Atmel ATSAMR30-XPRO User manual

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ATSAMR30-XPRO [USER MANUAL]

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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Hardware Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Software Setup .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Software Installation................................................................................................................................... 4
4.1. Atmel Studio 7 Installation ......................................................................................................................... 4
4.2. Wireless Composer Installation ................................................................................................................. 7
Hardware and Driver Installation (Automatic): ........................................................................................... 8
Programming the hex file in SAMR30-XPRO (If required): ....................................................................... 9
SAM R30 Part Pack Intallation ................................................................................................................ 12
Performance Analyzer ............................................................................................................................. 13
Connecting kit in Tx Test (Single node / CW): ......................................................................................... 15
Tx Test Modes: ........................................................................................................................................ 19
10.1. Tx Test (Single node / CW) for Sub-1GHz FCCTesting: ......................................................................... 19
10.1.1. Operating mode #1: BPSK-40-ALT , 40kbps, 7dBm: ...................................................................... 19
10.1.2. Operating mode #2: OQPSK-SIN-250, 250kbps, 7dBm: ................................................................ 21
10.1.3. Operating mode #3: OQPSK-SIN-1000-SCR-ON , 1Mbps, 7dBm: ................................................ 22
10.2. Tx Test (Single node / CW) for Sub-1GHz CE Testing ........................................................................... 23
10.2.1. Operating Mode#4: BPSK-20, 20kbps, 7dBm: ............................................................................... 23
10.2.2. Operating Mode#5: OQPSK-SIN-RC-100, 100kbps, 7dBm: ........................................................... 24
Connecting kit in Tx-Rx Test mode (Transmit and Receive test): ........................................................... 25
TRX Test Modes: ..................................................................................................................................... 27
12.1.1. Tx-Rx Test (Transmit and Receive test) for Sub-1GHz FCC Testing ............................................... 27
12.1.2. Tx-Rx Test - Operating mode #1 : BPSK-40-ALT , 40kbps, 7dBm: ................................................ 27
12.1.3. Tx-Rx Test - Operating mode #2: OQPSK-SIN-250, 250kbps, 7dBm: ........................................... 30
12.1.4. Tx-Rx Test - Operating mode #3: OQPSK-SIN-1000-SCR-ON, Mbps, 7dBm: ............................ 31
12.2. Tx-Rx Test (Transmit and Receive test) for Sub-1GHz CE Testing ........................................................ 32
12.2.1. Tx-Rx Test - Operating Mode#4: BPSK-20, 20kbps, 7dBm: ........................................................... 32
12.2.2. Tx-RxTest - Operating Mode#5: OQPSK-SIN-RC-100, 100kbps, 7dBm: ....................................... 33

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Introduction
1.1. Scope:
The scope of this document is to explain how to install and setup up the required hardware and programming tool for
the certification test.
Figure 1 : Atmel ATSAMR30-XPRO Board
Hardware Setup
2.1. - 2 Nos
2.2. Micro USB cable - 2 Nos
Note: SMA cables not included in the box
Software Setup
3.1. Atmel Studio 7 (no need to install again if it is already available in Test PC)
3.2. Wireless Composer
3.3. Drivers - Installed automatically
3.4.
3.5.
ATSAMR30-XPRO Boards
ATSAMR30-XPRO
ATSAMR30-XPRO Performance Analyzer firmware flash-Install if required
ATSAMR30-XPRO Part Pack Intallation

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Software Installation
4.1. Atmel Studio 7 Installation
Note: If Atmel Studio 7 is already available in Test PC, jump to step 4.2 in this section and install wireless composer
4.1.1. Open the DVD containing the Atmel Studio 7 Software package.
4.1.2. Double click the “as-installer-7.0.1006-full.exe” icon to launch Atmel Studio Installation.
4.1.3. Click Run icon.
4.1.4. Once you clicked the Run icon,the Atmel Studio 7 installer Wizard dialog box opens and agree the
licence terms and conditions.Then click “Next”

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4.1.5. Ensure all the Architectires are selected and click “Next”.
4.1.6. Select ASF extensions and click “Next”
4.1.7. Click “Next”,ignore if any video card driver error shows,

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4.1.8. Click “Install”.
4.1.9. Atmel Studio 7 installion starts and once completed click ok.

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4.2. Wireless Composer Installation
4.2.1. Next install the Wireless Composer extension by double clicking the “wireless-composer-7.0.130.vsix”
icon found in the DVD as shown in the following figure and follow the instakkation wizard to comple
the installation
Figure 2 : Wireless Composer Installation
4.2.2. In case if you I get an error message saying,
4.2.3. To overcome the above error, you have to change the file association as follows
(i) Right click on the “wireless-composer-7.0.130.vsix” file and select 'Open with', and then 'Choose default
program'.
(ii) Click the 'Browse' button (Windows 7) or click on 'More' and 'Look for another app on this PC' (Windows 8 and
newer).
(iii) Browse to VSIXInstaller.exe located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE
(iv) After initializing, it will pop-up as follows.Click ‘ok’ and now the installation gets completed.

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Hardware and Driver Installation (Automatic):
5.1. Connect a micro USB cable from PC to the micro USB port (USB for programming).
Figure.6 Hardware Setup
5.2. Next, EDBG Virtual COM port driver installation will begin automatically
Figure.7 EDBG Virtual COM PORT Driver installation
5.3. Click the taskbar notification. When the driver installation is successfully completed, there will be a
notificaion as shown below.
Figure.8 EDBG Virtual COM PORT Driver installation
Note: COM17 from the above figure is an example. The COM Port number varies depending upon the PC.

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Programming the hex file in SAMR30-XPRO (If required):
Board was already programmed with certification software/performance analyzer. In case if required to flash the
program file, follow the below steps.
If programming the SAMR30-Xpro board for the first time, follow the section 7(SAMR30 part pack installation) before
start programming.
6.1. Connect the SAMR30 XPRO board to the PC via EDBG micro USB connector.
* PC should have the Atmel Studio 7 installed in it
6.2. In Atmel studio,select Tools Device Programming
6.3. In Device Programming dialog box, select the edbg serial number and ensure the Device is “ATSAMR30G18A”
and select ‘SWD’ as Interface. Then click “Apply”

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In case if you noticed that the Device “ATSAMR30G18A” is unsupported,see the section 7 to overcome the error.
6.4. Once connected to the board,the device programming window will look like as follows
6.5. Read the Device signature and Target Voltage and ensure it is as follows
Device Programming: 0x1081021E

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Target Volatge: 3.3V
6.6. Once ensured the device signature and Target Voltage, Click on Memories and then click “Erase now” to erase
the already existing program in the chip.
Then browse the hex file which you would like to program into the device and click Program.
6.7. Flashing the hex file in the SAMR30-XPRO board completed.

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SAM R30 Part Pack Intallation
Before using Atmel Studio 7 for programming/debugging in any new device/board, don’t forget to install the part pack of the
device using following steps,
7.1. Get the part pack of the device.For SAM R30, it is available in the DVD
7.2. Goto the below link C:\Program Files (x86)\Atmel\Studio\7.0\atpackmanager
7.3. Double click on “PackManager.exe”.
7.4. Device Part Manager window opens as follows and it will list all the device part packs installed.
7.5. To install new part pack, select Install->Browse pack file and choose “DFP” pack and click install.
For SAM R30, DFP pack (*.atpack) is available in the DVD.

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Performance Analyzer
8.1. Launch Atmel Studio tool by clicking the Atmel Studio icon
Figure.9 Launch Atmel Studio 7.0
8.2. From the Atmel Studio Start page, launch Performance Analyzer utility by clicking the icon as shown in
below figure (or) select Tools  “IEEE 802.15.4 Performance Analyzer”.
Figure.11 Atmel Studio 7.0 – Start Page
8.3. After clicking the Performance Analyzer icon, Performance Analyzer window will open as shown in the
following figure.

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Figure.12 Performance Analyzer
8.4. Ensure the DUT is connected to the PC as explained in Step 1 of Section 5.

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Connecting kit in Tx Test (Single node / CW):
CW – Continuous Wave Transmission
9.1. Select the COM Port from the dropdown menu and select a COM port to which the kit to be connected and
click “Connect”
Figure.13 Performance Analyzer – COM Port Selection
Note: COM17 from the above figure is an example. The COM Port number varies depending upon the PC.
9.2. Set the COM settings from the pop-up window. Click “Defaults” and then click “OK”
9.3. To check “transmit only” functionality; right click on the Kit information area select “Continue as a single node”.
This setting is used for continuous transmission.

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Figure.14 Performance Analyzer – Kit Information
9.4. Kit / Transceiver properties, Channel Page, Channel Number, Antenna Selection and Power level can also be
changed in the Performance Analyzer window.
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Antenna Diversity on Peer Enable
CRC on Peer
CRC on Peer
Frame length
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Test Frames Count 100
ACK Request
CSMA CA
Frame Retry
Tx Power Register Value

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Figure.15 Performance Analyzer – Transceiver configuration
9.5. To Transmit CW mode or PRBS mode, click on Certification tab and Continuous transmission and CW or
PRBS.
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Figure.16 Performance Analyzer – Continuous Tx mode configuration
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Tx Test Modes:
10.1. Tx Test (Single node / CW) for Sub-1GHz FCCTesting:
10.1.1. Operating mode #1: BPSK-40-ALT , 40kbps, 7dBm:
Connect and test the DUT in single test mode as mentioned in Section-9 with the following configuration,
Performance Analyzer Parameter
Setting
Channel Page
0
Channel
1 to 10
Antenna Diversity
Select Anetnna A1/X2
Tx Power(dBm)
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Receiver Desensitization
- (Unchecked)
Trx State
TRX_OFF
TRX_CTRL_2 (0xC)
B4
 With the above setting click “write” icon and go to “Transceiver Registers” tab.
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 At the bottom corner, there is an icon called “Read”, click it.
 Then Change the register value of TRX_CTRL_2 (0xC) to “B4” as shown in the below image and press ‘Enter’
in keyboard
 After the TRX_CTRL_2 (0xC) value changed to “B4”, click the “Write” icon and do the test.
Important Note: Everytime when you change the channel or power or channel page, we need to change the
TRX_CTRL_2 register value to “B4”.