4.2 Features and Benefits of the RD-0085 Demo Board

Lighting Reference Design Module

The reference design kits include an IST-A0085 lighting module. This module is pre-programmed with a ZigBee lighting application.

Adapter Board

Each reference design module is mounted on an adapter board to provide connectivity to the ZigBee lighting demo board as well as the

Silicon Labs Wireless STK. The adapter board and lighting demo board also have mounted EEPROMs with board-specific information

stored. This allows Silicon Labs software to easily detect the connected hardware and configure themselves to show relevant informa-

tion.

Lighting Demo Board

The ZigBee lighting demo board provides for the evaluation of the ZigBee lighting reference design module. Features are listed in the

table below.

Demo Board Feature

Benefit

Low and high temperature white LEDs, tri-color RGB LED

Simulate LED lighting scenarios

Network status LED

LED ON means on a ZigBee network. LED OFF means not on a

ZigBee network.

Micro-USB connector

Provides power

10-pin mini-Simplicity compatible connector

Facilitates programming, debug, and packet trace

Power down button

Mimics momentary mains switch

Green power indicator LED

Demo board power indication

SW1 brightness switch

Selects between High and Low LED brightness

SW2 network status LED switch

Selects between routing PWM output to Network Status LED or

TP9. Can be used to turn off the LED or select GPIO for different

purpose.

SW3 power switch

Mimics mains power switch

LiPo battery connector

Provides additional power options

Note: The single-cell LiPo battery begins charging with power supplied through the micro-USB connector.

IST-A0050 Lighting Demo Board

IST-A0088 adapter board

RD-0085-0101 module

RGB LEDs

White LEDs

Power-down button

microUSB connector

(pwr only)

Stackup view

Figure 4.1. Complete RD-0085 ZigBee Lighting Reference Design Board

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