nRF2401+ transceiver

Description:

The nRF24L01 is a single chip 2.4GHz transceiver with an embedded baseband protocol engine (Enhanced ShockBurst™), designed for ultra low power wireless applications. The nRF24L01 is designed for operation in the world wide ISM frequency band at 2.400 - 2.4835GHz.


Features
Features of the nRF24L01 include:

• Radio

• Worldwide 2.4GHz ISM band operation
• 126 RF channels
• Common RX and TX pins
• GFSK modulation
• 1 and 2Mbps air data rate
• 1MHz non-overlapping channel spacing at 1Mbps
• 2MHz non-overlapping channel spacing at 2Mbps

• Transmitter

• Programmable output power: 0, -6, -12 or -18dBm
• 11.3mA at 0dBm output power

• Receiver

• Integrated channel filters
• 12.3mA at 2Mbps
• -82dBm sensitivity at 2Mbps
• -85dBm sensitivity at 1Mbps
• Programmable LNA gain

• RF Synthesizer

• Fully integrated synthesizer
• No external loop filer, VCO varactor diode or resonator
• Accepts low cost ±60ppm 16MHz crystal

• Enhanced ShockBurst™

• 1 to 32 bytes dynamic payload length
• Automatic packet handling
• Auto packet transaction handling
• 6 data pipe MultiCeiver™ for 1:6 star networks

• Power Management

• Integrated voltage regulator
• 1.9 to 3.6V supply range
• Idle modes with fast start-up times for advanced power management
• 22uA Standby-I mode, 900nA power down mode
• Max 1.5ms start-up from power down mode
• Max 130us start-up from standby-I mode

• Host Interface

• 4-pin hardware SPI
• Max 8Mbps
• 3 separate 32 bytes TX and RX FIFOs
• 5V tolerant inputs

• Compact 20-pin 4x4mm QFN package

• PCB board size: 31x17 mm

Datasheet of  nRF24L01+