User's Guide

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nRF24L01+ Preliminary Product Specification
Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 7
1.1 Features ............................................................................................... 8
1.2 Block diagram ...................................................................................... 9
2 Pin Information.......................................................................................... 10
2.1 Pin assignment..................................................................................... 10
2.2 Pin functions......................................................................................... 11
3 Absolute maximum ratings ...................................................................... 12
4 Operating conditions ................................................................................ 13
5 Electrical specifications ........................................................................... 14
5.1 Power consumption.............................................................................. 14
5.2 General RF conditions ......................................................................... 15
5.3 Transmitter operation ........................................................................... 15
5.4 Receiver operation ............................................................................... 16
5.5 Crystal specifications ........................................................................... 19
5.6 DC characteristics ................................................................................ 19
5.7 Power on reset ..................................................................................... 19
6 Radio Control ............................................................................................ 20
6.1 Operational Modes............................................................................... 20
6.1.1 State diagram .................................................................................. 20
6.1.2 Power Down Mode .......................................................................... 21
6.1.3 Standby Modes................................................................................ 21
6.1.4 RX mode.......................................................................................... 22
6.1.5 TX mode .......................................................................................... 22
6.1.6 Operational modes configuration..................................................... 23
6.1.7 Timing Information........................................................................... 23
6.2 Air data rate.......................................................................................... 24
6.3 RF channel frequency .......................................................................... 24
6.4 Received Power Detector measurements............................................ 24
6.5 PA control............................................................................................. 25
6.6 RX/TX control....................................................................................... 25
7 Enhanced ShockBurst™ .......................................................................... 26
7.1 Features ............................................................................................... 26
7.2 Enhanced ShockBurst™ overview....................................................... 26
7.3 Enhanced Shockburst™ packet format................................................ 27
7.3.1 Preamble ......................................................................................... 27
7.3.2 Address ........................................................................................... 27
7.3.3 Packet Control Field ........................................................................ 27
7.3.4 Payload............................................................................................ 28
7.3.5 CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) ................................................... 28
7.4 Automatic packet handling ................................................................... 28
7.4.1 Static and Dynamic Payload Length................................................ 29
7.4.2 Automatic packet assembly............................................................. 29
7.4.3 Automatic packet validation............................................................. 30
7.4.4 Automatic packet disassembly ........................................................ 30