Second generation 2.4 GHz ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 wireless transceiver
Product details
Parameters
Package | Pins | Size
Features
- APPLICATIONS
- IEEE 802.15.4 systems
- ZigBee® systems
- Industrial monitoring and control
- Home and building automation
- Automatic Meter Reading
- Low-power wireless sensor networks
- Set-top boxes and remote controls
- Consumer electronics
- KEY FEATURES
- State-of-the-art selectivity/co-existence
Adjacent channel rejection: 49 dB
Alternate channel rejection: 54 dB - Excellent link budget (103dB)
400 m Line-of-sight range - Extended temp range (–40 to +125°C)
- Wide supply range: 1.8 V – 3.8 V
- Extensive IEEE 802.15.4 MAC hardware
support to offload the microcontroller - AES-128 security module
- CC2420 interface compatibility mode
- State-of-the-art selectivity/co-existence
- Low Power
- RX (receiving frame, –50 dBm) 18.5 mA
- TX 33.6 mA @ +5 dBm
- TX 25.8 mA @ 0 dBm
- <1µA in power down
- General
- Clock output for single crystal systems
- RoHS compliant 5 × 5 mm QFN28 (RHD) package
- Radio
- IEEE 802.15.4 compliant DSSS baseband
modem with 250 kbps data rate - Excellent receiver sensitivity (–98 dBm)
- Programmable output power up to +5 dBm
- RF frequency range 2394-2507 MHz
- Suitable for systems targeting compliance with worldwide radio frequency
regulations: ETSI EN 300 328 and EN 300 440 class 2 (Europe),
FCC CFR47 Part 15 (US) and ARIB STD-T66 (Japan)
- IEEE 802.15.4 compliant DSSS baseband
- Microcontroller Support
- Digital RSSI/LQI support
- Automatic clear channel assessment for CSMA/CA
- Automatic CRC
- 768 bytes RAM for flexible buffering and security processing
- Fully supported MAC security
- 4 wire SPI
- 6 configurable IO pins
- Interrupt generator
- Frame filtering and processing engine
- Random number generator
- Development Tools
- Reference design
- IEEE 802.15.4 MAC software
- ZigBee® stack software
- Fully equipped development kit
- Packet sniffer support in hardware
ZigBee® is a registered trademark owned by ZigBee Alliance, Inc.
Description
The CC2520 is TI's second generation ZigBee®/ IEEE 802.15.4 RF transceiver for the 2.4 GHz unlicensed ISM band. This chip enables industrial grade applications by offering state-of-the-art selectivity/co-existence, excellent link budget, operation up to 125°C and low voltage operation.
In addition, the CC2520 provides extensive hardware support for frame handling, data buffering, burst transmissions, data encryption, data authentication, clear channel assessment, link quality indication and frame timing information. These features reduce the load on the host controller.
In a typical system, the CC2520 will be used together with a microcontroller and a few additional passive components.
Technical documentation
Design & development
For additional terms or required resources, click any title below to view the detail page where available.Hardware development
Description
The SmartRF Transceiver Evaluation Board (TrxEB) is intended to be used together with Texas Instruments’ low-power RF transceivers for evaluation, performance testing and software development.
The following transceiver evaluation modules are supported:
- CC1101EM*
- CC11xLEM*
- CC112xEM*
- CC1175EM*
- CC1200EM*
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Features
- MSP430F5438A microcontroller
- 64x128 pixels serial LCD
- 4 general purpose LEDs
- 5 push-buttons
- 256 kB serial flash
- Three-axis digital accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Jumpers for current measurements
- Break-out pins
- Full-speed USB 2.0 interface
- SmartRF Studio Support
Description
The CC2520EMK is an ad-on development kit for CC2520DK. The full stand-alone development kit is CC2520DK. The CC2520EMK development kit consists of 2 CC2520EM plug in modules and 2 antennas. The CC2520EMK is only usable together with a motherboard/host board, typically the SmartRF05EB and (...)
Features
Can be used with 802.15.4 TIMAC, SimpliciTI, and ZigBee software or for proprietary 802.15.4 applications.
Software development
Features
- Low power - A TI proprietary low-power network protocol
- Flexible:
- Direct device-to-device communication
- Simple star with access point for store and forward to end device
- Range extenders to increase range to 4 hops
- Simple - Utilizes a 5 command API
- Low data rate and low duty cycle
- Ease-of-use
- Application (...)
This page contains links to obtain previous versions of the Z-Stack releases. For new projects, TI recommends using the newest release in order to take advantages of all improvements and new features. The latest Z-Stack release can be found at www.ti.com/z-stack.
Z-Stack Home
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Design tools & simulation
SmartRF Packet Sniffer 2
SmartRF Packet Sniffer 2 includes software and firmware to capture and display over-the-air packets. The capture device is connected to the PC via USB. SmartRF Packet Sniffer 2 supports the CC13xx and CC26xx family of devices as capture device and uses Wireshark for packet (...)
Features
- Link tests. Send and Receive packets between nodes.
- Antenna and radiation tests. Set the radio in continuous wave TX and RX states.
- A set of recommended/typical register settings for all devices.
- Read and write individual RF registers.
- Execute individual commands to control the radio.
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Reference designs
Design files
CAD/CAE symbols
| Package | Pins | Download |
|---|---|---|
| VQFN (RHD) | 28 | View options |
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