SMARTRF06EBK: SMARTRF06EBK Channel Hopping

Hi,

The SamrtRF06 Evaluation Board is the Motherboard for a development kit.

This is a Development Platform that works together with RF Evaluation Module such as CC2538EM.

The PC Software that controls the SmartRF06EB + EM (CC2538) is SmartRF Studio. SmartRF Studio can be used to perform Several RF tests and measurements.

For frequency hopping, you need to write your own code .

Please refer to SWRU321 for more details about SmartRF06 board.

You may also refer to CC2538DK. The following is the link.

Thanks,

PM

Hi PM,

We were trying to categorize the performance of the board using the TI SmartRF tool. We are sending 1000 packets with a PDU payload length of 30 on the HEX setting with antenna power at 5 dB and set on channel 17. The data we were getting when conducting the test inside was showing packet error rates of between 10-15%. A test that was conducted outside was giving packet error rated of 0.5% or less. I conducted a test with the same set-up immediately following the outside test and got packet error rates of between 12-14%. This caused us to question how we were conducting the test and now believe that the SmartRF tool does not have channel hoping. Can you please confirm if the default setting is to remain on one channel and if there a method to have channel hopping with this tool.