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Hi,
I want to use a CC2650 as the radio part of a 6LoWPAN border router. The host is running Linux. Ideally I'd like to be able to run BLE on it too.
I have a CC2531 USB dongle that works well for this (using 6lbr), but I need it to be built in, hence the CC2650.
What embedded software (on the CC2650 that is) would be suitable for this?
Hi Tomas,
I can confirm that the CC2650 can function as a gateway for an IPv6 mesh network. We at Thingsquare has the CC2650 with an ENC26j80 Ethernet chip as one of our gateway options. The beauty of the CC2650 is the BLE support - we can use BLE beacons to indicate things like network status, such as the common failure mode of the network cable not being plugged in. See the photo below.
This gateway can be built with a CC2650 launchpad and an ENC26j80 module, just like the instructions here: http://www.thingsquare.com/docs/eth1310/
The firmware binary can be downloaded here: http://www.thingsquare.com/download/
/adam
Hi!
Great, thankyou very much! It's not exactly what I need but I think I might be able to use this – I'll try it!
Could you maybe give me some pointers at where to start for the CC2650 firmware? I need to put it directly on the CC2650 (no launchpad), and the Contiki stuff looks really nice (and works very well too) but I can't seem to figure out what I need to do what I want :)
As I mentioned in the other answer (see below), I have the CC2650 directly connected to the Linux box. It has a UART connection, so the Linux side I can handle. But how do I get Contiki to act as a gateway, like you describe?
Thanks!
I have the CC2650 connected directly to the Linux box (we made a custom PCB), what I'm trying to figure out is what to put on the CC2650 to be able to do 6LoWPAN (and BLE). So I'm not using a USB dongle or the SmartRF06B.
Hi Tomas,
hope you get it up and running! If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with us!
/adam
Hi,
yes I guessed as much, but the problem I have is that I don't know what to build from Contiki (or something else?).
Slip-radio? Is that in Contiki? How do I configure the UART pins?
Hi
Thanks to the contiki team for their amazing opensource work.
I need to find some solution similar to what you have shown here. I can download the binary and flash it to the chip(cc2650) , but I have some other things that needs to be there in the code. Is it possible to get the source codes of the binaries you have mentioned here? If so, where can I get them?
Thanks in advance.