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 700 Series Integration Guide

700 Series

Provides an implementation guide for integrating Z-Wave 700 series devices into product designs. It is intended for product design engineers who aim for a fast integration of Z-Wave 700 series devices. Gives guidance on programming and debug interfaces, crystal calibration, and matching network.

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 EFR32ZG14/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 EFR32ZG14 and EFR32ZG23 devices. 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 Appl. Prg. Guide

Serial API

Guideline for developing serial API-based host applications.