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CC2650: The associated FW to test CC2650 RF performance with SmartRF Studio 7

Part Number: CC2650

Hi, there:

Trying to evaluate the RF performance of CC2650 with SmartRF Studio 7. And find need associated FW for the MCU, in the user manual. However, there is not popup windows shown up to ask if want to download the FW. So where can I find these associated FW binary files so that I can download manually? Plus is there any document introdusing how to use CC2650 with SmartRF Studio 7? The manual is not based on 2650 and lots information dosentt match.

Below is a screenshot of files under C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\SmartRF Tools\SmartRF Studio 7\config\firmware, for your reference.

Thanks in advance.

  • Firmware: The firmware the text you have copied in is the firmware that are running on the SmartRF Evaluation board or the CCDebugger. It's not the firmware on the chip. SmartRF Studio does not use any firmware on the chip, everything is done in RAM.

    With SmartRF Studio it's possible to use CC2650 either with BLE or 802.15.4. This you select when you select the chip in SmartRF Studio.

    The main functionality with SmartRF Studio is the same with all chips and hence the manual is relevant also for CC2650. Sending and receiving packets are the mainly the same, the only difference is the Radio Operation Commands but normally these are read, not written to when doing testing. In other words you see what the generated code is to use it in your own.

    Play around with the tool some and ask if something is unclear.