Technical Description

FCC ID: PQN44438TX2G4

Operational Description

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FCCID_1936725

Technical Description:
The brief circuit description is listed as follows:

U1 and Associated circuit act as MCU and 2.4GHz RF transceiver module.
PE93SP acts as Voltage Regulator
RX4056 and ETA1483 act as current control

Antenna Used:

An internal, integral antenna has been used.
Antenna Gain: 0dBi
Production tolerance: -2dBm (Minimum) to +2dBm (Maximum)


nRF24LE1 Preliminary Product Specification

1        Introduction
The nRF24LE1 is a member of the low-cost, high-performance nRF24 family of intelligent 2.4 GHz RF
Transceivers with embedded microcontrollers. The nRF24LE1 is optimized to provide a single chip solu-
tion for ULP wireless applications. The combination of processing power, memory, low power oscillators,
real-time counter, AES encryption accelerator, random generator and a range of power saving modes pro-
vides an ideal platform for implementation of RF protocols. Benefits of using nRF24LE1 include tighter pro-
tocol timing, security, lower power consumption and improved co-existence performance. For the
application layer the nRF24LE1 offers a rich set of peripherals including: SPI, 2-wire, UART, 6 to 12 bit
ADC, PWM and an ultra low power analog comparator for voltage level system wake-up.

The nRF24LE1 comes in three different package variants:

    •   An ultra compact 4x4mm 24 pin QFN (7 generic I/O pins)
    •   A compact 5x5mm 32 pin QFN (15 generic I/O pins)
    •   A 7x7mm 48 pin QFN (31 generic I/O pins)

The 4x4mm 24 pin QFN is ideal for low I/O count applications where small size is key. Examples include
wearable sports sensors and watches. The 5x5mm 32 pin QFN is ideal for medium I/O count applications
such as wireless mouse, remote controls and toys. The 7x7mm 48 pin QFN is designed for high I/O count
products like wireless keyboards.

1.1         Prerequisites
In order to fully understand the product specification, a good knowledge of electronic and software engi-
neering is necessary.

1.2         Writing conventions
This product specification follows a set of typographic rules that makes the document consistent and easy
to read. The following writing conventions are used:

    •   Commands, bit state conditions, and register names are written in Courier.

    •   Pin names and pin signal conditions are written in Courier bold.

    •   Cross references are underlined and highlighted in blue.




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2        Product overview

2.1         Features
Features of the nRF24LE1 include:

    •   Fast 8-bit microcontroller:
           X Intel MCS 51 compliant instruction set

           X Reduced instruction cycle time, up to 12x compared to legacy 8051

           X 32 bit multiplication – division unit

    •   Memory:
           X Program memory: 16 kbytes of Flash memory with security features (up to 1k erase/ write

              cycles)
           X Data memory: 1 kbytes of on-chip RAM memory

           X Non-volatile data memory: 1 kbyte

           X Non-volatile data memory extended endurance: 512 bytes (up to 20k erase/ write cycles)

    •   A number of on-chip hardware resources are available through programmable multi purpose input/
        output pins (7-31 pins dependent on package variant):
           X GPIO

           X SPI master

           X SPI slave

           X 2-Wire master/ slave

           X Full duplex serial port

           X PWM

           X ADC

           X Analog comparator

           X External interrupts

           X Timer inputs

           X 32 kHz crystal oscillator

           X Debug interface

    •   High performance 2.4 GHz RF-transceiver
           X True single chip GFSK transceiver

           X Complete OSI Link Layer in hardware

           X Enhanced ShockBurst™ link layer support in HW:

                   X Packet assembly/disassembly

                   X Address and CRC computation

                   X Auto ACK and retransmit

           X On the air data rate 250 kbps, 1 Mbps or 2 Mbps

           X Digital interface (SPI) speed 0-8 Mbps

           X 125 RF channel operation, 79 (2.402-2.81 GHz) channels within 2.400 - 2.4853 GHz.

           X Short switching time enable frequency hopping

           X Fully RF compatible with nRF24LXX

           X RF compatible with nRF2401A, nRF2402, nRF24E1, nRF24E2 in 250 kbps and 1 Mbps mode

    •   A/D converter:
           X 6, 8, 10 or 12 bit resolution

           X 14 input channels

           X Single ended or differential input

           X Full-scale range set by internal reference, external reference or VDD

           X Single step mode with conversion time down to 3µs

           X Continuous mode with 2, 4, 8 or 16 kbps sampling rate

           X Low current consumption; only 0.1 mA at 2 ksps

           X Mode for measuring supply voltage




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  •   Analog comparator:
         X Used as wakeup source

         X Low current consumption (0.75µA typical)

         X Differential or single-ended input

         X Single-ended threshold programmable to 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of VDD or an arbitrary ref-

           erence voltage from pin
         X 14-channel input multiplexer

         X Rail-to-rail input voltage range

         X Programmable output polarity

  •   Encryption/decryption Co-processor
         X Utilize time and power effective AES firmware

  •   Random number generator:
         X Non-deterministic architecture based on thermal noise

         X No seed value required

         X Non-repeating sequence

         X Corrector algorithm ensures uniform statistical distribution

         X Data rate up to 10 kilobytes per second

         X Operational while the processor is in standby

  •   System reset and power supply monitoring:
         X On-chip power-on and brown-out reset

         X Watchdog timer reset

         X Reset from pin

         X Power-fail comparator with programmable threshold and interrupt to MCU

  •   On-chip timers:
         X Three16-bit timers/counters operating at the system clock (sources from the 16 MHz on-chip

           oscillators)
         X One 16-bit timer/counter operating at the low frequency clock (32 kHz)

  •   On-chip oscillators:
         X 16 MHz crystal oscillator XOSC16M

         X 16 MHz RC-oscillator RCOSC16M

         X 32 kHz crystal oscillator XOSC32K

         X 32 kHz RC-oscillator RCOSC32K

  •   Power management function:
         X Low power design supporting fully static stop/ standby

         X Programmable MCU clock frequency from 125KHz to 16 MHz

         X On chip voltage regulators supporting low power mode

         X Watchdog and wakeup functionality running in low power mode

  •   On chip support for FS2 or nRFprobe™ HW debugger, supported by Keil development tools.
  •   Complete firmware platform available:
         X Hardware abstraction layer (HAL) Functions

         X nRF24L01+ Library functions

         X AES HAL

         X Application examples




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2.3        Pin assignments
2.3.1      24-pin 4x4 QFN-package variant




                                               P0.0




                                               IREF
                                               XC1
                                               XC2
                                               VDD
                                               VSS
                                               24 23 22 21 20 19
                                  P0.1     1                           18   VDD
                                   VDD     2       nRF24LE1            17   VSS
                                  DEC1     3                           16   ANT2
                                  DEC2     4            QFN24          15   ANT1
                                  PROG     5             4x4           14   VDD_PA
                                   VSS     6        Exposed die pad    13   RESET
                                               7    8    99 10 11 12
                                                VDD
                                               P0.2
                                               P0.3
                                               P0.4
                                               P0.5
                                               P0.6
               Figure 2. nRF24LE1 pin assignment (top view) for a QFN24 4x4 mm package.

2.3.2      32-pin 5x5 QFN-package variant
                                          P0.0


                                          P1.6
                                          P1.5


                                          IREF
                                          XC1
                                          XC2


                                          VDD
                                          VSS




                                          32 31 30 29 28 27 26         25
                               P0.1   1                                     24   VDD
                                VDD   2                                     23   VSS
                               DEC1   3
                                                   nRF24LE1                      ANT2
                                                                            22
                               DEC2   4                                     21   ANT1
                               P0.2   5
                                                     QFN32                  20   VDD_PA
                               PROG   6
                                                      5x5                   19   RESET
                               P0.3   7                                     18   P1.4
                                VSS   8        Exposed die pad              17   P1.3
                                          9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
                                           VDD
                                          P0.4
                                          P0.5
                                          P0.6
                                          P0.7
                                          P1.0
                                          P1.1
                                          P1.2




               Figure 3. nRF24LE1 pin assignment (top view) for a QFN32 5x5 mm package.




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2.3.3      48-pin 7x7 QFN-package variant




                                      P0.0
                                      P3.6


                                      P3.5
                                      P3.4
                                      P3.3
                                      P3.2
                                      P3.1


                                      IREF
                                      XC1
                                      XC2




                                      VDD
                                      VSS
                                      48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37
                        P0.1      1                                          36   VDD
                        P0.2      2                                          35   VSS
                         VDD      3                                          34   ANT2
                        DEC1     4                                           33   ANT1
                        DEC2     5                nRF24LE1                   32   VDD_PA
                        P0.3      6                                          31   P3.0
                        P0.4      7                 QFN48                    30   RESET
                        P0.5     8                   7x7                     29   P2.7
                        P0.6      9                                          28   P2.6
                        PROG     10                                          27   P2.5
                        P0.7     11                                          26   P2.4
                         VSS     12
                                                Exposed die pad              25   P2.3
                                       13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
                                        VDD
                                       P1.0
                                       P1.1
                                       P1.2
                                       P1.3
                                       P1.4
                                       P1.5
                                       P1.6
                                       P1.7
                                       P2.0
                                       P2.1
                                       P2.2
               Figure 4. nRF24LE1 pin assignment (top view) for a QFN48 7x7 mm package.

2.4        Pin functions
          Name                   Type                                Description
           VDD         Power                      Power supply (+1.9V to +3.6V DC)
           VSS         Power                      Ground (0V)
          DEC1         Power                      Power supply outputs for de-coupling purposes
          DEC2                                    (100nF for DEC1, 33nF for DEC2)
        P3.6 – P0.0    Digital or analog I/O      General purpose I/O pins. Number of I/O available
                                                  depends on package type.
          PROG         Digital Input              Input to enable flash programming
          RESET        Digital Input              Reset for microcontroller, active low
           IREF        Analog Input               Device reference current output. To be connected
                                                  to reference resistor on PCB.
          VDD_PA       Power Output               Power supply output (+1.8V) for on-chip RF
                                                  Power amplifier
        ANT1, ANT2 RF                             Differential antenna connection (TX and RX)
         XC1, XC2   Analog Input                  Crystal connection for 16M crystal
        Exposed die Power/heat relief             For the nRF24LE1 QFN48 7x7mm and QFN32
           pad                                    5x5mm connect the die pad to GND. For
                                                  nRF24LE1 QFN24 4x4mm do not connect the die
                                                  pad to GND.

                                        Table 2. nRF24LE1 pin functions.




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