.. zephyr:board:: slwrb4255a

Overview
********

The EFR32FG13P Flex Gecko 2.4 GHz and 915 MHz Radio Board is delivered as a
`standalone Proprietary Wireless radio board`_. It contains a EFR32FG13P Wireless
SoC built on an ARM Cortex®-M4F processor with excellent low power capabilities.

The BRD4255A a.k.a. SLWRB4255A radio board plugs into the Wireless Starter Kit
Mainboard BRD4001A and is supported as one of :ref:`silabs_radio_boards`.

Hardware
********

- EFR32FG13P233F512GM48 Flex Gecko SoC
- CPU core: ARM Cortex®-M4 with FPU
- Flash memory: 512 kB
- RAM: 64 kB
- Transmit power: up to 19 dBm
- Operation frequency: 2.4 GHz, 915 MHz
- Crystals for LFXO (32.768 kHz) and HFXO (38.4 MHz).

For more information about the EFR32FG13 SoC and BRD4255A board, refer to these
documents:

- `EFR32FG13 Website`_
- `EFR32FG13 Datasheet`_
- `EFR32xG13 Reference Manual`_
- `BRD4255A Reference Manual`_

Supported Features
==================

.. zephyr:board-supported-hw::

Connections and IOs
===================

In the following table, the column **Pin** contains Pin names. For example, PA2
means Pin number 2 on PORTA, as used in the board's datasheets and manuals.

+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| Pin   | Function    | Usage                               |
+=======+=============+=====================================+
| PF4   | GPIO        | LED0                                |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PF5   | GPIO        | LED1                                |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PF6   | GPIO        | Push Button PB0                     |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PF7   | GPIO        | Push Button PB1                     |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PA5   | GPIO        | Board Controller Enable VCOM_ENABLE |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PA0   | USART0_TX   | UART Console VCOM_TX US0_TX #0      |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PA1   | USART0_RX   | UART Console VCOM_RX US0_RX #0      |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PC6   | SPI_MOSI    | Flash MOSI US1_TX #11               |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PC7   | SPI_MISO    | Flash MISO US1_RX #11               |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PC8   | SPI_SCLK    | Flash SCLK US1_CLK #11              |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+
| PA4   | SPI_CS      | Flash Chip Select (GPIO)            |
+-------+-------------+-------------------------------------+

System Clock
============

The EFR32FG13P SoC is configured to use the 38.4 MHz external oscillator on the
board.

Serial Port
===========

The EFR32FG13P SoC has three USARTs and one Low Energy UARTs (LEUART).
USART0 is connected to the board controller and is used for the console.

Programming and Debugging
*************************

Flashing
========

Connect the BRD4001A board with a mounted BRD4255A radio module to your host
computer using the USB port.

Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:`hello_world` application.

.. zephyr-app-commands::
   :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world
   :board: slwrb4255a
   :goals: flash

Open a serial terminal (minicom, putty, etc.) with the following settings:

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

Reset the board and you should see the following message in the terminal:

.. code-block:: console

   Hello World! slwrb4255a


.. _EFR32FG13 Website:
   https://www.silabs.com/wireless/proprietary/efr32fg13-series-1-sub-ghz-2-4-ghz-socs

.. _EFR32FG13 Datasheet:
   https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/data-sheets/efr32fg13-datasheet.pdf

.. _EFR32xG13 Reference Manual:
   https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/reference-manuals/efr32xg13-rm.pdf

.. _standalone Proprietary Wireless radio board:
   https://www.silabs.com/development-tools/wireless/proprietary/slwrb4255a-efr32fg13-915-mhz-radio-board

.. _BRD4255A Reference Manual:
   https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/reference-manuals/brd4255a-rm.pdf