ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit User Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Version History ...................................................................................................................................................................4
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................5
System Block Diagram ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
Main Board ..........................................................................................................................................................................8
Main Board Connectors ...............................................................................................................................................8
Radio Board Connectors ......................................................................................................................................9
Breakout Connectors .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Expansion Header ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Debug Connector ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Simplicity Connector .......................................................................................................................................... 13
ARTIK 030 Main Board Peripherals............................................................................................................................ 14
Push Buttons and LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Memory LCD-TFT Display ................................................................................................................................... 14
Relative Humidity and Temperature Sensor ...................................................................................................... 15
ARTIK 030 Radio Board .....................................................................................................................................................17
ARTIK 030 Module ......................................................................................................................................................17
Serial Flash...................................................................................................................................................................17
ARTIK 030 Debug Adapter Board .................................................................................................................................... 19
Power-up and Reset ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Main Board Controller Communication .................................................................................................................... 21
Main Board Controller Power..................................................................................................................................... 22
ARTIK 030 Module Reset ........................................................................................................................................... 22
Battery Holder ............................................................................................................................................................ 22
Virtual COM Port...............................................................................................................................................................23
Advanced Energy Monitor................................................................................................................................................24
Theory Of Operation ..................................................................................................................................................24
Accuracy and Performance .......................................................................................................................................25
Usage ..........................................................................................................................................................................25
ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit Debug..........................................................................................................................26
Debug Modes .............................................................................................................................................................26
Debugging During Battery Operation .......................................................................................................................26
Expansion Board ............................................................................................................................................................... 27
Accelerometer............................................................................................................................................................ 27
Push Buttons and LEDs .............................................................................................................................................. 27
Joystick .......................................................................................................................................................................28
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Figure 1. ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit Components...................................................................................................6
Figure 2. ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit System Block Diagram .................................................................................. 7
Figure 3. ARTIK 030 Main Board........................................................................................................................................8
Figure 4. Connector Placement on the Main Board..........................................................................................................9
Figure 5. ARTIK 030 Module 128x128 Pixel Memory LCD ............................................................................................... 15
Figure 6. Relative Humidity and Temperature Sensor .................................................................................................... 16
Figure 7. ARTIK 030 Module Flash Pin Connections....................................................................................................... 18
Figure 8. Mini Simplicity Connector ................................................................................................................................ 19
Figure 9. Power Switch Options ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Figure 10. Virtual COM Port Interface..............................................................................................................................23
Figure 11. Advanced Energy Monitor ...............................................................................................................................24
Figure 12. Available Sensors............................................................................................................................................. 27
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VERSION HISTORY
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Revision Date Description
V1.0 October 12, 2016 Initial release of document.
V1.1 January 25, 2018 Updated sections to include all boards and all connectors. Convert document to new template.
Rewrite section accordingly for technical accuracy. Reorganized document structure to enhance
information flow.
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INTRODUCTION
The ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit provides a complete software development platform for the ARTIK 030 module.
This document provides an overview of the kit components and associated user interfaces.
The ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit contains the components shown in Table 1.
The Main Board features an on-board J-Link debugger, an Advanced Energy Monitor for real-time current and voltage
monitoring, a virtual COM port interface, and access to the Packet Trace Interface (PTI). The ARTIK 030 module is
based on Silicon Labs® Wireless Gecko EFR32MG SoC and is using Silicon Labs® Simplicity Studio™ development
tools. For more information, refer to the section entitled Main Board.
The 8dBm Radio Board plugs directly into the Main Board. The ARTIK 030 Radio Board features the ARTIK 030
Module and the RF interface. All debug functionality can also be used towards an external target instead of the
included Radio Board. For more information, refer to the section entitled Radio Board.
The Debug Adapter Board plugs directly into both the 20-pin Debug Connector and the 20-pin Simplicity Connector
on the Main Board. The Debug Adapter board combines selected functionality from the Debug and Simplicity
connectors into three smaller footprint 10-pin connectors, which are more suitable for space-constrained designs.
For more information, refer to the section entitled Debug Adapter Board.
The kit also contains USB Type A to USB mini-B cables for connecting a host computer to the Main Board via the mini-
USB port. The battery holders included in the kit are used to store two AA batteries when using the kit in a battery
powered environment. For more information, refer to the section entitled Battery Holder.
Figure 1 provides a list of components in the ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit.
Table 1. ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit Contents
Number of
Components Component Type
3ARTIK 030 Main Board
3 ARTIK 030 Radio Board (with 8 dBm ARTIK 030 module)
1 Debug Adapter Board
3 USB Type A <> USB Mini-B cable
3Battery holder
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Figure 1. ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit Components
The ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit contains the following features.
Table 2. ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit Features
Main Board Radio Board Debug Adapter Board Software
Ethernet and USB connectivity ARTIK 030 Radio Board with
256kB Flash and 32kB RAM.
Contains 10-pin ARM Cortex CPU
connector, 10-pin iSA3
connector, and 10-pin Mini-
Simplicity connector for use in
space-constrained designs.
Simplicity Studio
Advanced Energy Monitor Integrated high performance
chip antenna
Simplicity Studio
Energy Profiler
Virtual COM Port Network Analyzer
Packet Trace Interface support
SEGGER J-Link on-board debugger
Debug Multiplexer supporting external
hardware as well as Radio Board
Relative Humidity and Temperature sensor
Ultra low power 128x128 pixel Memory LCD
User LEDs/Pushbuttons
20-pin 2.54 mm header for expansion
boards
Breakout pads for direct access to all radio
Power sources include USB and CR2032
coin cell holder
Main Board
Debug Interface Connectors
(Debug Adapter Board not shown)
Radio Board ARTIK 030 Module
Expansion
Header
Main Board
Controller
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SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM
Figure 2 shows the system-level block diagram of the ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit.
Figure 2. ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit System Block Diagram
In Figure 2, the ARTIK 030 module, the 8 MB serial Flash device, and the PCB Antenna blocks are located on the
Radio board. All other components are located on the Main board.
The Expansion header (EXP Header) in the figure is located on the Main board and is used to connect to the optional
Expansion board (not included). The 20-pin Debug and Simplicity connectors are used for connecting to the Debug
Adapter Board (included in the kit).
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MAIN BOARD
Figure 3 shows the picture of the ARTIK 030 Main Board and its associated components.
Figure 3. ARTIK 030 Main Board
Main Board Connectors
Figure 4 shows the placement of the various connectors that are present on the Main Board. Each of these
connectors is described in the following subsections.
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Figure 4. Connector Placement on the Main Board
Radio Board Connectors
The Radio board interfaces to the Main board via two 40-pin connectors. These signals are used throughout the Main
board. A subset of these signals are also routed to the two 32-pin Breakout connectors as shown Table 4.
The pinout for these connectors is shown in Table 3.
Table 3. P200 and P201 Radio Board Connectors
Pin Name
(Odd numbers)
P200 Radio
Connector Pinout Pin Name
(Even numbers)
Pin Name
(Odd numbers)
P201 Radio
Connector Pinout Pin Name
(Even numbers)
Odd Pin
Row
Even Pin
Row
Odd Pin
Row
Even Pin
Row
3V3 1 2 GND GND 1 2 VCMU_IN
WSTK_P36 3 4 WSTK_P37 WSTK_P0 3 4 WSTK_P1
WSTK_P38 5 6 WSTK_P39 WSTK_P2 5 6 WSTK_P3
WSTK_P40 7 8 WSTK_P41 WSTK_P4 7 8 WSTK_P5
WSTK_P42 9 10 WSTK_P43 WSTK_P6 9 10 WSTK_P7
WSTK_P44 11 12 WSTK_P45 WSTK_P8 11 12 WSTK_P9
WSTK_F0 13 14 WSTK_F1 WSTK_P10 13 14 WSTK_P11
WSTK_F2 15 16 WSTK_F3 WSTK_P12 15 16 WSTK_P13
WSTK_F4 17 18 WSTK_F5 WSTK_P14 17 18 WSTK_P15
WSTK_F6 19 20 WSTK_F7 WSTK_P16 19 20 WSTK_P17
WSTK_F8 21 22 WSTK_F9 WSTK_P18 21 22 WSTK_P19
WSTK_F10 23 24 WSTK_F11 WSTK_P20 23 24 WSTK_P21
WSTK_F12 25 26 WSTK_F13 WSTK_P22 25 26 WSTK_P23
WSTK_F14 27 28 WSTK_F15 WSTK_P24 27 28 WSTK_P25
WSTK_F16 29 30 WSTK_F17 WSTK_P26 29 30 WSTK_P27
WSTK_F18 31 32 WSTK_F19 WSTK_P28 31 32 WSTK_P29
Breakout Pads
Breakout Pads
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Breakout Connectors
Most of the ARTIK 030 module pins are routed from the radio board to breakout connectors at the top and bottom
edges of the Main Board. The J101 connector is located at the bottom of the board next to the power slider switch.
The J102 connector is located on the top of the board next to the Ethernet port.
A 2.54 mm pitch pin header can be soldered on for easy access to the pins. Table 4 shows how the pins of the ARTIK
030 module are mapped onto the pin numbers printed on the breakout connectors. To see the available functions
on each, please refer to the ARTIK 030 Module Data Sheet.
WSTK_F20 33 34 WSTK_F21 WSTK_P30 33 34 WSTK_P31
USB_VBUS 35 36 USB_VREG WSTK_P32 35 36 WSTK_P33
5V 37 38 GND WSTK_P34 37 38 WSTK_P35
BOARD_ID_SCL 39 40 BOARD_ID_SDA GND 39 40 N/C
Table 4. J101 and J102 Breakout Connectors
Pin Name
(Odd numbers)
J101 Breakout
Connector
Pinout Pin Name
(Even numbers)
Pin Name
(Odd numbers)
J102 Breakout
Connector
Pinout Pin Name
(Even numbers)
Odd
Pin
Row
Even
Pin
Row
Odd
Pin
Row
Even
Pin
Row
VCMU 1 2 VMCU 5V 1 2 5V
GND 3 4 GND GND 3 4 GND
VCOM_CTS/PA2/P0 5 6 P1/PC6/FLASH_MOSI/
DISP_SI
DBG_TCK_SWCLK/
PF0/P24
56 P25/NC
VCOM_RTS/PA3/P2 7 8 P3/PC7/FLASH_MISO DBG_TMS_SWDIO/
PF1/P26
78 P27/NC
PD10/P4 9 10 P5/PC8/FLASH_SCLK/
DISP_SCLK
DBG_TDO_SWO/
PF2/P28
910 P29/NC
PD11/P6 11 12 P7/PC9 LED0/PF4/P30 11 12 P31/PD13/
DISP_EXTCOMIN
PD12/P8 13 14 P9/PA0/VCOM_TX LED1/PF5/P32 13 14 P33/PD14/DISP_SCS
DBG_TDI_/PF3/P10 15 16 P11/PA1/VCOM_RX BTN0/PF6/P34 15 16 P35/PD15/DISP_ENABLE
I2C_SCL/PC10/P12 17 18 P13/PC11/I2C_SDA BTN1/PF7/P36 17 18 P37/PD15/
SENSOR_ENABLE
FLASH_SCS/PA4/
P14
19 20 P15/NC NC/P38 19 20 P39/NC
VCOM_ENABLE/
PA5/P16
21 22 P17/NC NC/P40 21 22 P41/NC
PTI_CLK/PB11/P18 23 24 P19/NC NC/P42 23 24 P43/NC
PTI_DATA/PB12/P20 25 26 P21/NC NC/P44 25 26 P45/NC
PTI_SYNC/PB13/P22 27 28 P23/NC NC 27 28 NC
Table 3. P200 and P201 Radio Board Connectors (Continued)
Pin Name
(Odd numbers)
P200 Radio
Connector Pinout Pin Name
(Even numbers)
Pin Name
(Odd numbers)
P201 Radio
Connector Pinout Pin Name
(Even numbers)
Odd Pin
Row
Even Pin
Row
Odd Pin
Row
Even Pin
Row
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Expansion Header
The 20-pin expansion header allows for the connection of peripherals or plug-in boards. The connector contains a
number of I/O pins that can be used with most of the ARTIK 030 module features. Note that the Expansion Board is
not included in the kit but can be purchased separately from Samsung.
Additionally, the VMCU, 3V3 and 5V power rails are also exported. The connector follows a standard which ensures
that commonly used peripherals such as an SPI, a UART and an I2C bus are available on fixed locations in the
connector. The rest of the pins are used for general purpose I/O. Figure 6 shows the pin assignment of the expansion
header. Because of limitations in the number of available GPIO pins, some of the expansion header pins are shared
between features.
The pin-routing on the ARTIK 030 Module is very flexible, so most peripherals can be routed to any pin. However,
many pins are shared between the Expansion Header and other functions on the Main Board. Table 5 includes an
overview of the Main Board features that share pins with the Expansion Header. The connector pin organization in
the table below mimics how the connector is viewed when on the board.
GND 29 30 GND GND 29 30 GND
VRF 31 32 VRF 3V3 31 32 3V3
Table 5. Expansion Header Pin Mapping
Pin Connection Expansion Header
Function
Main Board Function/
Feature Peripheral Mapping
19 BOARD_ID_SDA Connected to Board Controller for identification of add-on boards.
17 BOARD_ID_SCL Connected to Board Controller for identification of add-on boards.
15 PC10 I2C_SCL SENSOR_I2C_SCL I2C0_SCL #14
13 PF3aGPIO DBG_TDI
11 PD12 GPIO
9PD11 GPIO
7PD10 GPIO
5PA3 GPIO VCOM_RTS_CS USART0_CS #0
3 PA2 GPIO VCOM_CTS_SC:L USART0_CLK #0
1 GND GND GND GND
20 3V3 Board controller supply
18 5V Board USB voltage
16 PC11 I2C_SDA SENSOR_I2C_SDA I2C0_SDA #16
14 PA1 UART_RX VCOM_RX_MISO USART0_RX #0
12 PA0 UART_TX VCOM_TX_MOSI USART0_TX #0
Table 4. J101 and J102 Breakout Connectors (Continued)
Pin Name
(Odd numbers)
J101 Breakout
Connector
Pinout Pin Name
(Even numbers)
Pin Name
(Odd numbers)
J102 Breakout
Connector
Pinout Pin Name
(Even numbers)
Odd
Pin
Row
Even
Pin
Row
Odd
Pin
Row
Even
Pin
Row
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Debug Connector
The 20-pin Debug connector works in conjunction with the 20-pin Simplicity connector to provide an interface to
the optional Debug Adapter board. The adapter board plugs into these two connectors and provides an additional
three 10-pin connectors that provide address to peripheral debug components. For more information on the
optional adapter board, refer to the section entitled Debug Adapter Board.
The Debug Connector serves a dual purpose. Based on the "debug mode", that can be selected using Silicon Labs®
Simplicity Studio™. The debug connector can be configured in one of the following three ways:
• In the "Debug IN" mode this connector allows an external debug emulator to be used with the on-board
ARTIK 030 Module.
• In the "Debug OUT" mode this connector allows the kit to be used as a debugger towards an external target.
• In the "Debug MCU" (default) mode this connector is isolated from the debug interface of both the Board
Controller and the on-board target device.
For more information on these debug modes, refer to the section entitled ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit Debug.
Because this connector is automatically switched to support the different operating modes, it is only available when
the Board Controller is powered (J-Link USB cable connected). If debug access to the target device is required when
the Board Controller is unpowered, this should be done by connecting directly to the appropriate breakout
connector pins. The pinout of the connector follows that of the standard ARM Cortex Debug+ETM 19-pin connector.
and is described below.
10 PA9 SPI_CS USART1_CS #11
8 PC8 SPI_SCLK DISP_SCLK USART1_CLK #11
6PC7 SPI_MISO USART1_RX #11
4 PC6 SPI_MOSI DISP_MOSI USART1_TX #11
2 VMCU ARTIK 030 module voltage domain, included in AEM measurements
a. Pin PF3 is used as the DBG_TDI pin in JTAG mode only. When serial wire debugging is used, PF3 can be used for other
purposes.
Table 6. Debug Connector Pinout
Pin Function Description
1 VTARGET Target voltage on the debugged application.
3 GND Ground pin.
5 GND Ground pin.
7NCNo connect.
9 Cable_Detect Cable detect pin. This signal must be pulled to ground by the external debugger or
application for cable insertion detection.
11 NC No connect.
13 NC No connect.
15 GND Ground pin.
17 GND Ground pin.
Table 5. Expansion Header Pin Mapping
Pin Connection Expansion Header
Function
Main Board Function/
Feature Peripheral Mapping
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Note that the pin-out matches the pin-out of an ARM Cortex Debug+ETM connector, but these are not fully
compatible as pin 7 is physically removed from the Cortex Debug+ETM connector. Some cables have a small plug
that prevents them from being used when this pin is present. If this is the case, remove the plug, or use a standard
2x10 1.27 mm straight cable instead. For more information of the debug functionality using Silicon Labs® Simplicity
Studio™, refer to the section entitled ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit Debug.
Simplicity Connector
The 20-pin Simplicity connector works in conjunction with the 20-pin Debug connector as described above to
provide an interface to the Debug Adapter board. The Simplicity Connector enables advanced debugging features
such as the Advanced Energy Monitor (AEM), the Virtual COM port and the Packet Trace Interface to be used towards
an external target. The pinout is illustrated in Table 7.
As an example when AEM is used, the current drawn from the VMCU voltage pin is included in the AEM
measurements, while the 3V3 and 5V voltage pins are not. To monitor the current consumption of an external target
with the AEM, unplug the ARTIK 030 module from the Main Board to avoid that current consumption is added to the
measurements.
19 GND Ground pin.
2 TMS / SDWIO / C2D JTAG test mode select, serial wire data, or C2 data.
4 TCK / SWCLK / C2CK JTAG test clock, serial wire clock, or C2 clock.
6 TDO/SWO JTAG test data out or serial wire output.
8 TDI / C2Dps JTAG test data in or C2D "pin sharing" function.
10 RESET / C2CKps Target device reset or C2CK "pin sharing" function.
12 TRACECLK ETM trace clock.
14 TRACED0 ETM trace data 0.
16 TRACED1 ETM trace data 1.
18 TRACED2 ETM trace data 2.
20 TRACED3 ETM trace data 3.
Table 7. Simplicity Connector Pin Descriptions
Pin Name Description
1 VMCU 3.3 V power rail, monitored by the AEM,
3 3V3 3.3 V power rail,
5 5V 5 V power rail,
7 GND Ground pin.
9 GND Ground pin.
11 GND Ground pin.
13 GND Ground pin.
15 GND Ground pin.
17 EXT_ID_SCL Board ID SCL.
19 EXT_ID_SDA Board ID SDA.
2 Virtual COM Tx/MOSI Virtual COM Tx/MOSI.
Table 6. Debug Connector Pinout
Pin Function Description
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Main Board Peripherals
The Main Board has a set of peripherals that showcase some of the features of the ARTIK 030 Module. Most ARTIK
030 Module I/O’s routed to peripherals are also routed to the breakout pads. This must be taken into consideration
when using the breakout pads for your application.
Push Buttons and LEDs
The Main Board has two push button switches marked PB0 and PB1. They are connected directly to the ARTIK 030
module, and are de-bounced by RC filters with a time constant of 1ms. The buttons are connected to pins PF6 and
PF7. The Main Board also features two yellow LEDs marked LED0 and LED1 that are controlled by GPIO pins on the
ARTIK 030 module. The LEDs are connected to pins PF4 and PF5 in an active-high configuration.
Memory LCD-TFT Display
A 1.28-inch SHARP Memory LCD-TFT is available on the kit to enable interactive applications to be developed. The
display has a high resolution of 128 by 128 pixels, and consumes very little power. It is a reflective monochrome
display, so each pixel can only be light or dark, and no back-light is needed in normal daylight conditions. Data sent
to the display is stored in the pixels on the glass, which means no continuous refreshing is required to maintain a
static image.
The display interface consists of an SPI-compatible serial interface and some extra control signals. Pixels are not
individually addressable, instead data is sent to the display one line (128 bits) at a time. The Memory LCD-TFT display
is shared with the kit Board Controller, allowing the Board Controller application to display useful information when
the user application is not using the display. The user application always controls ownership of the display with the
DISP_ENABLE line. This line is encoded as follows:
0: The Board Controller has control of the display
1: The user application ARTIK 030 module has control of the display
Power to the display is sourced from the target application power domain when the ARTIK 030 module controls the
display, and from the Board Controller's power domain when the DISP_ENABLE line is low. Data is clocked in on
DISP_MOSI when DISP_CS is high, and the clock is sent on DISP_SCLK. The maximum supported clock speed is 1.1
MHz. DISP_COM is the "COM Inversion" line. It must be pulsed periodically to prevent static build-up in the display
itself. More information on the display application information and details on driving the display can be found at the
following web site:
4 Virtual COM Rx/MISO Virtual COM Rx/MISO.
6 Virtual COM CTS/SCLK Virtual COM CTS/SCLK.
8 Virtual COM RTS/CS Virtual COM RTS/CS.
10 PTI0_SYNC Packet trace 0 sync.
12 PTI0_DATA Packet trace 0 data.
14 PTI0_CLK Packet trace 0 clock.
16 PTI1_SYNC Packet trace 1 sync.
18 PTI1_DATA Packet trace 1 data.
20 PTI1_CLK Packet trace 1 clock.
Table 7. Simplicity Connector Pin Descriptions (Continued)
Pin Name Description
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Figure 5. ARTIK 030 Module 128x128 Pixel Memory LCD
Relative Humidity and Temperature Sensor
The Si7021 I2C relative humidity and temperature sensor is a monolithic CMOS IC integrating humidity and
temperature sensor elements, an analog-to-digital converter, signal processing, calibration data, and an I2C
Interface. The patented use of industry-standard, low-K polymeric dielectrics for sensing humidity enables the
construction of low-power, monolithic CMOS Sensor ICs with low drift and hysteresis, and excellent long term
stability.
The humidity and temperature sensors are factory-calibrated and the calibration data is stored in the on-chip non-
volatile memory. This ensures that the sensors are fully interchangeable, with no recalibration or software changes
required.
The Si7021 is available in a 3x3mm DFN package and is reflow solder able. It can be used as a hardware- and
software-compatible drop-in upgrade for existing RH/ temperature sensors in 3x3mm DFN-6 packages, featuring
precision sensing over a wider range and lower power consumption. The optional factory-installed cover offers a low
profile, convenient means of protecting the sensor during assembly (e.g., reflow soldering) and throughout the life
of the product, excluding liquids (hydrophobic/oleo phobic) and particulates.
The Si7021 offers an accurate, low-power, factory-calibrated digital solution ideal for measuring humidity, dew-point,
and temperature, in applications ranging from HVAC/R and asset tracking to industrial and consumer platforms. The
I2C bus used for the Si7021 is shared with the Expansion Header. The temperature sensor is normally isolated from
the I2C line. To use the sensor, SENSOR_ENABLE (tied high) must be set high. When enabled, the sensor's current
consumption is included in the AEM measurements.
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Figure 6. Relative Humidity and Temperature Sensor
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RADIO BOARD
The ARTIK 030 Radio Board houses the ARTIK module, as well as an 8 MB Flash for storing Over-The-Air (OTA)
firmware updates. During an update, the data is first moved to the Flash, and then to the ARTIK 030 module.
ARTIK 030 Module
The ARTIK 030 is a fully-integrated, pre-certified module, enabling rapid development of wireless mesh networking
solutions. The ARTIK 030 combines an energy-efficient, multiprotocol wireless SoC with a proven RF/antenna design
and industry-leading wireless software stacks. This integration accelerates time-to-market and saves months of
engineering effort and development costs.
The ARTIK 030 can be used in a wide variety of applications, including:
• Connected Home
• Building Automation
• Lighting
• Security and Monitoring
• Smart Grid / Metering
• Industrial Automation
Key Features of the ARTIK 030 module include:
• Industry-leading mesh networking (ZigBee/Thread) software and development tools
• Antenna: internal chip and U.FL variants
• TX power: up to +10 dBm
• RX sensitivity: down to -99 dBm
• 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M4 at 40 MHz
• Flash memory: 256 kB
•RAM: 32 kB
• Autonomous Hardware Crypto-Accelerator and Random Number Generator (RNG)
•Integrated DC-DC Converter
Serial Flash
The ARTIK 030 Radio Board is equipped with an 8 Mbit Macronix MX25R SPI flash that is connected directly to the
ARTIK 030 module. Figure 13 shows how the serial flash is connected to the ARTIK 030 module.
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Figure 7. ARTIK 030 Module Flash Pin Connections
The MX25R series are ultra-low power serial Flash devices, so there is no need for a separate enable switch to keep
current consumption down. However, it is important that the Flash is always put in deep power down mode when not
in use. This is done by issuing a command over the SPI interface. In deep power down, the MX25R typically adds
approximately 100nA to the radio board current consumption.
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DEBUG ADAPTER BOARD
The ARTIK 030 Debug Adapter Board plugs directly into both the 20-pin Debug Connector and the 20-pin Simplicity
Connector on the Main Board. The Debug Adapter board combines selected functionality from the Debug and
Simplicity connectors into three smaller footprint 10-pin connectors, which are more suitable for space-constrained
designs.
The Debug Adapter board contains the following three 10-pin connectors:
• Silicon Labs® Mini Simplicity Connector
• ARM Cortex 10-pin Debug Connector
• Silicon Labs® ISA3 Packet Trace
The ARM Cortex 10-pin Debug Connector follows the standard Cortex pin-out defined by ARM and allows the Starter
Kit to be used to debug hardware designs that use this connector.
The ISA3 connector follows the same pin-out as the Packet Trace connector found on the Silicon Labs® Ember
Debug Adapter (ISA3). This allows the Starter Kit to be used to debug hardware designs that use this connector.
The Mini Simplicity Connector is designed to offer advanced debug features from the Main Board on a 10-pin
connector. These features include:
• Serial Wire Debug (SWD) with SWO
• Packet Trace Interface (PTI)
• Virtual COM Port (VCOM)
•AEM Monitored voltage rail
Note: Packet Trace is only available on Main Boards. Figure 8 shows a pinout of the mini-Simplicity connector.
Figure 8. Mini Simplicity Connector
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Table 8. Mini-Simplicity Connector Pin Descriptions
Pin Function Description
1 VAEM Target voltage on the debugged application. Supplied and monitored by the
AEM when the power selection switch is in the "AEM" position.
2GNDGround.
3RSTReset.
4 VCOM_RX Virtual COM Rx.
5 VCOM_TX Virtual COM Tx.
6 SWO Serial wire output.
7SWDIOSerial wire data.
8 SWCLK Serial wire clock.
9 PTI_FRAME Packet trace frame signal.
10 PTI_DATA Packet trace data signal.
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POWER-UP AND RESET
The ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit can be powered by one of two sources:
•Debug USB cable
• 3V coin cell battery
The power source for radio board is selected with the slide switch in the lower left corner of the Main Board. Figure
9 shows how the different power sources can be selected with the slide switch.
Figure 9. Power Switch Options
With the switch in the AEM position, a low noise 3.3 V LDO on the Main Board is used to power the Radio Board. This
LDO is again powered from the debug USB cable. The Advanced Energy Monitor is now also connected in series,
allowing accurate high speed current measurements and energy debugging/profiling. Note that the Advanced
Energy Monitor can only measure the current consumption of the ARTIK 030 module when the power selection
switch is in the AEM position.
When the switch is in the USB position, the ARTIK 030 module remains powered-down since USB power to the
module is not supported.
Finally, with the switch in the BAT position, a 20 mm coin cell battery in the CR2032 socket can be used to power the
device. With the switch in this position no current measurements are active. This is the recommended switch
position when powering the radio board with an external power source.
Note: Please be aware that the current sourcing capabilities of a coin cell battery might be too low to support certain
wireless applications.
Main Board Controller Communication
The Main Board Controller is located as shown in Figure 1. The interface between the ARTIK 030 module and the
Board Controller is a UART connection. The connection is enabled by setting the VCOM_ENABLE (PA5) line high, and
using the lines VCOM_TX (PA0) and VCOM_RX (PA1) for communication.
Specific library functions have been provided in the ARTIK 030 Module Board Support Package (BSP) that supports
various requests to be made to the Board Controller, such as querying AEM voltage or current.
ARTIK 030
Module
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Main Board Controller Power
The ARTIK 030 Main Board contains a controller that is responsible for performing various board-level tasks, such as
handling the debugger and the Advanced Energy Monitor. The Main Board Controller is shown in Figure 1.
The debug logic on the Main Board is powered by the USB port, independent of the power switch setting. Note that
the USB setting on the power switch cannot be used to power the ARTIK 030 module since USB power to the module
is not supported.
The Main Board Controller is powered exclusively through the USB port located in the top left corner of the board.
This part of the ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit resides in a separate power domain, so a different power source can
be selected for the target device while retaining debugging functionality. This power domain is also isolated to
prevent current leakage from the target power domain when power to the Board Controller is removed.
The Main Board Controller power domain is exclusively supplied by the J-Link USB cable and is not influenced by the
position of the power switch. The kit has been carefully designed to keep the board controller and the target power
domains isolated from each other as one of them powers down.
ARTIK 030 Module Reset
The ARTIK 030 module can be reset in one of the following three ways:
1. Pressing the RESET button
2. On-board debugger pulling the #RESET pin low
3. External debugger pulling the #RESET pin low
In addition to the reset sources mentioned above, the Board Controller also issues a reset to the ARTIK 030 Module
when booting up. This means that removing power to the Board Controller (unplugging the J-Link USB cable) does
not generate a reset, but plugging the cable back in does generate a reset, and the Board Controller boots up.
Battery Holder
In radio applications with high output power, peak current consumption can exceed the current sourcing capacity of
a coin-cell battery. To support evaluation of the ARTIK 030 module in situations where powering the kit from a wired
USB connection is impractical, for instance during range-tests, the kit is supplied with a battery holder for 2 AA
batteries.
To use the battery holder, first set the power switch in the BAT position. Then attach the cable to pin 1 and 2 on the
expansion header, orienting the connector so the black cable goes down towards pin 1, and the red cable up towards
pin 2. This is important to ensure the correct polarity for the battery power.
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VIRTUAL COM PORT
When enabling virtual serial communication (VCOM), the Main Board Controller makes communication possible on
the following interfaces:
• Virtual USB COM port using a CDC driver
• TCP/IP, by connecting to the Mesh Networking Kit on port 4901 with a Telnet client
The VCOM functionality can operate in two different modes:
1. Transparent mode allows the target to communicate using a regular serial driver. The board controller
forwards the raw byte stream to its interfaces.
2. BSP-mode is initiated by a BSP call in the target application. This mode enables the target to use all BSP
functionality, while having access to VCOM over USB and Ethernet.
The virtual COM port interface is shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10. Virtual COM Port Interface
The Virtual COM port consists of a physical UART between the target device and the board controller Figure 10. The
UART serial port is available to the host PC over USB or Ethernet. The UART interface consists of four pins and an
enable signal. Details of the UART Interface are given in Table 9.
Table 9. Virtual COM Port Interface
Signal Description
VCOM_TX Transmit data from the ARTIK 030 module to the board controller.
VCOM_RX Receive data from the board controller to the ARTIK 030 module.
VCOM_CTS Clear-to-Send hardware flow control input, asserted by the board controller when it is ready to receive more
data.
VCOM_RTS Request-to-Send hardware flow control output, asserted by the ARTIK 030 module when it is ready to receive
more data.
VCOM_ENABLE Enables the VCOM interface, allowing data to pass through to the board controller.
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ADVANCED ENERGY MONITOR
The Simplicity Studio™ Energy Profiler is used by developers to quickly and easily discover inefficiencies in a running
application. In real-time, Simplicity Studio graphs and logs electrical current as a function of time while correlating
this to the actual target application code running on the ARTIK 030 module. There are multiple features in the
profiler software that allows for easy analysis, such as markers and statistics on selected regions of the current graph
or aggregate energy usage by different parts of the application.
Theory Of Operation
The Advanced Energy Monitor (AEM) circuitry on the board is capable of measuring current signals in the range of 0.1
A to 95 mA, which is a dynamic range of almost 120dB. It can do this while maintaining approximately 10kHz of
current signal bandwidth. This is accomplished through a combination of a highly capable current sense amplifier,
multiple gain stages and signal processing within the kit's board controller before the current sense signal is read by
a host computer for display and/or storage.
The current sense amplifier measures the voltage drop over a small series resistor, and the gain stage further
amplifies this voltage with two different gain settings to obtain two current ranges. The transition between these two
ranges occurs around 250 A.
The current signal is combined with the target processor's Program Counter (PC) sampling by utilizing a feature of
the ARM CoreSight debug architecture. The Instrumentation Trace Macrocell (ITM) block can be programmed to
sample the MCU's PC at periodic intervals (50kHz) and output these over SWO pin ARM devices. When these two
data streams are fused and correlated with the running application's memory map, an accurate statistical profile can
be built over time, that shows the energy profile of the running application in real-time.
At power-up or on a power-cycle, an automatic AEM calibration is performed. This calibration compensates for any
offset errors in the current sense amplifiers.
Figure 11. Advanced Energy Monitor
ARTIK 030
Module
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Accuracy and Performance
The Advanced Energy Monitor is capable of measuring currents in the range of 0.1 A to 95 mA. For currents above
250 A, the AEM is accurate within 0.1 mA. When measuring currents below 250 A, the accuracy increases to 1 A.
Even though the absolute accuracy is 1 A, in the sub 250 A range, the AEM is able to detect changes in the current
consumption as small as 100 nA. The AEM current sampling rate is 10 kHz.
Note: The AEM circuitry only works when the kit is powered and the power switch is in the AEM position.
Usage
The AEM data is collected by the Board Controller and can be displayed by the Simplicity Studio™ Energy Profiler,
available through Silicon Labs® Simplicity Studio™. By using the Simplicity Studio™ Energy Profiler, current
consumption and voltage can be measured and linked to the actual code running on the ARTIK 030 module in real
time.
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ARTIK 030 MESH NETWORKING KIT DEBUG
The Main Board comes with an integrated debugger which can be used to download code and debug the ARTIK 030
module. In order for debugging to work properly, make sure the appropriate debug mode is selected as described
below.
Debug Modes
Programming external devices is done by connecting to a target board through the provided Debug IN/OUT
Connector, and by setting the debug mode to [Out]. The same connector can also be used to connect an external
debugger to the ARTIK 030 module, by setting the debug mode to [In]. A summary of the different supported debug
modes is shown below.
Selecting the active debug mode is done with a drop-down menu in the Kit Manager tool, which is available through
Simplicity Studio™.
Debugging During Battery Operation
When the ARTIK 030 module is powered by a battery and the J-Link USB is connected, the on-board debug
functionality is available. If the USB power is disconnected, the Debug In mode will stop working. If debug access is
required when the target is running on another energy source such as a battery, and the board controller is powered
down, the user should make direct connections to the GPIO used for debugging. This can be done by connecting to
the appropriate pins of the breakout pads.
Table 10. Debug Modes
Mode Description
Debug MCU In this mode the on-board debugger is connected to the ARTIK 030 Module on the ARTIK 030 Main Board.
Debug In In this mode, the on-board debugger is disconnected, and an external debugger can be connected to debug
the ARTIK 030 module on the ARTIK 030 module Main Board.
Debug Out In this mode, the on-board debugger can be used to debug a supported device mounted on a custom board.
The debug adapter is not provided.
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EXPANSION BOARD
The Expansion Board included with the ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit includes the following features:
• 3-axis accelerometer (Bosch Sensortech BMA280)
• Joystick with 9 measureable positions
• Push-button switch and 2x LEDs sharing the same I/O pins
The Expansion Board connects to the Main Board via the 20-pin Expansion header located as shown in
The connections between the Expansion Board and the ARTIK 030 module are shown in Figure 15.
Figure 12. Available Sensors
The subsequent sections contain more detailed information about each feature. Refer to the section above entitled
Expansion Header for a pinout of this header.
Accelerometer
The Expansion Board contains a Bosch Sensortec BMA280 triaxial, low-power, low-g accelerometer sensor with SPI
interface. It features 14-bit digital resolution and allows very low-noise measurement of acceleration in 3
perpendicular axes and can therefore sense tilt, motion, shock and vibration.
For more details on the Bosch Sensortec BMA280 please visit:
http://www.boschsensortec.com/bst/products/all_products/bma280
Push Buttons and LEDs
The Expansion Board contains two push buttons (marked BTN2 and BTN3 on the PCB) and two LEDs (LED2 and LED3
are not marked but are placed above the corresponding push button markings). The push buttons and LEDs share
the same two module I/O pins. Each push button is connected to a LED through a transistor, allowing both I/O's to be
used either as an input (for reading the push button state) or as an output (to control the LED state on or off).
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When configured as an input, "0" indicates that the button is being pressed and "1" that the push button is not being
pressed. Likewise, when configured as an output, "0" turns the LED on and "1" turns it off.
Pressing a push button switch also lights up the corresponding LED because the LED is controlled by the same line
(state) regardless of whether it is the module or the push button that pulls the line low.
The push buttons are de-bounced by RC filters with a time constant of about 1ms. Pressing the push button while
having the pin configured as an output in high state ("1") does not cause damage, but may cause extra current to
flow.
Joystick
The ARTIK 030 Mesh Networking Kit has an analog joystick with 9 measurable positions. This joystick is connected to
the ARTIK 030 module pin PD4 and uses different resistor values to create voltages measurable by the internal ADC
on the ARTIK 030 module. The joystick output is connected to AD Channel 0 (ADC0).
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