CC2500 Datasheet, PDF (1/76 Pages) Texas Instruments – Single Chip Low Cost Low Power RF Transceiver

CC2500
CC2500
Single Chip Low Cost Low Power RF Transceiver
Applications
• 2400-2483.5 MHz ISM/SRD band systems
• Consumer Electronics
• Wireless game controllers
Product Description
The CC2500 is a low cost true single chip 2.4
GHz transceiver designed for very low power
wireless applications. The circuit is intended
for the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical)
and SRD (Short Range Device) frequency
band at 2400-2483.5 MHz.
The RF transceiver is integrated with a highly
configurable baseband modem. The modem
supports various modulation formats and has
a configurable data rate up to 500 kbps. The
communication range can be increased by
enabling a Forward Error Correction option,
which is integrated in the modem.
CC2500 provides extensive hardware support
for packet handling, data buffering, burst
transmissions, clear channel assessment, link
quality indication and wake-on-radio.
The main operating parameters and the 64-
byte transmit/receive FIFOs of CC2500 can be
Key Features
• Small size (QLP 4x4 mm package, 20
pins)
• True single chip 2.4 GHz RF transceiver
• Frequency range: 2400-2483.5 MHz
• High sensitivity (–101 dBm at 10 kbps, 1%
packet error rate)
• Programmable data rate up to 500 kbps
• Low current consumption (13.3 mA in RX,
250 kbps, input 30 dB above sensitivity
limit)
• Programmable output power up to +1 dBm
• Excellent receiver selectivity and blocking
performance
• Very few external components:
Completely on-chip frequency synthesizer,
no external filters or RF switch needed
• Programmable baseband modem
• Ideal for multi-channel operation
• Configurable packet handling hardware
• Wireless audio
• Wireless keyboard and mouse
controlled via an SPI interface. In a typical
system, the CC2500 will be used together with
a microcontroller and a few additional passive
components.
CC2500 is based on Chipcon’s SmartRF^®04
technology in 0.18 µm CMOS.
• Suitable for frequency hopping systems
due to a fast settling frequency synthesizer
• Optional Forward Error Correction with
interleaving
• Separate 64-byte RX and TX data FIFOs
• Efficient SPI interface: All registers can be
programmed with one “burst” transfer
• Digital RSSI output
• Suited for systems compliant with EN 300
328 and EN 300 440 class 2 (Europe),
CFR47 Part 15 (US), and ARIB STD-T66
(Japan)
• Wake-on-radio functionality for automatic
low-power RX polling
• Many powerful digital features allow a
high-performance RF system to be made
using an inexpensive microcontroller
• Integrated analog temperature sensor
• Lead-free “green“ package
Preliminary Data Sheet (rev.1.1.) SWRS040
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