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.. zephyr:board:: xg24_dk2601b

Overview


The EFR32MG24 Mighty Gecko Board dev kit contains a Wireless System-On-Chip from the EFR32MG24 family built on an ARM Cortex®-M33F processor with excellent low power capabilities.

Hardware


  • EFR32MG24B310F1536IM48-B Mighty Gecko SoC

  • CPU core: ARM Cortex®-M33 with FPU

  • Flash memory: 1536 kB

  • RAM: 256 kB

  • Transmit power: up to +20 dBm

  • Operation frequency: 2.4 GHz

  • Crystals for LFXO (32.768 kHz) and HFXO (38.4 MHz).

  • On board devices:

    • Silicon Labs Si7021 relative humidity & temperature sensor
    • Silicon Labs Si7210 hall effect sensor
    • 2x TDK InvenSense ICS-43434 MEMS microphones with I2S output
    • TDK InvenSense ICM-20689 6-axis inertial measurement sensor
    • Vishay VEML6035 ambient light sensor
    • Bosch BMP384 pressure sensor with internal temperature sensor
    • MX25R3235F 32 Mbit SPI data flash

For more information about the EFR32MG24 SoC and BRD2601B board, refer to these documents:

  • EFR32MG24 Website_
  • EFR32MG24 Datasheet_
  • EFR32xG24 Reference Manual_
  • BRD2601B User Guide_

Supported Features

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Connections and IOs

In the following table, the column Name contains Pin names. For example, PA2 means Pin number 2 on Port A, as used in the board's datasheets and manuals.

+------+--------------+---------------------+ | Name | Function | Usage | +======+==============+=====================+ | PA4 | GPIO | LED0 | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PB0 | GPIO | LED1 | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PD2 | GPIO | LED2 | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PB2 | GPIO | Push Button 0 | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PB3 | GPIO | Push Button 1 | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PA5 | USART0_TX | UART Console | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PA6 | USART0_RX | UART Console | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PC3 | EUSART1_TX | SPI bus: flash, IMU | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PC2 | EUSART1_RX | SPI bus: flash, IMU | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PC1 | EUSART1_SCLK | SPI bus: flash, IMU | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PC0 | EUSART1_CS | SPI bus: flash | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PC4 | I2C0_SCL | I2C bus | +------+--------------+---------------------+ | PC5 | I2C0_SDA | I2C bus | +------+--------------+---------------------+

The default configuration can be found in :zephyr_file:boards/silabs/dev_kits/xg24_dk2601b/xg24_dk2601b_defconfig

System Clock

The EFR32MG24 SoC is configured to use the 39 MHz external oscillator on the board.

Serial Port

The EFR32MG24 SoC has one USART and two EUSARTs. USART0 is connected to the board controller and is used for the console.

Programming and Debugging


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.. note:: Before using the kit the first time, you should update the J-Link firmware in Simplicity Studio.

Flashing

The sample application :zephyr:code-sample:hello_world is used for this example. Build the Zephyr kernel and application:

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: xg24_dk2601b :goals: build

Connect the xg24_dk2601b to your host computer using the USB port and you should see a USB connection.

Open a serial terminal (minicom, putty, etc.) with the following settings:

  • Speed: 115200
  • Data: 8 bits
  • Parity: None
  • Stop bits: 1

Reset the board and you'll see the following message on the corresponding serial port terminal session:

.. code-block:: console

Hello World! xg24_dk2601b

Bluetooth

To use the BLE function, run the command below to retrieve necessary binary blobs from the SiLabs HAL repository.

.. code-block:: console

west blobs fetch hal_silabs

Then build the Zephyr kernel and a Bluetooth sample with the following command. The :zephyr:code-sample:bluetooth_observer sample application is used in this example.

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/bluetooth/observer :board: xg24_dk2601b :goals: build

.. _EFR32MG24 Website: https://www.silabs.com/wireless/zigbee/efr32mg24-series-2-socs#

.. _EFR32MG24 Datasheet: https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/data-sheets/efr32mg24-datasheet.pdf

.. _EFR32xG24 Reference Manual: https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/reference-manuals/efr32xg24-rm.pdf

.. _BRD2601B User Guide: https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/user-guides/ug524-brd2601b-user-guide.pdf