Zigbee and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless MCU with up to 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM
Product details
Parameters
Package | Pins | Size
Features
- RF/Layout
- 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 Compliant RF Transceiver
- Excellent Receiver Sensitivity and Robustness to Interference
- Programmable Output Power Up to 4.5 dBm
- Few External Components
- Only a Single Crystal Needed for Asynchronous Networks
- 6-mm × 6-mm QFN40 Package
- Suitable for Systems Targeting Compliance With Worldwide Radio-Frequency
Regulations: ETSI EN 300 328 and EN 300 440 (Europe), FCC CFR47 Part 15 (US),
and ARIB STD-T-66 (Japan)
- USB
- USB 2.0 Certified Full Speed Device (12 Mbps)
- 5 Highly Flexible Endpoints
- 1-KB Dedicated FIFO
- DMA Access to FIFO
- No 48-MHz Crystal Required
- Low Power
- Active Mode RX (CPU Idle): 24 mA
- Active Mode TX at 1 dBm (CPU Idle): 29 mA
- Power Mode 1 (4 µs Wake-Up): 0.2 mA
- Power Mode 2 (Sleep Timer Running): 1 µA
- Power Mode 3 (External Interrupts): 0.4 µA
- Wide Supply-Voltage Range (2 V–3.6 V)
- Microcontroller
- High-Performance and Low-Power 8051 Microcontroller Core With Code Prefetch
- 256-KB or 128-KB In-System-Programmable Flash
- 8-KB RAM With Retention in All Power Modes
- Hardware Debug Support
- Peripherals
- Powerful Five-Channel DMA
- IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Timer, General-Purpose Timers (One 16-Bit, Two 8-Bit)
- IR Generation Circuitry
- 32-kHz Sleep Timer With Capture
- CSMA/CA Hardware Support
- Accurate Digital RSSI/LQI Support
- Battery Monitor and Temperature Sensor
- 12-Bit ADC With Eight Channels and Configurable Resolution
- AES Security Coprocessor
- Two Powerful USARTs With Support for Several Serial Protocols
- 21 General-Purpose I/O Pins
(19 × 4 mA, 2 × 20 mA) - Watchdog Timer
- Development Tools
- CC2531 Development Kit
- Certified CC2531 USB Dongle Reference Design
- SmartRF™ Software
- Packet Sniffer
- IAR Embedded Workbench® Software Available
- APPLICATIONS
- USB Upgradable 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 Systems
- RF4CE Remote Control Target for TV or STB
- PC Peripherals
- ZigBee® Systems
- Home/Building Automation
- Lighting Systems
- Industrial Control and Monitoring
- Low-Power Wireless Sensor Networks
- Consumer Electronics
- Health Care
SmartRF, Z-Stack, RemoTI are trademarks of Texas Instruments.
IAR Embedded Workbench is a registered trademark of IAR Systems AB.
ZigBee is a registered trademark of ZigBee Alliance.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Description
The CC2531 is a USB enabled true system-on-chip (SoC) solution for IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee and RF4CE applications. It enables USB dongles or USB upgradable network nodes to be built with low total bill-of-material costs. The CC2531 combines the performance of a leading RF transceiver with an industry-standard enhanced 8051 MCU, in-system programmable flash memory, 8-KB RAM, and many other powerful features. The CC2531 has various operating modes, making it suited for systems where ultralow power consumption is required. Short transition times between operating modes further ensure low energy consumption. Source code for USB HID and CDC libraries and examples are downloadable from the CC2531 product page on www.ti.com.
Combined with the industry-leading and golden-unit-status ZigBee protocol stack (Z-Stack) from Texas Instruments, the CC2531 provides a robust and complete ZigBee USB dongle or firmware upgradable network node.
Combined with the golden-unit-status RemoTI stack from Texas Instruments, the CC2531 provides a robust ZigBee RF4CE remote-control target for USB dongle or TV/STB implementations.
Same functionality but is not pin-for-pin or parametrically equivalent to the compared device:
Technical documentation
Design & development
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Description
The CC2531EMK kit provides one CC2531 USB Dongle and documentation to support a PC interface to 802.15.4 / ZigBee applications. The dongle can be plugged directly into your PC and can be used as an IEEE 802.15.4 packet sniffer or for other purposes. With the CC2531 USB Firmware Library available on (...)
Features
The CC2531EMK includes:
- CC2531 USB Firmware Library and Examples (downloadable from web)
- Works with RemoTI, TIMAC and ZStack for CC2530
- Supported by SmartRF® Studio, Packet Sniffer and Flash Programmer
Description
The CC Debugger is a small programmer and debugger for the TI Low Power RF System-on-Chips. It can be used together with IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 (version 7.51A or later) for debugging and SmartRF Flash Programmer for flash programming. The CC Debugger can also be used for controlling (...)
Features
Contents in the box:
- CC Debugger
- Mini USB cable
- 10-pin flat cable with 2x5 2.54mm connector
- 10-pin flat cable with 2x5 1.27mm connector
- Converter board 2.54mm-1.27mm connector
- Documentation
CC-Debugger can be used to program and debug the following 8051-based system-on-chips from Texas Instruments:
- CC1110 (...)
Software development
Features
- CC2620, CC2650, CC2530, CC2531 (USB), and CC2533 RF SoC and CC259x RF front-end support
- Voice over RF4CE support
- ZigBee RF4CE Certified Platform
- USB HID class support including keyboard and consumer controls pages
- Simple and intuitive RemoTI API
- Complete Sample Application code
- Serial bootloader and (...)
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Features
- Support for IEEE 802.15.4-2006
- Multiple Platforms: CC2630, CC2538, CC2530 and CC2531 wireless MCUs, CC2592 and CC2590 range extenders
- Star topology: point-to-point, one-to-many and data concentrator
- Synchronous (beacon) and asynchronous (non-beacon) modes
- Network security features
- Co-processor (...)
- Incorporates the unified Zigbee Cluster Library which is at the foundation of dotdot, the universal language for IoT applications defining data objects, models and functionalities for embedded IoT applications
- Implements (...)
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
Features
- Packet sniffer for IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee and Thread networks
- Packet sniffer for IEEE 802.15.4ge (TI 15.4 Stack) networks
- Packet sniffer for TI EasyLink protocol
- Packet sniffer for Bluetooth® Low Energy
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.
- Detailed (...)
Reference designs
Design files
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download Simple White Dimmable ZigBee LED Light for Home & Building Automation Gerber.zip (362KB) -
download Simple White Dimmable ZigBee LED Light for Home & Building Automation PCB Layout.pdf (154KB) -
download Simple White Dimmable ZigBee LED Light for Home & Building Automation Assembly.pdf (41KB) -
download Simple White Dimmable ZigBee LED Light for Home & Building Automation CAD Files.zip (585KB) -
download Simple White Dimmable ZigBee LED Light for Home & Building Automation BOM.pdf (38KB)
Design files
Design files
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