Proprietary RF Quick Start Guide

This short tutorial gets you started with the SimpleLink Low Power F3 SDK eco system.

0. Basics

The CC23xx and CC27xx combines a flexible, very low-power RF transceiver with a powerful 48-MHz Arm® Cortex® -M0+ microcontroller in a platform supporting multiple physical layers and RF standards. A dedicated Radio Controller (Cortex® -M0) handles low-level RF protocol commands that are stored in ROM or RAM. To be able to provide low power and high functionality, power domains and modules on the chip have to be turned on and of in a correct sequence. Using the TI provided drives achieves this. It is also recommended that CC23xx and CC27xx runs an OS to schedule access to the peripherals on the chip. TI provides the following in the SDK:

• noRTOS

• FreeRTOS

You can find chapters on all of these in the Proprietary RF User’s Guide.

Other community developed OSes are also available

• Contiki NG

1. Get the SimpleLink Low Power F3 SDK

It is recommended to download the SimpleLink Low Power F3 SDK via the resource explorer in CCS.

The resource explorer in CCS.

Or alternatively, download the SimpleLink Low Power F3 SDK manually from the TI website.

The SimpleLink Low Power F3 SDK contains:

• Libraries

  • TI-Drivers (high-level hardware abstraction)

  • DriverLib (low-level hardware abstraction)

• Resources

  • Example projects for FREERTOS and TI-Drivers

  • User guides

  • API references

2. Bookmark the SDK Documentation Overview

The documentation overview page is the entry point for all SDK-related documentation and it is highly recommended to bookmark it in the browser.

1. Go to http://dev.ti.com/tirex/

2. Software --> SimpleLink Low Power F3 SDK --> Documentation Overview

The SDK documentation overview page on the TI Resource explorer.

It is also available offline in the Resource Explorer of CCS.

3. Try out the SDK Example Projects

The SimpleLink Low Power F3 SDK contains a set of proprietary RF examples for creating a Proprietary RF protocol with CC23xx or CC27xx. All the RF driver examples have support for the CCS and IAR IDE.

CCS Resource Explorer Examples

For more information about the different examples provided, see the Proprietary RF Examples Guide.

4. Follow the SimpleLink Academy Trainings

SimpleLink Academy contains multiple tutorials for all SimpleLink devices.

SimpleLink Academy.

5. Read the User’s Guides

All software concepts are explained there. You will find all user’s guides mentioned on the documentation overview page of the SDK:

• Proprietary RF User’s Guide

6. Watch the Kernel Workshop Videos

TI offers many workshops on online video workshops to give you a fast start when using TI devices.

7. Look into the API References

The API references explain details about all functions and types in the SDK. They can be reached from the documentation overview page of the SDK:

• TI Drivers API Reference

• Driverlib23xx

8. Consult the Technical Reference Manual

The CC23xx SimpleLink Wireless MCU Technical Reference Manual describes the CC23xx and CC27xx family in more detail. It is helpful when extending and writing TI Drivers.

9. Ask for support on E2E

Search for similar questions on E2E : https://e2e.ti.com/support/

When asking a question:

• Compress information: Do not write essays, but be precise.

• Describe: What do you want? What did you try? What is the error?

• Essential facts: What SDK version are you using? What device and board? What example project is your project based on?

When contacting TI customer support:

• Isolate the problem first.

• Provide a minimal working example application.

• This saves time for you and us and will lead to better response times.