AT86RF231-ZU_09 Datasheet, PDF (1/198 Pages) ATMEL Corporation – Low Power 2.4 GHz Transceiver for ZigBee

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:
– _SLEEP
= 0.02 µA
– _{TRX_OFF}
= 0.4 mA
– _{RX_ON}
= 12.3 mA
– _{BUSY_TX}
= 14 mA (at max. Transmit Power of +3 dBm)
• 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 mm³
– 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
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