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Frequency range 2379-2496 MHz Standard Proprietary 2.4 GHz Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 125 Rating Catalog Transmission principle GFSK, MSK
Frequency range 2379-2496 MHz Standard Proprietary 2.4 GHz Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 125 Rating Catalog Transmission principle GFSK, MSK
VQFN (RHB) 32 25 mm² 5 x 5
  • RF section
    • Single-Chip 2.4-GHz RF Transceiver and MCU
    • Data Rates and Modulation Formats:
      • 2-Mbps GFSK, 320-kHz Deviation
      • 2-Mbps GFSK, 500-kHz Deviation
      • 1-Mbps GFSK, 160-kHz Deviation
      • 1-Mbps GFSK, 250-kHz Deviation
      • 500-kbps MSK
      • 250-kbps GFSK, 160-kHz Deviation
      • 250-kbps MSK
    • Excellent Link Budget, Enabling Long Range
      Without External Front-Ends
    • Programmable Output Power up to 4 dBm
    • Excellent Receiver Sensitivity (–88 dBm at 2 Mbps)
    • Suitable for Systems Targeting Compliance With
      Worldwide Radio Frequency Regulations:
      ETSI EN 300 328 and EN 300 440 Category 2 (Europe),
      FCC CFR47 Part 15 (US), and ARIB STD-T66 (Japan)
    • Accurate RSSI Function
  • Layout
    • Few External Components
    • Reference Designs Available
    • 32-pin 5-mm × 5-mm QFN (8 General I/O Pins) Package
  • Low Power
    • Active Mode RX: 22.5 mA
    • Active Mode TX (0 dBm): 27 mA
    • Power Mode 1 (4-µs Wake-Up): 1 mA
    • Wide Supply-Voltage Range
      • 3.3V LDO Output
      • Supply Range: 2 V–3.6 V
      • USB 5-V Regulator: 4 V–5.45 V
  • Microcontroller
    • High-Performance and Low-Power 8051 Microcontroller Core With Code Prefetch
    • 32-KB Flash Program Memory
    • 2 KB SRAM
    • Hardware Debug Support
    • Extensive Baseband Automation, Including Auto-Acknowledgement and Address Decoding
  • Peripherals
    • Full Speed USB 2.0
      • 6 Endpoints (Endpoint 0 and 5 IN/OUT Endpoints)
      • Internal Pullup for D+
      • 5-V to 3.3-V Regulator
    • Powerful Two-Channel DMA
    • General-Purpose Timers (One 16-Bit, Two 8-Bit)
    • Radio Timer, 40-Bit
    • IR Generation Circuitry
    • Several Oscillators:
      • 32-MHz XOSC
      • 16-MHz RCOSC
      • 32-kHz RCOSC
    • 32-kHz Sleep Timer With Capture
    • AES Security Coprocessor
    • UART/SPI Serial Interface
    • 8 General-Purpose I/O pins (6 × 4-mA and 2 × 20-mA Drive Strength)
    • Watchdog Timer
    • True Random-Number Generator
  • RF section
    • Single-Chip 2.4-GHz RF Transceiver and MCU
    • Data Rates and Modulation Formats:
      • 2-Mbps GFSK, 320-kHz Deviation
      • 2-Mbps GFSK, 500-kHz Deviation
      • 1-Mbps GFSK, 160-kHz Deviation
      • 1-Mbps GFSK, 250-kHz Deviation
      • 500-kbps MSK
      • 250-kbps GFSK, 160-kHz Deviation
      • 250-kbps MSK
    • Excellent Link Budget, Enabling Long Range
      Without External Front-Ends
    • Programmable Output Power up to 4 dBm
    • Excellent Receiver Sensitivity (–88 dBm at 2 Mbps)
    • Suitable for Systems Targeting Compliance With
      Worldwide Radio Frequency Regulations:
      ETSI EN 300 328 and EN 300 440 Category 2 (Europe),
      FCC CFR47 Part 15 (US), and ARIB STD-T66 (Japan)
    • Accurate RSSI Function
  • Layout
    • Few External Components
    • Reference Designs Available
    • 32-pin 5-mm × 5-mm QFN (8 General I/O Pins) Package
  • Low Power
    • Active Mode RX: 22.5 mA
    • Active Mode TX (0 dBm): 27 mA
    • Power Mode 1 (4-µs Wake-Up): 1 mA
    • Wide Supply-Voltage Range
      • 3.3V LDO Output
      • Supply Range: 2 V–3.6 V
      • USB 5-V Regulator: 4 V–5.45 V
  • Microcontroller
    • High-Performance and Low-Power 8051 Microcontroller Core With Code Prefetch
    • 32-KB Flash Program Memory
    • 2 KB SRAM
    • Hardware Debug Support
    • Extensive Baseband Automation, Including Auto-Acknowledgement and Address Decoding
  • Peripherals
    • Full Speed USB 2.0
      • 6 Endpoints (Endpoint 0 and 5 IN/OUT Endpoints)
      • Internal Pullup for D+
      • 5-V to 3.3-V Regulator
    • Powerful Two-Channel DMA
    • General-Purpose Timers (One 16-Bit, Two 8-Bit)
    • Radio Timer, 40-Bit
    • IR Generation Circuitry
    • Several Oscillators:
      • 32-MHz XOSC
      • 16-MHz RCOSC
      • 32-kHz RCOSC
    • 32-kHz Sleep Timer With Capture
    • AES Security Coprocessor
    • UART/SPI Serial Interface
    • 8 General-Purpose I/O pins (6 × 4-mA and 2 × 20-mA Drive Strength)
    • Watchdog Timer
    • True Random-Number Generator

The CC2544 is an optimized system-on-chip (SoC) solution for USB applications with datarates upto 2Mbps built with low bill-of-material cost. The CC2544 combines the excellent performance of a leading RF transceiver with a single-cycle 8051 compliant CPU, 32-KB in-system programmable flash memory, up to 2-KB RAM, and many other powerful features.

The CC2544 is compatible with the CC2541/CC2543/CC2545. It comes in a 5-mm × 5-mm QFN32 package, with SPI/UART/USB interface. The CC2544 comes complete with reference designs from Texas Instruments.

The devices target wireless consumer and HID applications. The CC2544 is ideal for USB dongle applications.

The CC2544 is an optimized system-on-chip (SoC) solution for USB applications with datarates upto 2Mbps built with low bill-of-material cost. The CC2544 combines the excellent performance of a leading RF transceiver with a single-cycle 8051 compliant CPU, 32-KB in-system programmable flash memory, up to 2-KB RAM, and many other powerful features.

The CC2544 is compatible with the CC2541/CC2543/CC2545. It comes in a 5-mm × 5-mm QFN32 package, with SPI/UART/USB interface. The CC2544 comes complete with reference designs from Texas Instruments.

The devices target wireless consumer and HID applications. The CC2544 is ideal for USB dongle applications.

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* Data sheet CC2544 System-on-Chip for 2.4-GHz USB Applications datasheet (Rev. D) 03 May 2012
* Errata CC2544 ERRATA NOTE 28 Mar 2012
* User guide CC2543, CC2544, CC2545 System-on-Chip Solution for 2.4-GHz Apps User's Guide (Rev. B) 18 Mar 2013
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Application note Autonomous high density streaming protocol 06 Aug 2013
User guide CC2543/44/45 Development Kit User’s Guide (Rev. B) 06 Jun 2013
Application note AN081 -- Johanson Technology Balun Optimized for CC253X, CC254X, CC257X, CC853X (Rev. B) 06 Nov 2012
Application note AN118 -- Flash programming of CC253x/4x devices 05 Sep 2012
Application note AN098 - Layout Review Techniques for Low Power RF Designs (Rev. A) 02 Aug 2012

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