Features
High Performance RF-CMOS 2.4 GHz Radio Transceiver Targeted for IEEE 802.15.4,
ZigBee
, 6LoWPAN, RF4CE, SP100, WirelessHART and ISM Applications
Industry Leading Link Budget (104 dB)
– Receiver Sensitivity -101 dBm
– Programmable Output Power from -17 dBm up to +3 dBm
Ultra-Low Current Consumption:
Ultra-Low Supply Voltage (1.8V to 3.6V) with Internal Regulator
Optimized for Low BoM Cost and Ease of Production:
– Few External Components Necessary (Crystal, Capacitors and Antenna)
– Excellent ESD Robustness
Easy to Use Interface:
– Registers, Frame Buffer and AES Accessible through Fast SPI
– Only Two Microcontroller GPIO Lines Necessary
– One Interrupt Pin from Radio Transceiver
– Clock Output with Prescaler from Radio Transceiver
Radio Transceiver Features:
– 128-byte FIFO (SRAM) for Data Buffering
– Programmable Clock Output, to Clock the Host Microcontroller or as Timer
Reference
– Integrated RX/TX Switch
– Fully Integrated, Fast Settling PLL to support Frequency Hopping
– Battery Monitor
– Fast Wake-Up Time < 0.4 msec
Special IEEE 802.15.4-2006 Hardware Support:
– FCS Computation and Clear Channel Assessment
– RSSI Measurement, Energy Detection and Link Quality Indication
MAC Hardware Accelerator:
– Automated Acknowledgement, CSMA-CA and Retransmission
– Automatic Address Filtering
– Automated FCS Check
Extended Feature Set Hardware Support:
– AES 128-bit Hardware Accelerator
– RX/TX Indication (external RF Front-End Control)
– RX Antenna Diversity
– Supported PSDU data rates: 250 kb/s, 500 kb/s, 1 Mb/s and 2 Mb/s
– True Random Number Generation for Security Application
Industrial and Extended Temperature Range:
– -40°C to +85°C and -40°C to +125°C
I/O and Packages:
– 32-pin Low-Profile QFN Package 5 x 5 x 0.9 mm
– RoHS/Fully Green
Compliant to IEEE 802.15.4-2006 and IEEE 802.15.4-2003
Compliant to EN 300 328/440, FCC-CFR-47 Part 15, ARIB STD-T66, RSS-210
– SLEEP
=
0.02 A
– TRX_OFF
=
0.4 mA
– RX_ON
=
12.3 mA
– BUSY_TX
=
14 mA (at max. Transmit Power of +3 dBm)
Low Power
2.4 GHz
Transceiver for
ZigBee,
IEEE 802.15.4,
6LoWPAN,
RF4CE, SP100,
WirelessHART,
and ISM
Applications
AT86RF231-ZU
AT86RF231-ZF
8111C–MCU Wireless–09/09