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CC2538 Evaluation Module Kit

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The CC2538 Evaluation Module Kit is an add-on kit for the CC2538DK and it contains two CC2538 evaluation module boards. The CC2538 evaluation modules can be used as reference modules for hardware and software prototyping and for verifying the performance of the CC2538 RF IC. In combination with SmartRF06EB (not included in this kit) and SmartRF Studio, you have a complete set of tools for measuring RF parameters and more generally evaluate the RF performance of the chip. SmartRF Studio can generate register values and set up the radio to send and receive packets, set up a continuous wave signal and read the received signal strength (RSSI).

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  • 2 x CC2538 Evaluation Modules
  • Documentation
Low-power 2.4-GHz products
CC2538 — 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Zigbee, 6LoWPAN, and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless MCU with 512kB Flash and 32kB RAM
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CC430F6127 — 20 MHz MCU with 32KB Flash, 4KB SRAM, Sub-1 GHz radio, AES-128, I2C/SPI/UART, 96 seg LCD CC430F6135 — 20 MHz MCU with 16KB Flash, 2KB SRAM, Sub-1 GHz radio, AES-128, 12-bit ADC, I2C/SPI/UART, 96 seg CC430F6147 — 20 MHz MCU with 32KB Flash, 4KB SRAM, Sub-1 GHz radio, AES-128, 10-bit ADC, I2C/SPI/UART, 96 seg
Low-power 2.4-GHz products
CC2430 — System-on-Chip Solution for 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee™ CC2431 — System-on-Chip (SoC) Solution for ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network CC2520 — Second generation 2.4 GHz ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 wireless transceiver CC2530 — Zigbee and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless MCU with 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM CC2531 — Zigbee and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless MCU with up to 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM CC2533 — A True System-on-Chip Solution for 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Applications CC2538 — 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Zigbee, 6LoWPAN, and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless MCU with 512kB Flash and 32kB RAM CC2540 — Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with USB CC2540T — Extended industrial temperature Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) wireless MCU CC2541 — Bluetooth® Low Energy and proprietary wireless MCU CC2630 — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Zigbee and 6LoWPAN wireless MCU with 128kB Flash CC2640 — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 128kB Flash CC2640R2F — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M3 Bluetooth® 5.1 Low Energy wireless MCU with 128-kB flash CC2640R2L — SimpleLink™ Bluetooth® 5.1 Low Energy wireless MCU CC2642R — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 352kB Flash CC2650 — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 multiprotocol 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with 128kB Flash CC2650MODA — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 multiprotocol 2.4 GHz wireless module with 128kB Flash CC2651P3 — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4 single-protocol 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with 352-kB Flash CC2651R3 — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4 single-protocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU with 352-kB flash CC2652P — SimpleLink™ Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with integrated power amplifier CC2652P7 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4F multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU, 704-kB Flash, integrated power amp CC2652PSIP — SimpleLink™ multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless system-in-package module with integrated power amplifier CC2652R — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with 352kB Flash CC2652R7 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4F multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU with 704-kB Flash CC2652RB — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with crystal-less BAW resonator CC2652RSIP — SimpleLink™ multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless system-in-package module with 352-KB memory CC2674P10 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M33 multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU with 1-MB flash and power amplifier CC2674R10 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M33 multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU with 1-MB flash
Sub-1 GHz wireless MCUs
CC1110-CC1111 — Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with up to 32 kB Flash memory CC1310 — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 128kB Flash CC1311P3 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4 Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 352-KB Flash and integrated +20dBm PA CC1311R3 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4 Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 352-kB flash CC1312PSIP — Sub-1 GHz system-in-package (SIP) module with integrated power amplifier CC1312R — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 352kB Flash CC1312R7 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4F multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 704-kB Flash CC1314R10 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M33 Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 1-MB flash and up to 296 kB of SRAM CC1350 — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz & 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with 128kB Flash CC1352P — SimpleLink™ Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz & 2.4 GHz wireless MCU integrated power amplifier CC1352P7 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4F multiprotocol sub-1 GHz and 2.4-GHz wireless MCU integrated power amp CC1352R — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz & 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with 352kB Flash CC1354P10 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M33 multiband wireless MCU with 1-MB flash, 296-KB SRAM & integrated PA CC1354R10 — SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M33 multiband wireless MCU with 1-MB flash and up to 296-KB SRAM CC430F5123 — 16-bit ultra-low-power CC430 Sub 1 GHz wireless MCU with 8kB Flash and 2kB RAM CC430F5125 — 16-Bit ultra-low-power CC430 Sub 1 GHz wireless MCU with 16kB Flash and 2kB RAM CC430F5133 — 16-Bit ultra-low-power CC430 Sub 1 GHz wireless MCU with 12-Bit ADC, 8kB Flash and 2kB RAM CC430F5137 — 16-Bit ultra-low-power CC430 Sub 1 GHz wireless MCU with 12-Bit ADC, 32kB Flash and 4kB RAM CC430F5143 — 16-Bit ultra-low-power CC430 Sub 1 GHz wireless MCU with 10-bit ADC, 8kB Flash and 2kB RAM CC430F5145 — 16-Bit ultra-low-power CC430 Sub 1 GHz wireless MCU with 10-bit ADC, 16kB Flash and 2kB RAM CC430F5147 — 16-Bit ultra-low-power CC430 Sub 1 GHz wireless MCU with 10-bit ADC, 32kB Flash and 4kB RAM
Sub-1 GHz transceivers
CC1020 — Single-chip FSK/OOK CMOS wireless transceiver for Narrowband apps in 402-470 and 804-940 MHz range CC1021 — Multichannel FSK/OOK CMOS wireless transceiver for Narrowband app w/Ch Spacings of 50 kHz or Higher CC1070 — Single-chip, Low-Power, Low-Cost CMOS FSK/GFSK/ASK/00K RF Transmitter for Narrowband & Multi-Ch apps CC1100 — Highly Integrated MultiCh RF transceiver Designed for Low-Power Wireless apps CC1100E — Low-power Sub-1GHz wireless transceiver for China and Japan frequency bands CC1101 — Low-power Sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver CC110L — Value line Sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver CC1120 — High performance Sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver for narrowband systems CC1121 — High performance low power Sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver CC1125 — Ultra-high performance Sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver for narrowband systems CC113L — Value line Sub-1 GHz wireless receiver CC1150 — Highly integrated multichannel wireless transmitter designed for low-power wireless applications CC115L — Value line Sub-1 GHz wireless transmitter CC1175 — High performance wireless transmitter for narrowband systems CC1200 — Low power and high performance wireless transceiver CC1201 — Low power and high performance wireless transceiver
Other wireless products
CC2420 — Single-Chip 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 Compliant and ZigBee™ Ready RF Transceiver CC2500 — Low Cost, Low-Power 2.4 GHz RF Transceiver Designed for Low-Power Wireless Apps in the 2.4 GHz ISM B CC2510 — 2.4 GHz Radio Transceiver, 8051 MCU, and 16KB or 32 KB Memory CC2510F8 — 2.4 GHz Radio Transceiver, 8051 MCU and 8 kB Flash memory CC2511 — 2.4 GHz Radio Transceiver, 8051 MCU, 16KB or 32KB Flash memory and full-speed USB interface CC2511F8 — 2.4 GHz Radio Transceiver, 8051 MCU, 8 kB Flash memory and full-speed USB interface CC2530-RF4CE — Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4 and RF4CE wireless MCU with 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM CC2531-RF4CE — Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4 and RF4CE wireless MCU with up to 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM CC2543 — 2.4 GHz RF Value Line SoC with 32kB flash, 16 GPIO, I2C, SPI and UART CC2544 — 2.4 GHz RF Value Line SoC with 32kB flash, USB, SPI and UART CC2545 — 2.4 GHz RF Value Line SoC with 32kB flash, 31 GPIO, I2C, SPI and UART CC2550 — Low Cost 2.4 GHz Transmitter Designed for Low-Power Wireless Applications in 2.4 GHz ISM Band CC2620 — SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Zigbee® RF4CE wireless MCU with 128kB Flash
Automotive wireless connectivity products
CC2541-Q1 — Automotive qualified SimpleLink Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU CC2640R2F-Q1 — SimpleLink™ automotive qualified 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU CC2642R-Q1 — Automotive qualified SimpleLink™ Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU CC2662R-Q1 — Automotive qualified SimpleLink™ wireless MCU for use in wireless battery management systems
Hardware development
BOOST-CCEMADAPTER — EM Adapter BoosterPack BOOSTXL-CC1120-90 — BoosterPack for Applications from 902MHz to 928MHz BOOSTXL-CC1125 — CC1125 BoosterPack for 868/915 MHz Applications CC1120EMK-169 — CC1120 Evaluation Module Kit 169MHz CC1120EMK-420-470 — CC1120 Evaluation Module Kit 420-470MHz CC1120EMK-868-915 — CC1120 Evaluation Module Kit 868-915MHz CC1121EMK-868-915 — CC1121 Evaluation Module Kit 868-915MHz CC1125DK — CC1125 Development Kit CC1175EMK-868-915 — CC1175 Evaluation Module Kit 868-915MHz CC1200DK — CC1200 Development Kit CC1200EMK-420-470 — CC1200 Evaluation Module Kit 420-470 MHz CC1200EMK-868-930 — CC1200 Evaluation Module Kit 868-930 MHz CC1201EMK-868-930 — CC1201 Evaluation Module Kit 868-930 MHz CC1350STK — Simplelink CC1350 SensorTag Bluetooth and Sub-1GHz Long Range Wireless Development Kit CC2500EMK — CC2500EMK Evaluation Module 2.4 GHz CC2520EMK — CC2520 Evaluation Module Kit CC2530EMK — CC2530 Evaluation Module Kit CC2531EMK — CC2531 USB Evaluation Module Kit CC2533EMK — CC2533 Evaluation Module Kit CC2538-CC2592EMK — CC2538-CC2592 Evaluation Module Kit CC2538EMK — CC2538 Evaluation Module Kit CC2540EMK-USB — Bluetooth Low Energy and proprietary wireless MCU CC2541DK-MINI — CC2541 Mini Development Kit CC2650STK — SimpleLink™ Bluetooth low energy/Multi-standard SensorTag LAUNCHXL-CC1310 — CC1310 LaunchPad™ development kit for sub-1-GHz SimpleLink™ wireless MCU LAUNCHXL-CC1312R1 — CC1312R LaunchPad™ development kit for sub-1-GHz SimpleLink™ wireless MCU LAUNCHXL-CC1350 — CC1350 LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ dual-band wireless MCU LAUNCHXL-CC1350-4 — CC1350 dual-band Launchpad™ for multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz and 2.4 GHz SimpleLink™ wireless MCU LAUNCHXL-CC1352R1 — CC1352R LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ multi-band wireless MCU LAUNCHXL-CC2640R2 — CC2640R2 LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU LAUNCHXL-CC2650 — SimpleLink™ CC2650 wireless MCU LaunchPad™ Development Kit LAUNCHXL-CC26X2R1 — CC26x2R LaunchPad™ development kit for multi-standard SimpleLink™ wireless MCU LP-CC2652RB — CC2652RB LaunchPad™ development kit for BAW multi-protocol 2.4-GHz SimpleLink™ wireless MCU LP-CC2652RSIP — CC2652RSIP LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ multi-protocol wireless MCU SMARTRF06EBK — SmartRF06 Evaluation Board SMARTRFTRXEBK — SmartRF Transceiver Evaluation Board
Development kit
LP-CC1352P7 — CC1352P7 LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ multi-band wireless MCU LP-CC2652R7 — CC2652R7 LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ multi-standard wireless MCU LP-CC1312R7 — CC1312R7 LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ multi-standard wireless MCU LP-CC1311P3 — CC1311P3 LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ sub-1-GHz wireless MCU LP-CC2651P3 — CC2651P3 LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ multi-standard wireless MCU
Evaluation board
LP-CC2652PSIP — CC2562PSIP LaunchPad™ development kit for SimpleLink™ multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless SIP module

Documentation

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Release Infomation

SmartRF™ Studio is a Windows application that can be used to evaluate and configure Low Power RF devices from Texas Instruments. The application helps designers of RF systems to easily evaluate the radio at an early stage in the design process. It is especially useful for generation of configuration register values and commands, and for practical testing and debugging of the RF system. SmartRF Studio can be used either as a standalone application or together with applicable evaluation boards or debug probes for the RF device.

What's new

  • Updated RF PHY settings for the CC13x4/CC26x4 devices
  • Various improvements and bug-fixes
  • Updated PA tables for CC26X2Q1 devices
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SWRC272 — CC2538 PER Test (v1.1.0)

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SWRC272 — CC2538 PER Test (v1.1.0)

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Products
Low-power 2.4-GHz products
CC2538 — 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Zigbee, 6LoWPAN, and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless MCU with 512kB Flash and 32kB RAM
Hardware development
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CC2538-CC2592EMK — CC2538-CC2592 Evaluation Module Kit CC2538EMK — CC2538 Evaluation Module Kit

Release Infomation

The design resource accessed as www.ti.com/lit/zip/swrc272 or www.ti.com/lit/xx/swrc272a/swrc272a.zip has been migrated to a new user experience at www.ti.com/tool/download/SWRC272. Please update any bookmarks accordingly.
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Certificate CC2538EMK EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC) 02 Jan 2019
White paper Wireless Connectivity For The Internet of Things, One Size Does Not Fit All (Rev. A) 16 Oct 2017
Data sheet CC2538 Powerful Wireless Microcontroller System-On-Chip for 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4, 6LoWPAN, and ZigBee Applications datasheet (Rev. D) PDF | HTML 07 Apr 2015
More literature CC2538 Evaluation Module Kit Quick Start Guide 12 Apr 2013

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Hardware development

EVALUATION BOARD
SMARTRF06EBK — SmartRF06 Evaluation Board

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DRIVER OR LIBRARY
Z-STACK — A fully compliant ZigBee 3.x solution: Z-Stack
IDE, CONFIGURATION, COMPILER OR DEBUGGER
CCSTUDIO — Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)
SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING TOOL
FLASH-PROGRAMMER — SmartRF Flash Programmer

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CALCULATION TOOL
SMARTRFTM-STUDIO — SmartRF Studio

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CC2538EM-RD — CC2538EM Reference Design

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