Required Hardware

Required Hardware

At a minimum you will need a mote and way to get your software onto it. This guide assumes that you are using a

. The

supports all LTC5800 based products, so you can develop and run your application on any of the SmartMesh IP products (LTC5800 chip, LTP59xx motes, and demo boards) listed on this page.

SmartMesh IP Starter Kits

During development of your 

 application, we recommend you use a 

. The 

 allows you to build a working mesh network and develop applications on the SmartMesh IP mote.

 is composed of:

  • 1 SmartMesh IP manager (several boards exist, see below)

  • 5 SmatMesh IP motes (several boards exist, see below)

  • 1 additional 

     USB interface boards to interface a SmartMesh IP mote to your computer.

Each of the boards included in a

are also sold separately.

Several 

s are available:

Kit

DC9000A

Manager
(qty. 1)

DC9001A

(no longer available)

(formerly shipped with DC9001B)

(formerly shipped with DC9020A)



Mote
(qty. 5) 

Interface
Board
(qty. 1) 

maximum
network
size

32 motes

100 motes

100 motes

Antenna

chip antenna

chip antenna

chip antenna

Note





RF certified

SmartMesh IP Eval/Dev Motes

In addition, the following Eval/Dev boards (not included in any

) are available:

Part

Description

SmartMesh IP Manager, 100 mote capacity

SmartMesh IP Mote

Antenna

MMCX antenna connector

MMCX antenna connector

Note

RF certified

RF certified

SmartMesh IP Modules

The following modules are available, as is the QFN chip:

Part

Form
Factor 

66-pin castellated module

66-pin castellated module

Antenna

chip antenna

MMCX antenna connector

Note

RF certified

RF certified