Overview
Wireless networking has enabled application developers to enhance their product
offerings and take their applications to new levels of functionality. This increase in
functionality is traditionally followed by an increase in application complexity. Wireless
link management and protocol management are among the new topics that developers
need to concern themselves with as they head down the wireless networking road.
The Freescale BeeKit toolkit provides a development environment where these design
considerations can be managed in a straightforward, uncomplicated approach.
Target Markets
• Cable replacement
• RF remote control
• Wireless toys and gaming
• Home automation
• Smart energy
• Building automation
• Security
• Health and wellness monitoring
• Process monitoring and control
• Factory automation
• Industrial control
• Electronic shelf labels
Debugger
BeeKit Block Diagram
Platform
Management
(PLM)
BeeStack
Consumer
(ZigBee RF4CE)
BeeStack
(ZigBee
®
/
ZigBee Pro)
Project Editor
and Compiler
Windows
®
Based Components
BeeKit GUI
Embedded SW Components (Codebase)
Bee Apps
SynkroRF
IEEE
®
802.15.4 MAC/PHY
BeeKit Block Diagram
Wireless Connectivity
BeeKit Wireless
Connectivity Toolkit
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Document Number: BEEKITFS REV 6
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Technical Features
• Operating system support
Windows® 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista®
Windows 7
Windows 8
• The BeeKit graphical user interface
(GUI) provides
802.15.4 MAC
BeeKit Consumer (ZigBee RF4CE)
BeeStack (ZigBee®/ZigBee Pro)
SynkroRF
• Target devices and associated processor
architectures supported
KW2x (ARM® Cortex®-M4)
MC12311 (HCS08QE)
MC1323x (HCS08QE)
*MC1322x (ARM7)
MC1321x (HCS08GT)
MC1320x (transceiver used with
discrete MC9S08GT/QE MCU)
• Integrated development environments (IDE)
CodeWarrior Development Studio
for HCS08
IAR EWARM for ARM
• Ordering information
BeeKit is included with all development
kits and may also be downloaded at
freescale.com/beekit.
* Not Recommended for New Designs.
Development Environment
BeeKit is a standalone software application
targeting Windows operating systems and
provides a GUI in which the users can create,
modify, save and update wireless
networking solutions.
With the solution explorer property list, users
are able to set configuration parameters that
will control the setup and execution behavior
of the wireless link within their application. The
configuration parameters can be validated
inside the BeeKit toolkit to ensure all values
provided are within acceptable ranges
prior to the generation of a workspace.
This functionality provides a mechanism for
developers to configure and validate their
network parameters without having to navigate
through multiple source files to configure
these parameters.
In addition to the GUI, the BeeKit toolkit
includes a comprehensive resource of wireless
networking libraries, application templates and
sample applications. This resource provides the
networking software infrastructure into which
developers may tap when creating their
own applications.
The codebases include Freescale BeeStack
Consumer (ZigBee RF4CE) and BeeStack
(ZigBee/ZigBee Pro) protocol stacks and
preconfigured application samples and
templates. BeeStack supports the latest
ZigBee 2007, ZigBee Pro 2012, ZigBee
RF4CE, remote control profile, input device
profile, home automation profile. smart energy
profile and the healthcare profile. BeeKit also
provides a path for inclusion of 802.15.4 MAC,
sample applications and templates.
Once a developer has completed the
configuration of their wireless solution, BeeKit
allows the solution to be exported to an
integrated development environment (IDE).
Within the IDE the designer may build and
debug their application code.
