The Low Power RF Solutions Workshop is designed to accelerate the time to market for engineers working with TI's four wireless networking protocols; SimpliciTI, TI-MAC, Zigbee, and Z-Accel.

Attendees can choose to attend the first 2 days of the workshop that covers only the SimpliciTI portion of the workshop. Those attending the 2 day class will take home the eZ430-RF2500 development kit. Description of EZ430-RF2500 Development Kit 

Or you can choose to attend the entire 4 day workshop which adds the 802.15.4 protocols (TI-MAC, Zigbee, Z-Accel) and take home the eZ430-RF2480 development kit. Description of EZ430-RF2480 Development Kit      

The class is designed so that half of the time is comprised of material presentation and the other half is hands-on labs. Zigbee 2006, 2007, and PRO are covered. The Zigbee workshop labs are based on Zigbee 2007.

Video overview of the Low Power Rf Solutions workshop agenda  

Low Power RF Solutions Workshop Agenda

1. Introduction * 
   • Intro to protocols and concerns
   • Quick lab on hardware/software setup
2. IDE Tools *
   • Intro to working with IAR Embedded Workbench for the MSP430
   • Familiarization lab with IAR tools
3. MSP430 Programming* 
   • How to get the best performance and low-power from the MSP430
   • Low power lab exercise and programming the MSP430
4. RF Basics *
   • RF concerns for wireless applications
   • Design applications
   • Antennas
   • RF lab: range testing, PER tests, programming
5. SimpliciTI ***
   • TI's SimpliciTI protocol
   • Objects, topologies, API's, Callbacks, Configurations
   • Join and Link tokens
   • Lab: Intro to SimpliciTI
   • Lab : Adding SimpliciTI to an existing application 

End of Day 2 - SimpliciTI portion of the workshop

Beginning of Day 3 - Z-Accel, Zigbee, TI-MAC portion of the workshop

1. OSAL and HAL 
   • Operating System and Hardware Abstraction Layers
   • Events, Tasks, Messaging, Hardware access API's.
   • Foundation of TI-MAC, Zigbee, Z-Accel 
2. TI-MAC *
   • Medium Access Control Software (Zigbee and Z-Accel are built on this stack)
   • Topology, Beacon vs. non-Beacon, Superframe
   • Lab: MAC lab using Beacon and non-Beacon configurations
3. Zigbee ****
   • Comparison of Zigbee 2006, 2007, and Pro
   • Architecture
   • Topology
   • Device Types
   • Address allocation
   • Routing
   • Profiles
   • Clusters
   • Endpoints
   • Descriptors
   • Registering with the Application Framework
   • Send and Receive Messages
   • Addressing
   • Acknowledgments
   • Third Party tools
   • Binding
   • Z-Tool
   • ZDO information
   • Mobility
   • Smart Energy and Home Automation profiles
   • Private Profiles
   • Four labs: Using, understanding and customizing GenericApp
4. Z-Accel **  View TI's new low-power ZigBee implementation - Z-Accel
   • CC2480 key features
   • Sink and Source
   • Architecture
   • Private Profiles
   • Endpoints
   • 2 labs: Intro and Joining an existing Zigbee network
5. Zigbee Security * 
   • High and low modes
   • Trust Center
   • Key establishment
   • Transfer
     • Preconfigured keys
   • Network Access Control
   • Joining a secure network
   • Lab using preconfigured keys and network access control
6. Manufacturing Issues
   • Zigbee Alliance issues
   • IEEE Numbers
   • Production Programming
7. Additional Issues (Locationing)
   • Locationing
     • Issues
     • Operation
     • Examples
     • Expansion
     • Sources of error
8. Summary and Wrap-up

* denotes lab exercise

United States Price and Schedule

Class runs 8:30am - 5:00pm   Friday session will end between noon and 2:00pm.

Download workshop materials and labs now!  

http://wiki.davincidsp.com/index.php?title=Low_Power_RF_Solutions_Workshop

* Class session is subject to cancellation if minimum number of attendees is not met two weeks prior to  the date of the workshop.
  Minimum = 5  Maximum = 12