Introduction
1 Getting Started with WBZ451 Curiosity Board
This section covers the evaluation board features and running the preprogrammed demo example.
2 Getting Started with Software Development
This section gives a detailed information on the steps to install IDE, compiler, tool chain, BLE, Zigbee stacks and application examples on the PC.
3 Bluetooth Low Energy Applications
This section provides details on documentation describing the steps to test and develop the precompiled BLE application examples.
4 Getting Started with Zigbee Applications
5 Getting Started with Multiprotocol Applications
This section describes steps to test and develop the precompiled BLE and Zigbee coexistence application examples.
6 Flashing hex from MPLAB DISCOVER using MPLAB IPE
This section provides a detailed procedure of how to download an already existing application hex file from MPLAB DISCOVER and flash the hex file into WBZ451 Curiosity Board using MPLAB IPE.
7 Getting Started with IEEE 802.15.4 P2P Phy Application
8 Getting Started with IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Applications
9 Adding Chip Peripherals
This section describes how to add analog/digital peripherals to the application
10 Thread Applications
11 Low Power Design
This section explains in detail on how to enable the low power modes – Sleep/Standby or Deep Sleep/Backup modes in the design.
12 Firmware and OTA Updates
This section documents how to enable firmware updates in the design, whether it is serial or Over The Air (OTA)
13 Wireless System Services API
14 Support Documentation
This section has documentation that is generic and used as supporting document with the application example documentation.
15 Porting Guide for WBZ451 to PIC32CX1012BZ25048
16 Porting Guide for WBZ451 to WBZ450
Microchip Information

8 Getting Started with IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Applications

The MAC Applications are built on top of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC and IEEE 802.15.4 Physical Layer for PIC32CX-BZ2 platform devices. The application demonstrates the usage of Standalone 802.15.4-MAC Component to form a 4-node star configuration, which comprises of a Coordinator (FFD) and 4 End Devices (RFDs). The End Devices pull data from the Coordinator through polling, while also transmitting data back to the Coordinator.

This application serves as an example of the bi-directional capabilities of MAC. Refer to the following link for push pull mac application project generation and demonstration.

Getting started with IEEE 802.15.4 MAC

The online versions of the documents are provided as a courtesy. Verify all content and data in the device’s PDF documentation found on the device product page.