BC9824 is a GFSK transceiver operating in the world wide ISM frequency band at 2400~2483.5 MHz. Burst mode transmission and up to 2Mbps air data rate make them suitable for applications requiring ultra low power consumption. The embedded packet processing engines enable their full operation with a very simple MCU as a radio system. Auto re-transmission and auto acknowledge give reliable link without any MCU interference. BC9824 operates in TDD mode, either as a transmitter or as a receiver. The RF channel frequency determines the center of the channel used by it.
The frequency is set by the RF_CH register in register bank 0 according to the following formula: F0= 2400 + RF_CH (MHz). The resolution of the RF channel frequency is 1MHz. A transmitter and a receiver must be programmed with the same RF channel frequency to be able to communicate with each other. The output power of it is set by the RF_PWR bits in the RF_SETUP register. Demodulation is done with embedded data slicer and bit recovery logic. The air data rate can be programmed to 250Kbps, 1Mbps or 2Mbps by RF_DR_HIGH and RF_DR_LOW register. A transmitter and a receiver must be programmed with the same setting. In the following chapters, all registers are in register bank 0 except with explicit claim.

Features

2400-2483.5MHz ISM band operation
Support 250Kbps,1Mbps and 2Mbps air data rate
Programmable output power
Low power consumption
Tolerate ± 60ppm 16MHz crystal
Variable payload length from 1 to 32bytes
Automatic packet processing
6 data pipes for 1:6 star networks
1.9V to 3.6V power supply
4-pin SPI interface with maximum 8MHz clock rate
20-pin QFN package