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"Edge Router Design"

Andrew Frazer
Expert 2305 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2650, CC3200, CC2531, CC2630

Firstly i'm very new to 6LoWPAN, and trying to get my head around it, so if the questions seem a little odd, please forgive me.

I'm currently working on another project with a TI CC3200 and a CC2650, where the intention is to provide a Wifi --> Bluetooth Gateway..  The issue that i'm likely to face is that i'll only be able to connect to a few devices at the same time. ( max 3).. 

It struck me that the CC2650 can run other protocols and i thought that just maybe  we might be able to to use this same bridge as a way to connect to many more devices..    

Could the 2650 be used as the 6LoWPAN edge router ( if its connected to something more powerful, like a CC3200 ).    In the Contiki-6LOWPAN wiki, i see that a Beaglebone and CC2531 is used.  This is a possible option, but not nessarily ideal..  

I'm hopeful someone can provide some guidance.

 

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    TI__Genius 12480 points
    Hi Andrew,

    CC2650 can act as an Edge Router. The main issue with that setup is that it need to store routes to all its children, which requires RAM. I think the default setting is to allow 20 'childs'. You can test this directly by using the /examples/ipv6/rpl-router example and build for cc26xx. Just make sure to use bleeding edge Contiki. Another setup is to use CC3200 as host MCU and let the CC2650 run like a network processor. This application is called SLIP-radio in Contiki source tree,a nd is a very common setup in systems. There is no CC3200 Contiki port I am aware of, but the platform with CC3200 and CC26xx is very compelling!

    Jonas
  • 0 in reply to Firefighter
    Genius 3360 points
    Hi Jonas,

    I am already planning to use CC3200 and CC2630. Do you know if there is any CC3200-CC2650 example SW?

    I am planning to use 4 pin SPI connection and 1 pin SPI-slave to interrupt SPI-master to fetch data from the slave. Would you recommend a different interface (4pin UART) or a pin set-up?
  • 0 in reply to Firefighter
    Expert 2305 points
    Yes, the 2600/3200 platform is very compelling, And shouldtn be too hard to establish.