as external hardware. The mainboard also containssensors and peripherals for easy demonstration of some of the EFR32's many capabili-ties.This document describes how to use the BRD4201A Radio Board together with a Wire-less Starter Kit Mainboard.
BRD4201A RADIO BOARD FEATURES
• EFR32 Zen Gecko Wireless SoC with 256kB Flash, 32 kB RAM.(EFR32ZG14P231F256GM32)
•SMA antenna connector (863-925 MHz)
• Optional PCB antenna
• RF matching network with switchableSAW filters for EU, HK, and US frequencybands
WIRELESS STK MAINBOARD FEATURES
• Advanced Energy Monitor
• Virtual COM port
• SEGGER J-Link on-board debugger
• External device debugging
• Ethernet and USB connectivity
• Silicon Labs Si7021 relative humidity andtemperature sensor
• Low Power 128x128 pixel Memory LCD
• User LEDs / pushbuttons
• 20-pin 2.54 mm EXP header
• Breakout pads for Wireless SoC I/O
• CR2032 coin cell battery support
SOFTWARE SUPPORT
• Simplicity Studio™
• Energy Profiler
•iOS and Android applications
The EFR32ZG14 Zen Gecko Wireless SoC is featured on a radio board that plugs directly into a Wireless Starter Kit (WSTK) Main-board. The mainboard features several tools for easy evaluation and development of wireless applications. An on-board J-Link debug-ger enables programming and debugging on the target device over USB or Ethernet. The Advanced Energy Monitor (AEM) offers real-time current and voltage monitoring. A virtual COM port interface (VCOM) provides an easy-to-use serial port connection over USB orEthernet. The Packet Trace Interface (PTI) offers invaluable debug information about transmitted and received packets in wireless links.All debug functionality, including AEM, VCOM, and PTI, can also be used towards external target hardware instead of the attached ra-dio board.To further enhance its usability, the mainboard contains sensors and peripherals that demonstrate some of the many capabilities of theEFR32ZG14. A 20-pin expansion header (EXP header) is also provided that allows connection of expansion boards (EXP boards) tothe kit.
A Wireless Starter Kit consists of one or more mainboards and radio boards that plug into the mainboard. Different radio boards areavailable, each featuring different Silicon Labs devices with different operating frequency bands.Since the mainboard is designed to work with all different radio boards, the actual pin mapping from a device pin to a mainboard featureis done on the radio board. This means that each radio board has its own pin mapping to the Wireless Starter Kit features, such asbuttons, LEDs, the display, the EXP header and the breakout pads. Because this pin mapping is different for every radio board, it isimportant that the correct document be consulted which shows the kit features in context of the radio board plugged in.This document explains how to use the Wireless Starter Kit when the EFR32ZG14 Radio Board (BRD4201A) is combined with a Wire-less STK Mainboard. The combination of these two boards is hereby referred to as a Wireless Starter Kit (Wireless STK).

Brand of Product：	Silicon Labs
Part#：	EFR32ZG14 、 EFR32ZG14P231F256GM32 、 EFR32 、 BRD4201A 、 SLWRB4201A 、 CR2032 、 Si7021 、 EFM32 、 EZR32 、 EFM8 、 SLSTK3401A 、 efr32zg More Part#
Product Category：	EFR32ZG14 Zen Gecko Radio Board More
Application：	[ Z-Wave gateway application ] More
Data Type：	User's Guide More
Safety & Environment Standards：	More
Operating Temperature：	Please see the document for details
Qualification Grade：	More
Qualification Approval：	More
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Language：	English Chinese Chinese and English Japanese
Date of Creation：	February 2019
Version Number：	Rev. 1.1
Data Encoding：	UG374
Data Size：	1.5 MB

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