SWRA737A February   2022  – August 2022 CC1352P , CC1352R , CC2640R2F , CC2640R2L , CC2642R , CC2652P , CC2652R , CC2652R7 , CC2652RSIP

 

  1.   Abstract
  2.   Trademarks
  3. 1Introduction
    1. 1.1 Acronyms
  4. 2Verify RF Performance With SmartRF Studio
  5. 3Verify RF Performance With BTool
    1. 3.1 BTool Basic Operation
    2. 3.2 Perform Tx Test
    3. 3.3 Perform Rx Test
    4. 3.4 Perform Reading RSSI
    5. 3.5 Perform PER Test
    6. 3.6 Notes for Different PHY Rate
      1. 3.6.1 Test logs for 2Mbps
      2. 3.6.2 Test logs for 500Kbps
      3. 3.6.3 Test logs for 125Kbps
    7. 3.7 The Difference Between HCI_EXT_ModemTestTxCmd and HCI_LE_Transmitter_Test
  6. 4Summary
  7. 5References
  8. 6Revision History

1 Introduction

TI SimpleLink MCU provides two PC tools to test RF performance of Bluetooth devices. These are SmartRF Studio [1] and BTool [2]. Each tool has different requirements and benefits laid out in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1 Comparison Between SmartRF Studio and BTool
SmartRF Studio BTool
Benefit- Can be used without flashing the board with firmware Drawback - Requires Production Test Mode (PTM) firmware to be flashed onto the board
Drawback - User needs to connect cJTAG lines to the board to control the device Benefit - User can control the device by sending BTool set commands over UART

This document mainly focuses on RF radio test. This document introduces the detailed processes for each tool to do RF performance test.