zigbee boards for development

Ashok Ponnaiah

Prodigy 80 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TIMAC, CC2531, CC2530, MSP430F2274, CC2520, MSP430F2618, MSP430F5438

I need to deploy small mesh network.

My requirements are

* Minimum 802.15.4 MAC should be there.

* Board should have Many GPIO for users.

* Good to have have USB( or UART) interface. (Minimum PAN coordinator should have host interface, remaining can be without host interface)

* Good to have few sensors on board (Not must)

* Low cost

* debugger

* gcc compiler

Can anyone suggest the hardware that will suit my requirement.

over 14 years ago

Lisa TI over 14 years ago

TI__Guru*** 130875 points

Hi Ashok,

First of all we only support the IAR compiler (www.iar.com) for our TIMAC and Zigbee stacks. (802.15.4).

However we are one of the golden modules and offer the following develoment options

Here some information about MAC offereings

The Zigbee stack in all cases, is found here

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/z-stack.html

TIMAC is here:

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/timac.html

IAR, the supported compiler is found for either version at www.iar.com

CC2530 SoC .... CC2531 (CC2530 + USB!)

- The benefits are there is one development kit with all you need to get started with a small Zigbee network

- built in 8051 microcontroller

- supports the lite version (Zigbee Network Processor) which would give you a simplified interface to a microcontroller of your choice

http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc2530.html (general product folder)

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/cc2530zdk.html (development kit)

The network process comes in an even simpler form for evaluation, using the MSP430F2274 as the application processor

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/cc2530zdk-znp-mini.html (ZNP mini kit)

CC2520 Development Kit (using the MSP430F2618)

- again, one kit will all hardware you need to start with a small network

http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc2520.html (general prodcut folder)

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/cc2520dk.html (CC2520 development kit)

CC2520 - MSP430F5438 Experimenter Board

- this has native LCD support.

- the drawback is you need to piece together various hardware kits yourself

http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/cc2520.html (again general prodcut folder)

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/cc2520emk.html (2 CC2520s + antennae)

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/msp-exp430f5438.html (MSP430F5438 experimenter board with radio interface and LCD)

http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/msp-fet430uif.html (MSP430 programming tool)

I hope this helps sort through our offerings and helps you getting started!

Cheers,
Lisa

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