Anaren, Inc. | 6635 Kirkville Road | East Syracuse, NY 13057
800.411.6596 | www.anaren.com/air | AIR@anaren.com
AnarenIntegratedRadio(AIR)
Low‐powerRFmodules,firmware&developmenttoolsthatmakeiteasyto’gowireless’
Features Benefits
Applications
For more information
see product User’s
Manual, available online.
* The terms ZigBee
®
, ZigBee
®
Alliance, and ZigBee
®
Standard are registered
trademarks of ZigBee
®
General:
2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver
Excellent receiver sensitivity and robustness to
interference (-95dBm average)
Wide input voltage range (2.2V – 3.6V)
Module weight approximately 0.7 grams
Current Consumption:
(Typ @ 25°C, VDD = 3.0V)
Active mode RX (CPU Idle): 28 mA
Active mode TX (CPU Idle):
67 mA @1dBm,
77mA @8dBm (limit for ETSI compliance),
128mA @ 15dBm (limit for FCC/IC compliance)
3 Low power/sleep modes from 0.4uA to 225uA
Microcontroller:
High-performance and low-power 8051
Microcontroller core with code prefetch
256KB in-system programmable flash and 8KB RAM
with retention in all power modes
Firmware:
Preloaded with Anaren’s AIR-ZNP firmware, based
on the TI Z-Stack
™
for the ZigBee
®
Standard
Supports SPI and UART communication
Driver library included for MSP430
™
and Tiva
™
C
MCUs, which abstracts functionality
Over 30 code examples for a paired MCU included to
demonstrate functionality, including:
Button Blink: Blinks LED when button pressed
Hello World: Outputs ‘Hello World’ to the PC via USB
Get Module Version: Displays module version
Get MAC Address: Displays internal MAC address
Write NV Items: Writes to user-accessible non-volatile memory
Read NV Items: Reads user-accessible non-volatile memory
Read Radio GPIO: Displays value of module GPIO 1-4
Write Radio GPIO: Writes values to module GPIO 1-4
Coordinator Function: AF/ZDO, Simple API, or Secure
Router Function: AF/ZDO, Simple API, or Secure
End Point Function: AF/ZDO
RF Tester: RF test utility
AND MANY MORE!
Minimal RF engineering experience necessary
Minimal ZigBee
®
experience necessary
Easy to program and implement, short design cycle
No additional “Intentional Radiator” certification
required (FCC 15.247, IC RSS-210, EN 300 328)
FCC ID: X7J-A11091301 // IC: 8975A-A11091301
Suitable for export (ECCN 5A002.a.1 per CCATS
G147235) and is eligible for license exception under
sections 740.17(A) and (B)(3) of the EAR
Minimal real estate required
Easily implemented on a two layer PCB
No additional harmonic filtering required
100% RF-tested in production
Common footprint for similar products in family
No additional DC decoupling required
Includes IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Timer
CSMA/CA hardware support
Accurate Digital RSSI/LQI support
Battery monitor and temperature sensor
AES Security co processor
Operating temperature –40 to +85˚C
ZigBee
®
Light Link control systems, ZigBee
®
systems,
Home/building automation, lighting systems, low power
wireless sensor networks, consumer electronics, industrial
control and monitoring.
PLEASE NOTE: Additional information on the Texas
Instruments CC2530 and CC2591 devices can be found in
the company’s latest datasheet release at http://www.ti.com
This product is not to be used in any implantable medical device or external
medical device intended to regulate or monitor biological functions, including but
not limited to devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac
resynchronization devices, pressure sensors, biochemical stimulators and
neurostimulators. ANAREN MAKES NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS OR
MERCHANTABILITY OF THIS PRODUCT FOR ANY USE OF THIS TYPE.
Anaren shall not be responsible for any consequential damages arising from the
sale or use of this product for any use of this type. The ultimate user of the
product assumes all risk of personal injury or death arising from a prohibited use.
The A2530E24AZ1 is a high-performance, FCC & IC certified and ETSI-
compliant radio module that incorporates the Texas Instruments CC2530
SOC with a CC2591 Range Extender, and integral antenna, all in one of the
industry’s smallest packages: 11 x 19 x 2.5 mm. The module comes pre-
loaded with Anaren’s AIR-ZNP for ZigBee
®
* Standard firmware.
A2530E24AZ1
2530 System on Chip Series
