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CC2538
SWRS096D – DECEMBER 2012 – REVISED APRIL 2015
CC2538 Powerful Wireless Microcontroller System-On-Chip for 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4,
6LoWPAN, and ZigBee® Applications
1 Device Overview
1.1 Features
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• Microcontroller
– Powerful ARM® Cortex®-M3 With Code Prefetch
– Up to 32-MHz Clock Speed
– 512KB, 256KB or 128KB of In-System-
Programmable Flash
– Supports On-Chip Over-the-Air Upgrade (OTA)
– Supports Dual ZigBee Application Profiles
– Up to 32KB of RAM (16KB With Retention in All
Power Modes)
– cJTAG and JTAG Debugging
• RF
– 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 Compliant RF
Transceiver
– Excellent Receiver Sensitivity of –97 dBm
– Robustness to Interference With ACR of 44 dB
– Programmable Output Power up to 7 dBm
• Security Hardware Acceleration
– Future Proof AES-128/256, SHA2 Hardware
Encryption Engine
– Optional – ECC-128/256, RSA Hardware
Acceleration Engine for Secure Key Exchange
– Radio Command Strobe Processor and Packet
Handling Processor for Low-Level MAC
Functionality
• Low Power
– Active-Mode RX (CPU Idle): 20 mA
– Active-Mode TX at 0 dBm (CPU Idle): 24 mA
– Power Mode 1 (4-µs Wake-Up, 32-KB RAM
Retention, Full Register Retention): 0.6 mA
– Power Mode 2 (Sleep Timer Running, 16-KB
RAM Retention, Configuration Register
Retention): 1.3 µA
– Power Mode 3 (External Interrupts, 16-KB RAM
Retention, Configuration Register Retention):
0.4 µA
– Wide Supply-Voltage Range (2 V to 3.6 V)
1.2 Applications
• Smart Grid and Home Area Network
• Home and Building Automation
• Intelligent Lighting Systems
• Peripherals
– µDMA
– 4 × General-Purpose Timers
(Each 32-Bit or 2 × 16-Bit)
– 32-Bit 32-kHz Sleep Timer
– 12-Bit ADC With 8 Channels and Configurable
Resolution
– Battery Monitor and Temperature Sensor
– USB 2.0 Full-Speed Device (12 Mbps)
– 2 × SPI
– 2 × UART
– I2C
– 32 General-Purpose I/O Pins
(28 × 4 mA, 4 × 20 mA)
– Watchdog Timer
• Layout
– 8-mm × 8-mm QFN56 Package
– Robust Device for Industrial Operation up to
125°C
– Few External Components
– Only a Single Crystal Needed for Asynchronous
Networks
• Development Tools
– CC2538 Development Kit
– Reference Design Certified Under FCC and
ETSI Regulations
– Full Software Support for Contiki/6LoWPAN,
Smart Grid, Lighting, and ZigBee Home
Automation With Sample Applications and
Reference Designs Available
– Code Composer Studio™
– IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM
– SmartRF™ Studio
– SmartRF Flash Programmer
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Internet of Things
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An IMPORTANT NOTICE at the end of this data sheet addresses availability, warranty, changes, use in safety-critical applications,
intellectual property matters and other important disclaimers. PRODUCTION DATA.