
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
nRF9E5 Single Chip Transceiver with Embedded Microcontroller and ADC
Main office: Nordic Semiconductor ASA - Vestre Rosten 81, N-7075 Tiller, Norway -Phone +4772898900 - Fax +4772898989
Revision: 1.1
Page 3 of 104
June 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Architectural Overview.................................................................................................5
1.1 Microcontroller.........................................................................................................5
1.2 PWM.......................................................................................................................6
1.3 SPI..........................................................................................................................6
1.4 Port Logic ................................................................................................................6
1.5 Power Management..................................................................................................7
1.6 LF Clock, RTC Wakeup Timer, GPIO Wakeup and Watchdog....................................7
1.7 XTAL Oscillator.......................................................................................................7
1.8 AD Converter..........................................................................................................8
1.9 Radio Transceiver.....................................................................................................8
2
Eletrical Specification...................................................................................................9
2.1 Detailed Current Information................................................................................... 10
3
Pin Assignment........................................................................................................... 11
4
Pin Function............................................................................................................... 12
5
System Clock............................................................................................................. 13
6
Digital I/O Ports......................................................................................................... 14
6.1 I/O Port Behavior During RESET............................................................................ 14
6.2 Port 0 (P0) ............................................................................................................. 14
6.3 Port 1 (P1 or SPI port)............................................................................................ 15
7
Analog Interface......................................................................................................... 17
7.1 Crystal Specification............................................................................................... 17
7.2 Antenna Output...................................................................................................... 17
7.3 ADC Inputs............................................................................................................ 17
7.4 Current Reference.................................................................................................. 17
7.5 Digital Power De-Coupling..................................................................................... 18
8
Internal Interface AD Converter and Transceiver.......................................................... 19
8.1 P2 - Radio General Purpose IO Port......................................................................... 19
9
Tranceiver Subsystem (nRF905).................................................................................. 21
9.1 RF Modes of Operation........................................................................................... 21
9.2 nRF ShockBurst Mode........................................................................................ 21
9.3 Standby Mode ........................................................................................................ 26
9.4 Output Power Adjustment....................................................................................... 26
9.5 Modulation............................................................................................................. 26
9.6 Output Frequency................................................................................................... 27
9.7 Carrier Detect......................................................................................................... 27
9.8 Address Match....................................................................................................... 28
9.9 Data Ready............................................................................................................ 28
9.10
Auto Retransmit ................................................................................................. 28
9.11
RX Reduced Power Mode................................................................................... 28
10
AD Converter subsystem............................................................................................ 29
10.1
AD Converter.................................................................................................... 29
10.2
AD Converter Usage .......................................................................................... 30
10.3
AD Converter Sampling and Timing.................................................................... 31
11
Tranceiver and AD Converter Configuration................................................................ 33
11.1
Internal SPI Register Configuration...................................................................... 33
11.2
SPI – Instruction Set........................................................................................... 35
11.3
SPI Timing......................................................................................................... 36
11.4
RF Configuration – Register Description.............................................................. 37
11.5
ADC - Configuration Register Description........................................................... 38
11.6
Status-Register Description................................................................................. 38
11.7
RF - Register Contents........................................................................................ 39