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Features

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High Performance RF-CMOS 2.4 GHz Radio Transceiver Targeted for IEEE 802.15.4 ™ , ZigBee ™ and ISM Applications •
Industry Leading Link Budget (104 dB)–Receiver Sensitivity -101 dBm –Programmable Output Power from -17 dBm up to +3 dBm •
Ultra-Low Current Consumption: – SLEEP = 0.02 µA – TRX_OFF = 0.4 mA – RX_ON = 13.2 mA – BUSY_TX = 14.3 mA (at max. Transmit Power of +3 dBm) •
Ultra-Low Supply Voltage (1.8V to 3.6V) with Internal Regulator •
Optimized for Low BoM Cost and Ease of Production:–Few External Components Necessary (Crystal, Capacitors and Antenna)–Excellent ESD Robustness

AT86RF231 Preliminary - 13779 Low power2.4 GHz Transceiver for ZigBee, IEEE802.15.4, and ISM Applications

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Easy to Use Interface:–Registers, Frame Buffer and AES Accessible through Fast SPI–Only Two Microcontroller GPIO Lines Necessary–One Interrupt Pin from Radio Transceiver–Clock Output with Prescaler from Radio Transceiver •
Radio Transceiver Features:–128-byte FIFO (SRAM) for Data Buffering–Programmable Clock Output, to Clock the Host Microcontroller or as Timer Reference–Integrated RX/TX Switch–Fully Integrated, Fast Settling PLL to support Frequency Hopping–Battery Monitor–Fast Wake-Up Time
Special IEEE 802.15.4-2006 Hardware Support:–FCS Computation and Clear Channel Assessment–RSSI Measurement, Energy Detection and Link Quality Indication

AT86RF231Preliminary

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MAC Hardware Accelerator:–Automated Acknowledgement, CSMA-CA and Retransmission–Automatic Address Filtering–Automated FCS Check •
Extended Feature Set Hardware Support:–AES 128bit Hardware Accelerator–RX/TX Indication (external RF Front-End Control)–RX Antenna Diversity –Supported PSDU data rates: 250 kb/s, 500 kb/s, 1 Mb/s and 2 Mb/s–True Random Number Generation for Security Application •
Industrial Temperature Range:–-40° C to +85° C •
I/O and Packages:–32-pin Low-Profile QFN Package 5 x 5 x 0.9 mm³–RoHS/Fully Green •
Compliant to IEEE 802.15.4-2006 and IEEE 802.15.4-2003 •
Compliant to EN 300 328/440, FCC-CFR-47 Part 15, ARIB STD-66, RSS-210 8111A–AVR–05/08