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CC2530 Board Design

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2530, CC2530EM, CC2531

Hi,

I want to design board using CC2530 EM SOC chip..

To Design and develop this what are the steps i need  to follow..?

my designing board should include..

1.programming and debugging part..

2.All I/Os

(1 and 2 are most important for me) 

3.I want retain the same design for RF part which is there in EM reference design..

4.power section part.

 

pls help me to go with this..

thanks and regards

chethan

 

  • I am unclear about a few things.

     

    First of all, note that the CC2530 SoC is different than the CC2530EM.  The EM is an Evaluation Module that includes necessary hardware to get up and running quickly, specifically with the SmartRf0XEB boards.

    When you say,

    I want to design board using CC2530 EM SOC chip.

    do you mean that you want to design a new pcb that recieves that CC2530EM using the supplied connectors, or do you want to design an entire board using the CC2530 System on a Chip itself?

    When you say

    programming and debugging part..

    do you mean that you want the ability to program and debug while it's pasted to your (new) board design?

    When you say

    All I/Os (1 and 2 are most important for me)

    do you mean ports 1 and 2?

    When you say

    I want retain the same design for RF part which is there in EM reference design..

    do you mean the antenna/crystal hardware? 

    When you say

    power section part

    I'm completely lost.

  • Usually the reference designs for the different CC2530 boards can be found at this link

    http://focus-webapps.ti.com/general/docs/sitesearch/searchdevice.tsp;jsessionid=KUEWWJPTNGG5BQC1JAVR3KQ?partNumber=CC2530

    The reference design are in themselves complete and would allow for communication using SmartRF Studio. We at TI stress that you folllow the board design as closely as possible to get the best results from these boards.

  • FYI, for our project's pcb we based our antenna directly off of the antenna on the USB dongle in the CC2530DK and it works perfectly.

  • Hi,

    Thanks for valuable reply .

    I have already designed the board using CC2530 SOC chip , its working fine . For Rf section I have used BALUN from Johnson tech.

    And I have one doubt on USB support of the CC2530 ,.is it possible to interface this chip directly to PC ..?

    thanks

    chethan

  • Check out the CC2531, which has USB support.

    http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc2531.html