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| + | The purpose of this wiki is to provide documentation about Dresden Elektronik 6LoWPAN radio / MCU modules and all hardware and software solutions related to them, including the MAC / 6LoWPAN stack. By providing explanations, tutorials, and proven solutions to some of the more common problems that one may encounter while working with these modules, hopefully the wiki is able to speed up the development process as the reader do not have to repeat other people's mistakes. |
| − | The hardware used Dresden Elektronik radio communication platform described on this page consists of three types of components: | + | |
| − | * Radio/microcontroller modules
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| − | * Development boards (can also be replaced with a custom board)
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| − | * Sniffer (for analyzing communication between the nodes)
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| − | ==Radio/microcontroller modules==
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| − | The Dresden Elektronik radio/MCU modules are small modules consisting of a AVR or ARM based microcontroller with integrated radio.
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| − | List of all available modules can be seen [https://www.dresden-elektronik.de/funktechnik/products/radio-modules/overview/?L=1 here].
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| − | As of July 2015, three types of Dresden Elektronik Radio/microcontroller modules were available in the institute:
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| − | * deRFmega128
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| − | * deRFmega256
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| − | * deRFarm
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| − | {| class="wikitable" style="margin: left;" | + | {| |
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| − | | '''deRFmega128'''
| + | * [[Description of the Hardware]] |
| − | | '''deRFmega256'''
| + | * [[Setting up Development Environment]] |
| − | | '''deRFarm'''
| + | * [[Using the MAC / 6LoWPAN stack]] |
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| − | | '''Chip'''
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| − | | ATmega128RFA1
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| − | | ATmega256RFR2
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| − | | AT91SAM7X512
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| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Datasheet'''
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| − | | [http://www.atmel.com/Images/Atmel-8266-MCU_Wireless-ATmega128RFA1_Datasheet.pdf Link]
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| − | | [http://www.atmel.com/Images/Atmel-8393-MCU_Wireless-ATmega256RFR2-ATmega128RFR2-ATmega64RFR2_Datasheet.pdf Link]
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| − | | [http://www.atmel.com/Images/doc6120.pdf Link]
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| − | | '''Platform''' | + | |
| − | | AVR
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| − | | AVR
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| − | | ARM
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| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''MCU bit width'''
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| − | | 8-bit
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| − | | 8-bit
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| − | | 32-bit
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| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Flash size'''
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| − | | 128 kb
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| − | | 256 kb
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| − | | 512 kb
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| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''SRAM size'''
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| − | | 16 kb
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| − | | 32 kb
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| − | | 128 kb
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| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Operating frequency'''
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| − | | 16 MHz
| + | |
| − | | 16 MHz
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| − | | 48 MHz
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| − | |-
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| − | | '''Voltage range'''
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| − | | 1.8 - 3.6 V
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| − | | 1.8 - 3.6 V
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| − | | 1.8 - 3.6 V
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| − | |-
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| − | | '''Radio transceiver'''
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| − | | Integrated
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| − | | Integrated
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| − | | AT86RF231
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| − | |-
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| − | | '''Radio frequency'''
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| − | | 2.4 GHz
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| − | | 2.4 GHz
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| − | | 2.4 GHz
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| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Interfaces'''
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| − | | JTAG, UART, I2C, ADC, SPI, GPIO
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| − | | JTAG, UART, I2C, ADC, SPI, GPIO
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| − | | JTAG, DBGU, I2C, SPI, UART, USB, RMII, GPIO, ADC
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| − | |-
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| − | | '''Power consumption (TX)'''
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| − | | 18 mA
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| − | | 18 mA
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| − | | 45 mA
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| − | |-
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| − | | '''Power consumption (RX)'''
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| − | | 16 mA
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| − | | 16 mA
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| − | | 45 mA
| + | |
| − | |-
| + | |
| − | | '''Power consumption (Sleep)'''
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| − | | < 1 µA
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| − | | < 1 µA
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| − | | < 250 µA
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| − | |}
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| − | The 2.4 GHz transceivers that are used in all modules supports the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.15.4 IEEE 802.15.4 MAC standard].
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| − | This standard has support for additional network layers like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6LoWPAN 6LoWPAN] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZigBee ZigBee].
| + | * [[GNU/Linux related material]] |
| − | However, it should be noted, that although the ZigBee protocol is theoretically supported by the standardand the hardware, it is not supported the Dresden Elektronik's communication stack.
| + | * [[Known problems/bugs and Workarounds]] |
| | + | |} |
The purpose of this wiki is to provide documentation about Dresden Elektronik 6LoWPAN radio / MCU modules and all hardware and software solutions related to them, including the MAC / 6LoWPAN stack. By providing explanations, tutorials, and proven solutions to some of the more common problems that one may encounter while working with these modules, hopefully the wiki is able to speed up the development process as the reader do not have to repeat other people's mistakes.
