EFR32xG29 2.4 GHz 6 dBm Boost QFN40 (xG29-RB4413A)

Overview

The xG29-RB4413A radio board provides support for the Silicon Labs EFR32MG29 SoC.

For more information about the EFR32MG29 SoC and xG29-RB4413A board, refer to these documents:

Hardware

EFR32MG29B230F1024CM40 SoC
CPU core: Arm Cortex-M33 with FPU
Flash memory: 1024 kB
RAM: 256 kB
Transmit power: up to +6 dBm
Operation frequency: 2.4 GHz
Boost DCDC converter
Crystal oscillators for LFXO (32.768 kHz) and HFXO (38.4 MHz)

Supported Features

The xg29_rb4413a board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board: Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2: Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo: Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

`xg29_rb4413a/efr32mg29b230f1024cm40` target

On-target memory for this board target: 256 KiB of RAM, 1 MiB of Flash.

Type	Location	Description	Compatible
CPU	on-chip	ARM Cortex-M33 CPU1	`arm,cortex-m33`
ADC	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 IADC1	`silabs,iadc`
Bluetooth	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 Bluetooth HCI1	`silabs,bt-hci-efr32`
Clock control	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 CMU1	`silabs,series-clock`
	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 HFXO1	`silabs,hfxo`
	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 HFRCODPLL1	`silabs,series2-hfrcodpll`
	on-chip	Generic fixed-rate clock provider3	`fixed-clock`
	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 LFXO1	`silabs,series2-lfxo`
	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 LFRCO1	`silabs,series2-lfrco`
	on-chip	Generic fixed factor clock provider19	`fixed-factor-clock`
Comparator	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 ACMP1	`silabs,acmp`
Counter	on-chip	Silicon Labs TIMER Counter5	`silabs,timer-counter`
	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 BURTC1	`silabs,burtc-counter`
	on-chip	Silicon Labs PROTIMER counter1	`silabs,protimer`
CRC	on-chip	Silabs General Purpose CRC1	`silabs,gpcrc`
Cryptographic accelerator	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 SE Mailbox1	`silabs,gecko-semailbox`
Debug	on-chip	Silicon Labs Packet Trace Interface1	`silabs,pti`
Debug	on-chip	ARMv8 instrumentation trace macrocell1	`arm,armv8m-itm`
Display	on-board	Sharp LS0XX memory display controller1	`sharp,ls0xx`
DMA	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 LDMA1	`silabs,ldma`
Flash controller	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 MSC1	`silabs,series2-flash-controller`
GPIO & Headers	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 GPIO Peripheral1	`silabs,gpio`
GPIO & Headers	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 GPIO Port4	`silabs,gpio-port`
I2C	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 I2C1 1	`silabs,i2c`
Input	on-board	Group of GPIO-bound input keys1	`gpio-keys`
Interrupt controller	on-chip	ARMv8-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1	`arm,v8m-nvic`
LED	on-board	Group of GPIO-controlled LEDs1	`gpio-leds`
MMU / MPU	on-chip	ARMv8-M MPU (Memory Protection Unit)1	`arm,armv8m-mpu`
MTD	on-chip	Flash node1	`soc-nv-flash`
MTD	on-board	Properties supporting Zephyr spi-nor flash driver (over the Zephyr SPI API) control of serial flash memories using the standard M25P80-based command set1	`jedec,spi-nor`
Networking	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 Radio Interface1	`silabs,series2-radio`
Pin control	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 DBUS Pin Controller1	`silabs,dbus-pinctrl`
PWM	on-chip	Silicon Labs TIMER PWM5	`silabs,timer-pwm`
PWM	on-chip	Silicon Labs LETIMER PWM1	`silabs,letimer-pwm`
Regulator	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 DC-DC converter1	`silabs,series2-dcdc`
Regulator	on-board	Fixed voltage regulators1	`regulator-fixed`
Retained memory	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 BURAM1	`silabs,buram`
RTC	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 RTCC1	`silabs,rtcc`
Sensors	on-board	Silicon Labs Si7006/13/20/21 RHT Sensor1	`silabs,si7006`
Serial controller	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 USART1 1	`silabs,usart-uart`
SPI	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 2 EUSART 1 1	`silabs,eusart-spi`
SRAM	on-chip	Generic on-chip SRAM1	`mmio-sram`
Timer	on-chip	ARMv8-M System Tick1	`arm,armv8m-systick`
	on-chip	Silicon Labs TIMER5	`silabs,series2-timer`
	on-chip	Silicon Labs LETIMER1	`silabs,series2-letimer`
Watchdog	on-chip	Silicon Labs Series 0-2 WDOG1	`silabs,gecko-wdog`

Programming and Debugging

The xg29_rb4413a board supports the runners and associated west commands listed below.

	flash	debug	rtt	debugserver	attach	reset
jlink	✅ (default)	✅ (default)	✅	✅	✅	✅
openocd	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
silabs_commander	✅

Applications for the xg29_rb4413a board target can be built, flashed, and debugged in the usual way. See Building an Application and Run an Application for more details on building and running.

Flashing

As an example, this section shows how to build and flash the Hello World application.

First, plug the xG29-RB4413A into a compatible mainboard and connect the mainboard to your computer using USB. Then build and flash the sample:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b xg29_rb4413a samples/hello_world
west flash

west flash uses SEGGER J-Link by default. Make sure that the J-Link executable is available on PATH. Alternatively, use west flash -r silabs_commander with Simplicity Commander.

Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

Speed: 115200
Data: 8 bits
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1

Reset the board and you should see the following message:

Hello World! xg29_rb4413a

Bluetooth

To use Bluetooth, fetch the binary blobs from the Silicon Labs HAL repository:

west blobs fetch hal_silabs

Then build a Bluetooth sample, such as Observer:

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b xg29_rb4413a samples/bluetooth/observer