Development Phase Overview#

This section contains recommended Z-Wave resources for more advanced development possibilities to help create custom Z-Wave products based on Z-Wave hardware.

Name

Topic

Content

Z-Wave specifications

Spec

Link for the latest Z-Wave specifications

CRT-100: Z-Wave Certification Process

Certification

Training covering the certification requirements for customers using Z-Wave in their products (16 min video). The beginning provides an overview while the remainder walks through the web tool that customers use during the steps of their certification.

Z-Wave 800 Series Integration Guide

800 Series

Provides an implementation guide for integrating Z-Wave 800 series devices into product designs. It is intended for product design engineers who aim for a fast integration of Z-Wave 800 series devices. Provides an overview of the Z-Wave 800 series device portfolio. Gives guidance on programming and debug interfaces, crystal calibration, and matching network.

Mandatory Crystal Adjustment for EFR32ZG23 Based Products User's Guide

Crystal adjustment

Describes the mandatory adjustment of the system crystal that must be performed on a product based on the EFR32ZG23 device. The procedure is required to ensure that the crystal tolerances of the product are within the specifications of the Z-Wave protocol.

Bring-Up/Test HW Development User's Guide

700/800 Series HW

Describes how to use the RAILtest software to perform RF bring-up tests and validate a design based on the Z-Wave 700 series (ZGM130S, EFR32ZG14) and 800 series devices (ZGM230S, EFR32ZG23).

Manufacture Z-Wave Product in Volume

Manufacturing

Describes the manufacturing test flow for Z-Wave 700/800 SoC-based products. Lists the necessary tests and the describes the method for writing the manufacturing keys

EFR32ZG14 Z-Wave 700 Modem SoC Data Sheet

700 Series SoC

Datasheet for EFR32ZG14 Z-Wave 700 Modem SoC

ZGM130S Z-Wave 700 SiP Module Data Sheet

700 Series SiP

Datasheet for the ZGM130S Z-Wave 700 SiP Module

EFR32ZG23 Wireless SoC Family Data Sheet (800)

800 Series SoC

Datasheet for the EFR32ZG23 Z-Wave 800 Modem SoC family

ZGM230S Z-Wave 800 SiP Module Data Sheet

800 Series SiP

Datasheet for the ZGM230S Z-Wave 800 SiP Module

ZGM230S Z-Wave 800 SiP Module Radio Board User's Guide

800 Series SiP

User's guide for the ZGM230S Z-Wave 800 SiP Module Radio Board (BRD4205B), which is a plug-in board for the Wireless Pro Kit Mainboard (BRD4002A) and the Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard (BRD4001A).

ZGM230S Dev Kit User's Guide - 800 DevKit

800 Series Dev Kit

User's Guide for the ZGM230S Dev Kit, which is a low-cost, small form-factor development and evaluation platform for the ZGM230S Z-Wave SiP Module (System-in-Package Module).

Porting Z-Wave Appl. SW from 500 to 700

Porting

Provides guidelines to Z-Wave application developers for porting applications based on the Z-Wave Application Framework (ZAF) from 500 series SDKs to 700 series SDKs.

Porting Z-Wave Appl. SW from 700 to 800 hardware

Porting

Provides guidelines to Z-Wave application developers for porting applications based on the Z-Wave Application Framework (ZAF) from 700 series SDKs to 800 series SDKs.

RAILtest User’s Guide

RAIL

User's guide for the RAILtest application (RAILtest), a simple tool for testing the radio and the functionality of the RAIL library.

Serial API Host Application Programming Guide

Serial API

Guideline for developing serial API-based host applications.