ISM 5 click

ISM 5 Click is a compact add-on board designed for seamless integration into a wide range of applications requiring efficient communication in the Sub-GHz 868MHz frequency band. This board features the Si4461, a high-performance, low-current transceiver from Silicon Labs known for its robust operation in time division duplexing (TDD) mode, enabling alternating transmission and reception of data packets.

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Click library

• Author : Stefan Filipovic
• Date : Oct 2023.
• Type : SPI type

Software Support

We provide a library for the ISM 5 Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for ISM 5 Click driver.

Standard key functions :

• ism5_cfg_setup Config Object Initialization function.

  void ism5_cfg_setup ( ism5_cfg_t *cfg );

• ism5_init Initialization function.

  err_t ism5_init ( ism5_t *ctx, ism5_cfg_t *cfg );

• ism5_default_cfg Click Default Configuration function.

  err_t ism5_default_cfg ( ism5_t *ctx );

Example key functions :

• ism5_get_part_info This function reads the device part information.

  err_t ism5_get_part_info ( ism5_t *ctx, ism5_part_info_t *part_info );

• ism5_transmit_packet This function transmits a desired data packet on the selected channel.

  err_t ism5_transmit_packet ( ism5_t *ctx, uint8_t channel, uint8_t *data_in, uint8_t len );

• ism5_receive_packet This function waits for a data packet to arrive on the selected channel and reads it.

  err_t ism5_receive_packet ( ism5_t *ctx, uint8_t channel, uint8_t *data_out, uint8_t *len, uint32_t timeout );

Example Description

This example demonstrates the use of an ISM 5 click board by showing the communication between the two click boards (Server and Client).

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initializes the driver, performs the click default configuration, then reads and displays the device part information.

void application_init ( void )
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;  /**< Logger config object. */
    ism5_cfg_t ism5_cfg;  /**< Click config object. */

    /** 
     * Logger initialization.
     * Default baud rate: 115200
     * Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
     * @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX 
     * are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will 
     * need to define them manually for log to work. 
     * See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
     */
    LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
    log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
    log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );

    // Click initialization.
    ism5_cfg_setup( &ism5_cfg );
    ISM5_MAP_MIKROBUS( ism5_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    if ( SPI_MASTER_ERROR == ism5_init( &ism5, &ism5_cfg ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    if ( ISM5_ERROR == ism5_default_cfg ( &ism5 ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Default configuration." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    ism5_part_info_t part_info;
    if ( ISM5_OK == ism5_get_part_info ( &ism5, &part_info ) )
    {
        log_printf ( &logger, " --- PART INFO ---\r\n" );
        log_printf ( &logger, " Chip rev: 0x%.2X\r\n", ( uint16_t ) part_info.chip_rev );
        log_printf ( &logger, " Part: 0x%.4X\r\n", part_info.part );
        log_printf ( &logger, " Part build: 0x%.2X\r\n", ( uint16_t ) part_info.part_build );
        log_printf ( &logger, " ID: 0x%.4X\r\n", part_info.id );
        log_printf ( &logger, " Customer: 0x%.2X\r\n", ( uint16_t ) part_info.customer );
        log_printf ( &logger, " ROM ID: 0x%.2X\r\n\n", ( uint16_t ) part_info.rom_id );
    }
#ifdef DEMO_APP_SERVER
    log_printf ( &logger, " Application Mode: Server\r\n" );
#else
    log_printf ( &logger, " Application Mode: Client\r\n" );
#endif

    log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

Application Task

There are two application modes: Server and Client.

• Server mode: Waits for a message from client device, reads the received packet and responds with an acknowledge message.
• Client mode: Initiates communication with the server device by sending a desired packet which contains the text message and a packet counter approximately once per second. After sending the packet it waits for an acknowledge response from server. The packet counter is incremented only after successfull acknowledgment for the last packet. All data is being displayed on the USB UART where you can track their changes.

void application_task ( void )
{
    err_t error_flag = ISM5_OK;
    static uint16_t packet_cnt = 0;
    uint8_t data_buf[ ISM5_PACKET_MAX_SIZE ] = { 0 };
#ifdef DEMO_APP_SERVER
    log_printf ( &logger, " Waiting for a packet message from client device...\r\n" );
    error_flag = ism5_receive_packet ( &ism5, CHANNEL_NUMBER, data_buf, NULL, ISM5_PACKET_TIMEOUT_DISABLE );
    if ( ISM5_OK == error_flag )
    {
        packet_cnt = ( ( uint16_t ) data_buf[ 0 ] << 8 ) | data_buf[ 1 ];
        log_printf ( &logger, " Packet #%u is received with message: %s\r\n", packet_cnt, &data_buf[ 2 ] );
        Delay_ms ( 200 );
        log_printf ( &logger, " Server transmits an acknowledge message to client for packet #%u\r\n\n", packet_cnt );
        error_flag = ism5_transmit_packet ( &ism5, CHANNEL_NUMBER, ACKNOWLEDGE_RESPONSE, strlen ( ACKNOWLEDGE_RESPONSE ) );
    }
#else
    if ( ( strlen ( TEXT_MESSAGE_TO_SEND ) + 2 ) > ISM5_PACKET_MAX_SIZE )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Packet exceeds maximal allowable length." );
        error_flag = ISM5_ERROR;
    }
    if ( ISM5_OK == error_flag )
    {
        data_buf[ 0 ] = ( uint8_t ) ( ( packet_cnt >> 8 ) & 0xFF );
        data_buf[ 1 ] = ( uint8_t ) ( packet_cnt & 0xFF );
        memcpy ( &data_buf[ 2 ], TEXT_MESSAGE_TO_SEND, strlen ( TEXT_MESSAGE_TO_SEND ) );
        log_printf ( &logger, " Client transmits packet #%u to server\r\n", packet_cnt );
        error_flag = ism5_transmit_packet ( &ism5, CHANNEL_NUMBER, data_buf, strlen ( TEXT_MESSAGE_TO_SEND ) + 2 );
    }
    if ( ISM5_OK == error_flag )
    {
        log_printf ( &logger, " Waiting for an acknowledge...\r\n" );
        error_flag = ism5_receive_packet ( &ism5, CHANNEL_NUMBER, data_buf, NULL, ISM5_PACKET_TIMEOUT_1_SEC );
    }
    if ( ( ISM5_OK == error_flag ) && ( strstr ( data_buf, ACKNOWLEDGE_RESPONSE ) ) )
    {
        log_printf ( &logger, " Acknowledge message is received from server!\r\n\n" );
        packet_cnt++;
    }
    else
    {
        log_printf ( &logger, " Acknowledge message is NOT received from server!\r\n\n" );
    }
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
}

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

• MikroSDK.Board
• MikroSDK.Log
• Click.ISM5

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MikroElektronika compilers.