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Figure 4 shows the main control panel for the CC2543. It lets you perform a number of operations:

Run TX Test modes for testing of RF output power and spectrum; e.g. by connecting a

spectrum analyser or a power meter to the CC2543EM SMA connector to perform RF

measurements.

Run Packet TX and RX tests. For this test, you should either have two EBs with CC2543EMs

connected to the PC or two EBs connected to one CC2544Dongle and a CC243EM.

o

Double click on both of the devices in the device list in SmartRF Studio (Figure 3),

opening one “Device Control Panel” for each device, giving control of the two radios at

the same time.

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Select one device to be the transmitter, by selecting the “Packet TX” tab shown in the

lower middle of Figure 4.

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On the other device (the recei

ver), select the “Packet RX” tab.

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Set up basic test parameters and press the “Start” button on the receiver.

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Now you can start transmission by pressing the “Start” button for the transmitter.

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The status window will show the number of packets sent on the transmitter side and

the number of received packets and signal strength of the last received packet on the

receiver side.

Read and/or modify registers and common settings, such as RF frequency (or channel) and

output power.

Export device register values in a

user modifiable format by clicking the “Code export” button

in the Register view panel (on the left side).

The SmartRF Studio User Manual has more details.

5.4

Setting up the Software Development Environment

To develop software and debug an application on the CC2543 or CC2544, it is recommended to use

IAR Embedded Workbench. It supports debugging of CC2543 and CC2544 through the

SmartRF05EB, so no additional hardware is required.

IAR EW8051 is bundled with all the required files for CC2543 and CC2544 to start development:

Register definition header file

Linker command file

Driver and device description file needed for debugging and programming

Note that other compilers and linkers can be used, but these tools may have limited debugging

capabilities.

An evaluation version of IAR Embedded Workbench is included in the Development Kit. To install the

software, insert the CD and follow the instructions. You will be asked to register on IAR’s web site to

get a license key for the product. As the owner of a CC2543-CC2544 Development Kit, you are

entitled to a 60 day evaluation period. The evaluation version in the kit automatically gives you 30

days. Please contact your local IAR sales representative for the additional 30-days evaluation period.

For

a

list

of

sales

offices

and

distributors

in

your

country,

please

see

this

site:

http://www.iar.com/contact.

Appendix A in this document will guide you through the steps of setting up your own project from

scratch.