ST STM32W-RFCKIT User manual

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User manual
STM32W-RFCKIT
RF control kit for STM32W108xx microcontrollers
1 Introduction
The STM32W-RFCKIT low-cost RF control kit is an easy-to-use tool for STM32W108xx RF
microcontrollers. This family of microcontrollers integrates a 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M3
microprocessor and a 2.4 GHz, IEEE 802.15.4-compliant transceiver. The kit demonstrates
plug and play 2.4 GHz RF point-to-point communications targeting general-purpose
wireless control systems.
The STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit provides demonstration applications and
documentation which serve as a reference for creating your own applications and re-
programming the STM32W108xx microcontroller.
You can run the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit in several ways using the dedicated
software libraries (Simplified MAC, ZigBee RF4CE and ZigBee PRO). This kit provides
access to a set of straightforward HAL APIs enabling application engineers to easily develop
RF control capabilities such as LEDs, serial communication channels (virtual COM through
USB), MEM enabled pointers, etc. Moreover, thanks to the flexibility of STM32W
microcontrollers, developers will also be able to use the kit with other available protocol
network libraries: MAC based, RF4CE, ZigBee PRO or 6LowPan.
This manual provides information about:
■STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit components
■How to install the related hardware, software and documentation trees
■How to run the preprogrammed demonstration applications
Note: For more information, visit the STM32W 32-bit RF microcontroller webpages at
www.st.com/stm32w_rfcontrol
These webpages provide full access to all STM32W108xx resources (kits, software
packages and documents).
www.st.com
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Kit description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 MB950 hardware description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2.1 MB950 resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2.2 MB950 connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.3 MB950 connectors: P1 pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.4 MB950 jumper configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.5 MB950 PC interface chip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2.6 MB950 battery holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 MB951 hardware description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3.1 MB951 resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3.2 MB951 connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3.3 MB951 jumper configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3.4 MB951 PC interface chip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3.5 MB951 battery holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.6 Software libraries and demonstration applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.7 Kit setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.7.1 Powering on the boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.7.2 Installing the ST Virtual COM port driver USB drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.7.3 Setting up the application serial communication channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Running the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1 Installing the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit software tree . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1.1 Building and download the Simple MAC talk demonstration application . 9
3.1.2 Basic RF communication using the talk demonstration application . . . . 10
4 STM32W-RFCKIT utilities and software tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1 stm32w_flasher utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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5 List of acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix A Available board schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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2 Getting started
This section provides a complete description of the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit's
hardware and software.
2.1 Kit description
2.1.1 Hardware
The STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit's package contains the following hardware
components:
●One STM32W108xx MB950 remote application board
●One STM32W108xx MB951 USB dongle
Note: For information concerning the STM32W108xx MB950 and MB951 boards, refer to the
documentation included with all available software and the documentation tree installer file
(see Section 2.6: Software libraries and demonstration applications).
2.2 MB950 hardware description
2.2.1 MB950 resources
The following table lists the resources available in the MB950 board to develop applications,
and their connections with STM32W108 pins.
Figure 1. MB950 remote application board Figure 2. MB951 USB dongle
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2.2.2 MB950 connectors
The following table lists the connectors available in the MB950 board and their
functionalities.
2.2.3 MB950 connectors: P1 pins
2.2.4 MB950 jumper configuration
None
Table 1. MB950 resources
Rev. A
Type Label Part STM32W108 pin
Button RST1 nRST
Button S1 PB3
Button S2 PA7
Button S3 PB7
Button S4 PB0
Button S5 PB6
Led D1 PA5
Led D3 PA0
Led D5 Infrared led (not fitted) PB4
Mems U2 LIS302 PA1, PA2
Temperature Sensor U3 STLM20 PA4
Table 2. MB950 connectors
Type Label Function
Mini USB J4 PC I/O
Debug Connector P1 SWD debug
Table 3. MB950 connectors: P1 pins
Name GPIO/ Function
1GND
2 +VBRD
3nRST
4 SWDIO/JTMS
5SWCLK/JTCK
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2.2.5 MB950 PC interface chip
The following table lists the PC interface chip available in the MB950 board to allow I/O
interface to the STM32W108.
2.2.6 MB950 battery holder
2.3 MB951 hardware description
2.3.1 MB951 resources
The following table lists the resources available in the MB951 board to develop applications
and their connection with STM32W108 pins.
2.3.2 MB951 connectors
The following table lists the connectors available in the MB951 board and their
functionalities.
2.3.3 MB951 jumper configuration
None
Table 4. MB950 PC interface chip
Type Part
PC I/O interface STM32F103TBU6
Table 5. MB950 battery holder
Type Part
2x AAA battery holder BT1
Table 6. MB951 resources
Rev. A
Type Label Part STM32W108 pin
Button S1 A3
Led D1 PA5
Led D3 PA0
Figure 3. MB951 connectors
Type Label Function
USB P1 PC I/O
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2.3.4 MB951 PC interface chip
The following table lists the PC interface chip available in the MB951 board to allow I/O
interface to the STM32W108.
2.3.5 MB951 battery holder
None
2.4 Software
The STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit does not contain any CD-ROMs.
2.5 Documentation
The STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit contains a welcome letter which briefly describes its
components and targeted applications.
2.6 Software libraries and demonstration applications
The following installer files are available on the STM32W 32-bit RF microcontroller
webpages:
●ST Simple MAC- 1.0.3.0-STM32W108: installer file which provides the STM32W108
Simple MAC software library and demonstration applications targeting point-to-point
communication scenarios based on the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol.
●ST ZigBee RF4CE-1.2.0.0-STM32W108: installer file which provides the STM32W108
ZigBee RF4CE software library and demonstration applications for controlling an
RF4CE-compliant TV using an RF4CE-compliant remote control.
●EmberZNet-4.3.0.0-STM32W108: installer file which provides the EmberZNet™ 4.3.0
GA software libraries and demonstration applications targeting the mesh network
scenarios based on the ZigBee PRO protocol stack.
Note: 1 For a detailed description of software and documentation trees, refer to the related
documentation (starting from the HTML index file, that comes with each installer file).
2 Each installer file also provides a set of prebuilt binary images (applications and utilities).
3 For the most recent installer file versions, visit the STM32W 32-bit RF microcontroller
webpages at www.st.com/stm32w_rfcontrol
Table 7. MB951 PC interface chip
Type Part
PC I/O interface STM32F103TBU6
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2.7 Kit setup
2.7.1 Powering on the boards
The MB950 application board can be powered as follows:
●Via batteries
●Via USB
To power on the MB951 USB dongle, simply plug it into a PC USB port.
2.7.2 Installing the ST Virtual COM port driver USB drive
To use the serial communication channel on the kit application boards, a Virtual COM port
driver for STM32F103xx must be installed. This driver can be directly downloaded from the
ST website at http://www.st.com/internet/com/SOFTWARE_RESOURCES/
SW_COMPONENT/SW_DRIVER/vcpdriver_v1.zip
2.7.3 Setting up the application serial communication channel
To setup a serial communication channel for the kit application boards, follow these steps:
1. On the MB950 application board, connect a mini-USB cable between the board’s mini-
USB connector and a PC USB port.
2. Plug the MB951 USB dongle into a PC USB port.
3. Using the mouse, right-click on My Computer, select Manage, Device Manager, and
open Ports (COM & LPT) to display the related USB COMx ports.
4. Open a Hyper Terminal on the corresponding USB virtual COMx ports with the
following configuration:
Bit rate: 115200; Data bits: 8; Parity: None; Stop bits: 1; Flow control: None
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3 Running the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit
In the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit, the Simple MAC talk application is preprogrammed
on both kit boards.
The Simple MAC talk demonstration application is a simple application that demonstrates
point-to-point IEEE 802.15.4 wireless communications using the STM32W108xx MCU.
It allows basic RF control of the USB dongle LEDs by pushing the application board's
buttons. Further, it can be used as a wireless RS-232 cable replacement. For example, all
data received on the serial port will be sent wirelessly to the other board and all the data
received wirelessly will be sent to the serial port.
3.1 Installing the STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit software tree
To install the specific kit software and documentation tree, download the related installer file
from the STM32W 32-bit RF microcontroller webpages, then start the installation process
on your destination folder.
3.1.1 Building and download the Simple MAC talk demonstration application
The Simple MAC talk demonstration application runs on all STM32W-RFCKIT RF control kit
boards.
Using the prebuilt talk binary image
To download and run the prebuilt talk binary image on the kit's board, use the
stm32w_flasher utility with the prebuilt talk.s37 binary file. For information on how to use the
stm32w_flasher utility, refer to Section 4.1: stm32w_flasher utility.
Using the talk IAR project
An IAR workspace is also provided for building the Simple MAC talk demonstration
application.
Follow these steps to build the talk demonstration application image talk.s37.
1. Open the IAR toolset.
2. From the File, Open, Workspace menu, open the talk.eww IAR project.
3. From the Project menu, select Rebuild All. A binary file talk.s37 is built in the specific
demonstration application directory under the selected installation path.
Note: For the talk application, two workspaces are provided:
1. STM32W108 used to build a binary image with no IAP bootloader support.
2. STM32W108-btl used to build a binary image supporting the IAP bootloader (file
iap_bootloader.s37 in the prebuilt folder).
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3.1.2 Basic RF communication using the talk demonstration application
Once the talk application has been loaded on the kit's board, different RF communication
scenarios can be targeted as described in the table below.
Note: 1 When pressing a button on the application board, LED D1 is turned on, indicating a packet
is going to be sent.
2 When pressing a button on the application board, if something is wrong with the current RF
communication (packet transmission failed or no acknowledgment received from the USB
dongle), the application board LEDs D1 and D3 start blinking for few seconds.
For setting a “chat communication”, it is requested to setup a serial communication channel
on both kit's boards by following the steps described in Section 2.7.3: Setting up the
application serial communication channel.
Once the serial communication channels of the kit's boards are correctly configured, the two
talk demonstration applications can communicate by typing the “chat text” on the
corresponding HyperTerminal.
The above example application shows how an RS-232 cable connection between two
devices can be replaced with a wireless system using STM32W108xx microcontrollers.
Table 8. Supported talk RF control scenarios through application board buttons
Application board USB dongle
Press button S1 LED D1 toggles
Press button S2 LED D3 toggles
Press button S3 LED D1, D3 both toggle
Press button S4 LED D1 blinks for few seconds
Press button S5 LED D3 blinks for few seconds
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