PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
nRF24AP1 Single Chip 2.4 GHz Radio Transceiver with Embedded ANT Protocol
Nordic Semiconductor ASA - Vestre Rosten 81, N-7075 Tiller, Norway - Phone +4772898900 - Fax +4772898989
Revision: 1.0 Page 15 of 25 September 2006
10. APPLICATION SPECIFIC CURRENT CONSUMPTION
Symbol Parameter (condition) Typ. Units
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Idle
No active channels – No communications 2 µA
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Suspend
Asynchronous suspend Activated 2 µA
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Base-Ext
Active base current when EXT32K used 35 µA
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Base-Int
Active base current with no EXT32K 75 µA
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Peak
Peak Current consumption, RX 22 mA
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PeakTX
Peak Current – TX @ 0dBm 16 mA
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RX_ByteSync
Average Current / RX message byte sync 19 µA
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RX_BitSync
Average Current / RX message bit sync 29 µA
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RX_50k
Average Current / RX message 50Kbaud async 21 µA
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RX_38.4k
Average Current / RX message 38.4Kbaud async 24 µA
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RX_19.2k
Average Current / RX message 19.2Kbaud async 32 µA
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RX_4800
Average Current / RX message 4800baud async 85 µA
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TX_ByteSync
Average Current / TX message byte sync 11 µA
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TX_BitSync
Average Current / TX message bit sync 26 µA
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TX_50k
Average Current / TX message 50Kbaud async 19 µA
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TX_38.4k
Average Current / TX message 38.4Kbaud async 21 µA
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TX_19.2k
Average Current / TX message 19.2Kbaud async 37 µA
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TX_4800
Average Current / TX message 4800baud async 119 µA
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TR_ByteSync
Average Current / bi-directional TX message byte sync 26 µA
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TR_BitSync
Average Current / bi-directional TX message bit sync 38 µA
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TR_50k
Average Current / bi-directional TX message 50Kbaud async 33 µA
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TR_38.4k
Average Current / bi-directional TX message 38.4Kbaud async 35 µA
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TR_19.2k
Average Current / bi-directional TX message 19.2Kbaud async 49 µA
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TR_4800
Average Current / bi-directional TX message 4800baud async 131 µA
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ARX_ByteSync
Average Current / Acknowledged RX message byte sync 28 µA
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ARX_BitSync
Average Current / Acknowledged RX message bit sync 51 µA
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ARX_50k
Average Current / Acknowledged RX message 50Kbaud async 38 µA
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ARX_38.4k
Average Current / Acknowledged RX message 38.4Kbaud async 42 µA
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ARX_19.2k
Average Current / Acknowledged RX message 19.2Kbaud async 48 µA
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ARX_4800
Average Current / Acknowledged RX message 4800baud async 102 µA
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ATX_ByteSync
Average Current / Acknowledged TX message byte sync 37 µA
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ATX_BitSync
Average Current / Acknowledged TX message bit sync 55 µA
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ATX_50k
Average Current / Acknowledged TX message 50Kbaud async 47 µA
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ATX_38.4k
Average Current / Acknowledged TX message 38.4Kbaud async 50 µA
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ATX_19.2k
Average Current / Acknowledged TX message 19.2Kbaud async 70 µA
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ATX_4800
Average Current / Acknowledged TX message 4800baud async 146 µA
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Ave
Broadcast TX@ 0.5Hz byte sync,EXT32K 30 µA
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Ave
Broadcast TX @ 2 Hz byte sync,EXT32K 52 µA
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Ave
Broadcast RX @ 0.5Hz byte sync,EXT32K 34 µA
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Ave
Acknowledged TX@ 0.5 Hz byte sync,EXT32K 43 µA
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Ave
Acknowledged RX@ 0.5 Hz byte sync,EXT32K 38 µA
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Ave
Burst continuous @ 20 kbps, byte synchronous 4.92 mA
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Ave
Burst continuous @ 7.5 kbps, bit synchronous 5.7 mA
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Ave
Burst continuous @ 20 kbps, asynchronous (50k) 5.4 mA
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Ave
Burst continuous @ 13. kbps, asynchronous (38.4k) 5.5 mA
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Ave
Burst continuous @ 8.5 kbps, asynchronous (19.2k) 5.85 mA
Table 7: Application specific current consumption