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The goal of this demo is to provide basic tools to develop more complex wireless applications, using the Erika kernel in conjunction with the FLEX Board .

Hardware

* FLEX Base Boared hosting PIC33FFJ256MC710 microcontroller

* FLEX Thru Hole Daughter Board with FlexiPanel EasyBee IEEE 802.15.4 tranceiver module or alteratively a FLex Demo Daughter Board with abuilt-in ready to use ZigBee connector

Software

* Erika Enterprise Basic 1.4.1

PC Side Application
We used a PC connected to the FLEX Board as console. To visualize the data from the FLEX we used these softwares: Hyperterminal (Windows Systems) or Minicom (Linux). The setting was 115200 bit/sec without flow control.

The PC is connected to the FLEX by a RS232(COM) port. In our case by a USB/RS232 cable converter. The FLEX Board uses its UART1 to communicate with the PC. To interface the FLEX UART signals (0V/3.3V) and the PC RS232 signals (+12V/-12V), we used the IC MAX233CPP provided by MAXIM. This is not mandatory, one can use their own preferred line driver/receiver IC.

The goal of this demo is to provide basic tools to develop more complex wireless applications, using the Erika kernel in conjunction with the FLEX Board .

Hardware

* FLEX Base Boared hosting PIC33FFJ256MC710 microcontroller

* FLEX Thru Hole Daughter Board with FlexiPanel EasyBee IEEE 802.15.4 tranceiver module or alteratively a FLex Demo Daughter Board with abuilt-in ready to use ZigBee connector

Software

* Erika Enterprise Basic 1.4.1

PC Side Application
We used a PC connected to the FLEX Board as console. To visualize the data from the FLEX we used these softwares: Hyperterminal (Windows Systems) or Minicom (Linux). The setting was 115200 bit/sec without flow control.

The PC is connected to the FLEX by a RS232(COM) port. In our case by a USB/RS232 cable converter. The FLEX Board uses its UART1 to communicate with the PC. To interface the FLEX UART signals (0V/3.3V) and the PC RS232 signals (+12V/-12V), we used the IC MAX233CPP provided by MAXIM. This is not mandatory, one can use their own preferred line driver/receiver IC.

This is the demo which was presented at Embedded World 2007. The demo acquires angle and distance from a compass and a ultrasound receiver, sending them to a remote system using an XBee module connected through UART. On the PC side, then, a GTK graphical application (not available for download) displays the data in a polar plot. Board schematics, PCB and software available as a template under ERIKA Enterprise.

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