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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.