Rainbow Electronics AT86RF230 User Manual
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AT86RF230
5131A-ZIGB-06/14/06
Table of contents
1.
Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................4
2.
General Circuit Description..............................................................................................................................5
3.
Technical Parameters......................................................................................................................................6
3.1.
Absolute Maximum Ratings.........................................................................................................................6
3.2.
Recommended Operating Range................................................................................................................6
3.3.
Digital Pin Specifications .............................................................................................................................6
3.4.
General RF Specifications...........................................................................................................................7
3.5.
Transmitter Specifications ...........................................................................................................................7
3.6.
Receiver Specifications ...............................................................................................................................8
3.7.
Current Consumption Specifications ...........................................................................................................9
3.8.
SPI Timing Specifications............................................................................................................................9
3.9.
Crystal Parameter Specifications ..............................................................................................................10
4.
Basic Operating Modes .................................................................................................................................11
4.1.
Configuration .............................................................................................................................................11
4.2.
Basic Operating Mode Description............................................................................................................12
4.2.1.
P_ON ....................................................................................................................................................12
4.2.2.
SLEEP...................................................................................................................................................12
4.2.3.
TRX_OFF..............................................................................................................................................12
4.2.4.
PLL_ON ................................................................................................................................................12
4.2.5.
RX_ON and BUSY_RX .........................................................................................................................13
4.2.6.
RX_ON_NOCLK ...................................................................................................................................13
4.2.7.
BUSY_TX..............................................................................................................................................13
4.3.
Basic Mode Timing ....................................................................................................................................13
4.3.1.
Wake-up Procedure ..............................................................................................................................13
4.3.2.
Transition from PLL_ON via BUSY_TX to RX_ON...............................................................................14
4.3.3.
State Transition Timing .........................................................................................................................15
5.
Extended Operating Modes ...........................................................................................................................16
5.1.
Peer-to-peer Network Support ..................................................................................................................16
5.2.
Configuration .............................................................................................................................................18
5.3.
Extended Operation Mode Description .....................................................................................................18
5.3.1.
RX_AACK_ON ......................................................................................................................................18
5.3.2.
TX_ARET_ON.......................................................................................................................................18
5.3.3.
RX_AACK_NOCLK ...............................................................................................................................19
6.
Functional Description ...................................................................................................................................20
6.1.
RSSI/Energy Detection .............................................................................................................................20
6.2.
Link Quality Indication ...............................................................................................................................20
6.3.
Clear Channel Assessment.......................................................................................................................20
6.4.
Voltage Regulators ....................................................................................................................................20
6.5.
Battery Monitor ..........................................................................................................................................21
6.6.
Crystal Oscillator .......................................................................................................................................22
6.7.
PLL Frequency Synthesizer ......................................................................................................................23
6.8.
Automatic Filter Tuning .............................................................................................................................24
7.
PHY to Micro-Controller Interface..................................................................................................................25
7.1.
SPI Protocol...............................................................................................................................................25
7.2.
Register Access Mode (Short Mode) ........................................................................................................26
7.3.
Frame Buffer Access Modes (Long Modes)..............................................................................................27
7.4.
Frame Receive Procedure ........................................................................................................................28
7.5.
Frame Transmit Procedure .......................................................................................................................28
7.6.
Sleep/Wake-up and Transmit Signal.........................................................................................................29
7.7.
Interrupt Logic............................................................................................................................................30