Features High Performance RF-CMOS 2.4 GHz Radio Transceiver Targeted for IEEE 802.15.4 , ZigBee , 6LoWPAN, RF4CE, SP100, WirelessHART 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 A TRX OFF = 0.4 mA RX ON = 12.3 mA BUSY TX = 14 mA (at max. Transmit Power of +3 dBm) Ultra-Low Supply Voltage (1.8V to 3.6V) with Internal Regulator Low Power Optimized for Low BoM Cost and Ease of Production: Few External Components Necessary (Crystal, Capacitors and Antenna) 2.4 GHz Excellent ESD Robustness Easy to Use Interface: Transceiver for Registers, Frame Buffer and AES Accessible through Fast SPI Only Two Microcontroller GPIO Lines Necessary ZigBee, One Interrupt Pin from Radio Transceiver Clock Output with Prescaler from Radio Transceiver IEEE 802.15.4, Radio Transceiver Features: 128-byte FIFO (SRAM) for Data Buffering 6LoWPAN, Programmable Clock Output, to Clock the Host Microcontroller or as Timer Reference RF4CE, SP100, Integrated RX/TX Switch Fully Integrated, Fast Settling PLL to support Frequency Hopping WirelessHART, Battery Monitor Fast Wake-Up Time < 0.4 msec and ISM Special IEEE 802.15.4-2006 Hardware Support: FCS Computation and Clear Channel Assessment Applications RSSI Measurement, Energy Detection and Link Quality Indication MAC Hardware Accelerator: Automated Acknowledgement, CSMA-CA and Retransmission Automatic Address Filtering Automated FCS Check AT86RF231-ZU Extended Feature Set Hardware Support: AES 128-bit Hardware Accelerator AT86RF231-ZF 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 and Extended Temperature Range: -40C to +85C and -40C to +125C I/O and Packages: 32-pin Low-Profile QFN Package 5 x 5 x 0.9 mm 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-T66, RSS-210 8111CMCU Wireless09/09AT86RF231 1. Pin-out Diagram Figure 1-1. AT86RF231 Pin-out Diagram 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 1 24 DIG3 IR Q exposed paddle 2 23 DIG4 /SEL AVSS AVSS 3 22 MOSI RFP 4 21 DVSS AT86RF231 RFN 5 20 MISO AVSS 6 19 SCLK DVSS 7 18 DVSS 8 /R ST 17 CLKM 9 10111213141516 Note: The exposed paddle is electrically connected to the die inside the package. It shall be soldered to the board to ensure electrical and thermal contact and good mechanical stability. 2 8111CMCU Wireless09/09 DIG1 AVSS DIG2 AVSS SLP TR AVSS DVSS AVDD DVD D EVDD DVD D AVSS DEVD D XTAL1 DVSS XTAL2