9 low-power 2.4 ghz transceiver, 1 features, Atmega128rfa1 – Rainbow Electronics ATmega128RFA1 User Manual
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8266A-MCU Wireless-12/09
ATmega128RFA1
9 Low-Power 2.4 GHz Transceiver
9.1 Features
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High performance RF-CMOS 2.4 GHz radio transceiver targeted for IEEE
802.15.4™, ZigBee™, IPv6 / 6LoWPAN, RF4CE, SP100, WirelessHART™ and
ISM applications
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Outstanding link budget (103.5 dB):
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Receiver sensitivity -100 dBm
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Programmable output power from -17 dBm up to +3.5 dBm
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Ultra-low current consumption:
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TRX_OFF
= 0.4 mA
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RX_ON
= 12.5 mA
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BUSY_TX
= 14.5 mA (at max. transmit power of +3.5 dBm)
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Optimized for low BoM cost and ease of production:
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Few external components necessary (crystal, capacitors and
antenna)
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Excellent ESD robustness
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Easy to use interface:
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Registers and frame buffer access from software
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Dedicated radio transceiver interrupts
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Radio transceiver features:
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128 byte FIFO (SRAM) for data buffering
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Integrated RX/TX switch
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Fully integrated, fast settling PLL to support frequency hopping
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Battery monitor
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Fast wake-up time < 0.25 ms
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Special IEEE 802.15.4 2006 hardware support:
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FCS computation and clear channel assessment (CCA)
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RSSI measurement, energy detection and link quality indication
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MAC hardware accelerator:
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Automated acknowledgement, CSMA-CA and frame
retransmission
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Automatic address filtering
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Automated FCS check
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Extended Feature Set Hardware Support:
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AES 128 bit hardware accelerator
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RX/TX indication (external RF front-end control)
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RX antenna diversity
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Supported PSDU data rates: 250 kb/s, 500 kb/s, 1 Mb/s and 2 Mb/s
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True random number generation for security applications
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Compliant to IEEE 802.15.4-2006, IEEE 802.15.4-2003 and RF4CE
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Compliant to EN 300 328/440, FCC-CFR-47 Part 15, ARIB STD-66, RSS-210