10. Select TX Power

On the transmitter, select desired output power.

11. Select Burst Size

On the transmitter, select the desired burst size,

that is, the number of packets to transmit.

12. Select Packet Rate

On the transmitter, select the desired packet

rate.

13. Start Sending Packets

The transmitter is now configured and in idle

state. Sending packets is started and stopped by

pressing the Select button.

14. PER Test Results

On the receiver, the statistics window will show

the error rate based on the number of lost or

erroneous packets divided by the total number of

packets that should have been received.

15. References

Please visit www.ti.com and

http://www.ti.com/tool/cc2538emk

http://www.ti.com/tool/cc2538dk

The reference design for the evaluation board

can be found here:

http://www.ti.com/tool/cc2538em-rd

On the kit product page, you will find additional

documentation, links to updated software

examples and software tools like SmartRF

Studio.

You will also find a lot of information on the TI

E2E forum at http://e2e.ti.com

We hope that you will enjoy working with the

CC2538 device.

16. Troubleshooting

It you are experiencing problems with this test,

please check the following:



Nothing is shown in the display! Make sure

the board is powered correctly (see steps 5

and 6 above).



Please visit the kit web page and check for

updated SW and documentation. Updated

SW can be downloaded to the device using

IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM or

SmartRF Flash Programmer.

SmartRF

™ Studio

1. Download and Install

Before connecting SmartRF06EB to your PC,

download and install SmartRF Studio from

www.ti.com/smartrfstudio.

2. Launch SmartRF Studio

After installing the tool, connect the EB to the PC

using the USB cable and start SmartRF Studio.

Select the “2.4 GHz” tab and click the refresh

("Find device") button in the lower right corner.

Studio will now find the connected SmartRF06EB.

Double click on the detected SmartRF06EB to

launch the CC2538 device control panel.

3. Test the Radio

You can now configure the radio, run

performance tests, export register settings and

run link tests with another CC2538 on a

SmartRF06EB connected to the PC.

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