Datasheet

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nRF8001 Product Specification
Revision 1.2
14.3 32.768 kHz crystal specification requirements .....................................47
14.4 Reset ....................................................................................................48
14.5 Antenna Matching and Balun................................................................48
14.6 DC/DC Converter requirements............................................................48
14.7 PCB layout and decoupling guidelines .................................................48
15 Mechanical specifications ..........................................................................49
16 Ordering information ..................................................................................50
16.1 Package marking ..................................................................................50
16.2 Abbreviations ........................................................................................50
16.3 Product options.....................................................................................50
17 Reference circuitry......................................................................................51
17.1 Schematic for nRF8001 with DC/DC converter enabled ......................51
17.2 Layout ...................................................................................................52
17.3 Bill of Materials .....................................................................................52
17.4 Schematic for nRF8001 with DC/DC converter disabled......................53
17.5 Layout ...................................................................................................54
17.6 Bill of Materials .....................................................................................54
Part B: The nRF8001 Application Controller Interface (ACI)...................55
18 Operating principle .....................................................................................56
18.1 Packet structure....................................................................................57
19 ACI packet types .........................................................................................58
19.1 System commands ...............................................................................58
19.2 Data commands....................................................................................58
19.3 Events...................................................................................................58
20 Service pipes ...............................................................................................59
20.1 Functional description...........................................................................59
20.2 Defining Service pipes ..........................................................................60
20.3 Data transfer on a service pipe.............................................................60
20.4 Transmit service pipes..........................................................................61
20.5 Receive service pipes...........................................................................66
20.6 Broadcast service pipe .........................................................................72
20.7 Set service pipe ....................................................................................74
20.8 Service pipe availability ........................................................................74
21 Flow control ................................................................................................75
21.1 System command buffering ..................................................................75
21.2 Data command buffering ......................................................................75
21.3 Flow control initialization.......................................................................78
22 Operational modes......................................................................................79
22.1 Overview of operational modes ............................................................79
22.2 Sleep mode...........................................................................................81
22.3 Setup mode ..........................................................................................81
22.4 Active mode ..........................................................................................84
22.5 Test mode.............................................................................................88
22.6 RF PHY testing .....................................................................................89
23 Protocol reference.......................................................................................90
23.1 Command and event overview .............................................................91