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Texas Instruments CC2530F256 System-on-Chip

Texas Instruments CC2530F256 System-on-Chip (SoC) solution for IEEE 802.15.4, Zigbee®, and RF4CE applications combines the excellent performance of a leading RF transceiver with an industry-standard enhanced 8051 microcontroller (MCU), in-system programmable Flash memory, 8KB RAM, and many other powerful features. The Texas Instruments CC2530F256 comes with 256KB of Flash memory and has various operating modes, making it highly suited for systems where ultralow power consumption is required.

Features

  • 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver
  • Excellent receiver sensitivity and robustness to interference
  • Programmable output power up to 4.5dBm
  • Only a single crystal needed for mesh network systems
  • Low power features
    • Active-Mode RX (CPU Idle): 24mA
    • Active Mode TX at 1dBm (CPU Idle): 29mA
    • Power Mode 1 (4µs wake-up): 0.2mA
    • Power Mode 2 (sleep timer running): 1µA
    • Power Mode 3 (external interrupts): 0.4µA
    • Wide supply voltage range (2V-3.6V)
  • MCU features
    • High-performance and low-power 8051 microcontroller core with code prefetch
    • 32, 64, 128, or 256KB in-system-programmable flash
    • 8KB RAM with retention in all power modes
  • Peripheral features
    • Powerful five-channel DMA
    • IEEE 802.15.4 MAC timer, general-purpose timers (one 16-Bit, two 8-Bit)

Applications

  • 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 systems
  • RF4CE remote control systems (64KB flash and higher)
  • ZigBee systems (256KB flash)
  • Home/Building automation
  • Lighting systems
  • Industrial control and monitoring
  • Low-power wireless sensor networks
  • Consumer electronics
  • Health care

Block Diagram

Block Diagram - Texas Instruments CC2530F256 System-on-Chip

Additional Resources

Published: 2009-06-17 | Updated: 2022-03-11