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ES Series Master Development System
User's Guide
Figure 1: ES Series Master Development System
Revised 3/18/2015
Introduction
The Linx ES Series RF modules offer a simple, efficient and cost-effective
method of adding wireless communication capabilities to any product. The
Master Development System gives a designer all the tools necessary to
correctly and legally incorporate the ES Series into an end product. The
development boards serve several important functions:
• Rapid Module Evaluation: The boards allow the performance of the ES
Series modules to be quickly evaluated in a user’s environment.
• Range Testing: Using the on-board encoders and decoders to
generate a simplex transmission, a pair of development boards can be
used to evaluate the range performance of the modules.
• Design Benchmark: The boards provide a known benchmark against
which the performance of a custom design may be judged.
• Application Development: An onboard prototyping area allows for the
development of custom circuits directly on the development board. All
signal lines are available on a header for easy access.
• Protocol Development - The development system features a USB
or RS-232 interface board, which allows a designer to connect the
development board to a PC. Windows-based demonstration software
is also included, which allows for a variety of tests.