SX1238 WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET SX1238 - Fully Integrated Transceiver with +27dBm TX Power RFI VBAT1&2 VR_ANA VR_DIG RC Oscillator Power Distribution System Single to Differential ANT Decimation & Filtering Mixers PREAMP Demodulator & Bit Synchronizer LNA RSSI AFC IND Loop Filter Frac-N PLL Synthesizer Ramp & Control VDD1 PAout PDET TXEN XTAL Primary Analog Receive Blocks Control Blocks Primary Digital Wireless Sensor Networks Home and Building Automation DIO1 DIO2 DIO3 DIO4 KEY PRODUCT FEATURES The Low-IF architecture of the SX1238 sees fast transceiver start times and demodulation predicated towards low modulation index and Gaussian filtered spectrally efficient modulation formats. Automated Meter Reading DIO0 GND Transmitter Blocks The SX1238 is a fully integrated ISM band transceiver optimized for use in the (FCC Part 15) 915 MHz band in the US and 868 MHz band in Europe with a minimum of external components. It offers a combination of high link budget and low current consumption in all operating modes. The 150 dB link budget is achieved by a low noise CMOS receiver front end and up to +27 dBm of transmit output power. This is made possible by a fully integrated front end consisting of a TR Switch, LNA and efficient PA. This makes SX1238 ideal for applications requiring extended range, high link budget, or operation in the presence of high interference. SPI RXTX DIO5 Frequency Synthesis GENERAL DESCRIPTION APPLICATIONS RESET XO 32 MHz TX RFO VR_PA Preamp/PA Modulator Tank Inductor Interpolation & Filltering Division by 2,4, or 6 PA0 PA Packet Engine & 66 byte FIFO RXEN MODE RX Control Registers - Shift Registers - SPI Interface VDD2 +27 dBm - 500 mW RF output power +27 dBm high efficiency PA Programmable bit rate up to 300kbps High sensitivity: -124 dBm at 1.2 kbps 863 - 870 MHz and 902 - 928 MHz 80 dB blocking Immunity Low current, 100nA register retention Fully integrated synthesizer with a resolution of 61 Hz FSK, GFSK, MSK, GMSK and OOK modulations Built-in bit synchronizer performing clock recovery Sync word recognition Preamble detection 115 dB+ dynamic range RSSI Automatic RF sense with ultra-fast AFC Packet engine up to 64 bytes with CRC Built-in temperature sensor and low battery indicator ORDERING INFORMATION Wireless Alarm and Security Systems Part Number Delivery MOQ / Multiple SX1238IMLTRT Tape & Reel 3000 pieces Industrial Monitoring and Control SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 1 MLPQ 40 Package - Operating Range [-40;+85°C] Pb-free, Halogen free, RoHS/WEEE compliant product www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Table of contents Section Page 1. General Description ................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1. Simplified Block Diagram ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.2. Pin and Marking Diagram .................................................................................................................................7 1.3. Pin Description .................................................................................................................................................8 2. Electrical Characteristics....................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1. ESD Notice.................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2. Absolute Maximum Ratings .......................................................................................................................... 10 2.3. Operating Range........................................................................................................................................... 10 2.4. Chip Specification ...........................................................................................................................................11 2.4.1. Power Consumption............................................................................................................................... 11 2.4.2. Frequency Synthesis.............................................................................................................................. 11 2.4.3. Receiver ................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.4.4. Transmitter ............................................................................................................................................. 13 2.4.5. Front End Control.................................................................................................................................. 14 2.4.6. Digital Specification................................................................................................................................ 15 3. Chip Description.................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.1. Power Supply Strategy.................................................................................................................................. 17 3.2. Low Battery Detector..................................................................................................................................... 17 3.3. Frequency Synthesis..................................................................................................................................... 17 3.3.1. Reference Oscillator............................................................................................................................... 17 3.3.2. CLKOUT Output ......................................................................................................................................18 3.3.3. PLL Architecture..................................................................................................................................... 18 3.3.4. RC Oscillator .......................................................................................................................................... 20 3.4. Transmitter Description .....................................................................................................................................21 3.4.1. Architecture Description ......................................................................................................................... 21 3.4.2. Bit Rate Setting ...................................................................................................................................... 21 3.4.3. FSK Modulation...................................................................................................................................... 22 3.4.4. OOK Modulation..................................................................................................................................... 23 3.4.5. Modulation Shaping ............................................................................................................................... 23 3.4.6. RF Power Amplifiers .............................................................................................................................. 23 3.5. Receiver Description .........................................................................................................................................24 3.5.1. Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 24 3.5.2. LNA1, LNA2 ........................................................................................................................................... 24 3.5.3. Automatic Gain Control - AGC ............................................................................................................... 24 3.5.4. RSSI ........................................................................................................................................................26 3.5.5. Channel Filter......................................................................................................................................... 26 3.5.6. FSK Demodulator................................................................................................................................... 27 3.5.7. OOK Demodulator.................................................................................................................................. 27 3.5.8. Bit Synchronizer ......................................................................................................................................30 3.5.9. Frequency Error Indicator ...................................................................................................................... 30 3.5.10. AFC ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 3.5.11. Preamble Detector ................................................................................................................................. 32 SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 2 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Table of contents Section Page 3.5.12. Image Rejection Mixer ........................................................................................................................... 32 3.5.13. Image and RSSI Calibration................................................................................................................... 32 3.6. Temperature Measurement........................................................................................................................... 33 3.7. Timeout Function ............................................................................................................................................34 4. Operating Modes .................................................................................................................................................. 35 4.1. General Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 35 4.2. Startup Times................................................................................................................................................ 35 4.2.1. Transmitter Startup Time ....................................................................................................................... 36 4.2.2. Receiver Startup Time ........................................................................................................................... 36 4.2.3. Time to RSSI Evaluation ........................................................................................................................ 37 4.2.4. Tx to Rx Turnaround Time ..................................................................................................................... 37 4.2.5. Rx to Tx.................................................................................................................................................. 37 4.2.6. Receiver Hopping, Rx to Rx ....................................................................................................................38 4.2.7. Tx to Tx .................................................................................................................................................. 38 4.3. Receiver Startup Options ..................................................................................................................................39 4.4. Receiver Restarting Methods........................................................................................................................ 39 4.4.1. Restart Upon User Request ................................................................................................................... 39 4.4.2. Automatic Restart after valid Packet Reception ......................................................................................40 4.4.3. Automatic Restart when Packet Collision is Detected ........................................................................... 40 4.5. Top Level Sequencer .................................................................................................................................... 40 4.5.1. Sequencer States................................................................................................................................... 40 4.5.2. Sequencer Transitions ........................................................................................................................... 41 4.5.3. Timers .................................................................................................................................................... 42 4.5.4. Sequencer State Machine .......................................................................................................................44 5. Data Processing.................................................................................................................................................... 45 5.1. Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 45 5.1.1. Block Diagram........................................................................................................................................ 45 5.1.2. Data Operation Modes ........................................................................................................................... 45 5.2. Control Block Description.............................................................................................................................. 46 5.2.1. SPI Interface .......................................................................................................................................... 46 5.2.2. FIFO ....................................................................................................................................................... 47 5.2.3. Sync Word Recognition.......................................................................................................................... 49 5.2.4. Packet Handler....................................................................................................................................... 49 5.2.5. Control .....................................................................................................................................................50 5.3. Digital IO Pins Mapping................................................................................................................................. 50 5.4. Continuous Mode ...........................................................................................................................................52 5.4.1. General Description ............................................................................................................................... 52 5.4.2. Tx Processing ........................................................................................................................................ 52 5.4.3. Rx Processing ........................................................................................................................................ 53 5.5. Packet Mode ................................................................................................................................................. 53 5.5.1. General Description ............................................................................................................................... 53 5.5.2. Packet Format........................................................................................................................................ 54 SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 3 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Table of contents Section 6. 7. 8. 9. Page 5.5.3. Tx Processing ........................................................................................................................................ 57 5.5.4. Rx Processing ........................................................................................................................................ 57 5.5.5. Handling Large Packets ......................................................................................................................... 58 5.5.6. Packet Filtering ...................................................................................................................................... 58 5.5.7. DC-Free Data Mechanisms.................................................................................................................... 60 5.5.8. Beacon Tx Mode .................................................................................................................................... 61 Description of the Registers.................................................................................................................................. 62 6.1. Register Table Summary .............................................................................................................................. 62 6.2. Register Map ..................................................................................................................................................65 Application Information ......................................................................................................................................... 80 7.1. Crystal Resonator Specification .................................................................................................................... 80 7.2. Reset of the Chip .......................................................................................................................................... 80 7.2.1. POR ....................................................................................................................................................... 80 7.2.2. Manual Reset ..........................................................................................................................................81 7.3. Reference Design ......................................................................................................................................... 81 7.4. Example CRC Calculation ..............................................................................................................................85 7.5. Example Temperature Reading ......................................................................................................................86 Packaging Information .......................................................................................................................................... 87 8.1. Package Outline Drawing.............................................................................................................................. 87 8.2. Recommended Land Pattern ........................................................................................................................ 88 8.3. Thermal Impedance ........................................................................................................................................89 8.4. Tape & Reel Specification............................................................................................................................. 89 Revision History .................................................................................................................................................... 90 SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 4 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Acronyms BOM BR BW CCITT CRC DAC ETSI FCC Fdev FIFO FIR FS FSK GUI IC ID IF IRQ ITU LFSR LNA LO Bill Of Materials Bit Rate Bandwidth Comité Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique - ITU Cyclic Redundancy Check Digital to Analog Converter European Telecommunications Standards Institute Federal Communications Commission Frequency Deviation First In First Out Finite Impulse Response Frequency Synthesizer Frequency Shift Keying Graphical User Interface Integrated Circuit IDentificator Intermediate Frequency Interrupt ReQuest International Telecommunication Union Linear Feedback Shift Register Low Noise Amplifier Local Oscillator SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 5 LSB MSB NRZ OOK Least Significant Bit Most Significant Bit Non Return to Zero On Off Keying PA PCB PLL Power Amplifier Printed Circuit Board Phase-Locked Loop POR RBW RF RSSI Rx SAW SPI SR Stby Tx uC VCO XO XOR Power On Reset Resolution BandWidth Radio Frequency Received Signal Strength Indicator Receiver Surface Acoustic Wave Serial Peripheral Interface Shift Register Standby Transmitter Microcontroller Voltage Controlled Oscillator Crystal Oscillator eXclusive OR www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET This product datasheet contains a detailed description of the SX1238 performance and functionality. Please consult the Semtech website for the latest updates or errata. 1. General Description The SX1238 is a multi-chip integrated circuit ideally suited for today's high performance ISM band RF applications. The SX1238's advanced feature set includes a state-of-the-art packet engine and top level sequencer. In conjunction with a 64 byte FIFO, these automate the entire process of packet transmission, reception and acknowledgment without incurring the consumption penalty common to many transceivers that feature an on-chip MCU. Being easily configurable, it greatly simplifies system design and reduces external MCU workload to an absolute minimum. The high level of integration reduces the external BoM to passive decoupling and impedance matching components. It is intended for use as a highperformance, low-cost FSK and OOK RF transceiver for robust, frequency agile, half-duplex, bi-directional RF links. The SX1238 is intended for applications requiring high sensitivity and low receive current. Coupling the digital state machine with an RF front end capable of delivering a link budget of 150dB (-124dBm sensitivity in conjunction with +27dBm Pout). The SX1238 complies with FCC and ETSI regulatory requirements and is available in a 5 x 7 mm MLPQ 40 lead package. The low-IF architecture of the SX1238 is well suited for low modulation index and narrow band operation. 1.1. Simplified Block Diagram RFI VBAT1&2 VR_ANA VR_DIG RC Oscillator Power Distribution System Mixers LNA1 ANT Demodulator & Bit Synchronizer Single to Differential Decimation & Filtering LNA2 RSSI AFC IND Tank Inductor Loop Filter Ramp & Control VDD1 PAout PDET TXEN RESET SPI RXTX DIO0 DIO1 DIO2 DIO3 DIO4 DIO5 XO 32 MHz XTAL TX RFO VR_PA LNA1/PA2 Frac-N PLL Synthesizer Modulator PA2 Interpolation & Filltering Division by 2,4, or 6 PA0 Control Registers - Shift Registers - SPI Interface RXEN MODE RX Packet Engine & 66 byte FIFO VDD2 GND Frequency Synthesis Transmitter Blocks Primary Analog Receive Blocks Control Blocks Primary Digital Figure 1. SX1238 Block Diagram SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 6 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 1.2. Pin and Marking Diagram 33 PDET 35 NC 34 PAout 36 GND 38 IND 37 ANT 40 NC 39 GND The following diagram shows the pin arrangement of the MLPQ package, top view. 1 VDD2 2 RX 32 N SS 31 M OSI 3 4 5 6 7 VD D1 M OD E R XEN TXEN TX 30 M ISO 8 RXTX 25 24 23 22 21 29 SCK 28 GND 27 VB A T2 26 D IO5 9 R FO 10 RFI 11 GN D 20 NC 19 RESET 18 XTB 17 XTA 16 VR_DIG 15 VR_ANA 14 GND 13 VBAT1 12 VR_PA D IO4 D IO3 D IO2 DIO1 D IO0 Figure 2. SX1238 Pin Diagram 1238 yyww xxxxxx zzzzzz Figure 3. Marking Diagram Notes: All package marking to be aligned about the vertical center line Marking is for the 5 x 7 mm MLPQ 40 Lead package nnnn Indicates Part Number (Example 1238) yyww indicates the date code (Example 0252) xxxxxx Semtech Lot No. for TL356 (Example 090101) zzzzzz Semtech Lot No. (Example 01-100) SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 7 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 1.3. Pin Description Table 1 SX1238 Pinouts Number Name Type 0 GROUND - Exposed ground pad 1 VDD2 - LNA Voltage Supply 2 RX O LNA output (DC short to GND, use DC block) 3 VDD1 - Driver stage Voltage Supply 4 MODE I Selects High or Low LNA Gain 5 RXEN I Enables Receive Mode 6 TXEN I Enables Transmit Mode 7 TX I PA Input (DC short to GND, use DC block) 8 RXTX O Rx/Tx switch control: high in Tx 9 RFO O RF output (connects to TX) 10 RFI I RF input (connects to RX LNA output) 11 GND - Ground 12 VR_PA - Regulated supply for the PA 13 VBAT1 - Supply voltage 14 GND - Ground 15 VR_ANA - Regulated supply voltage for analogue circuitry 16 VR_DIG - Regulated supply voltage for digital blocks 17 XTA I/O XTAL connection or TCXO input 18 XTB I/O XTAL connection 19 RESET I/O Reset trigger input 20 NC - 21 DIO0 I/O Digital I/O, software configured 22 DIO1/DCLK I/O Digital I/O, software configured 23 DIO2/DATA I/O Digital I/O, software configured 24 DIO3 I/O Digital I/O, software configured 25 DIO4 I/O Digital I/O, software configured 26 DIO5 I/O Digital I/O, software configured 27 VBAT2 - Supply voltage 28 GND - Ground 29 SCK I SPI Clock input 30 MISO O SPI Data output SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Description No Connection Page 8 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Number Name Type 31 MOSI I SPI Data input 32 NSS I SPI Chip select input 33 PDET O Analog voltage proportional to PA output power 34 PAout - Power Stage Output (connect inductor to Supply) 35 NC - No Connection 36 GND - Ground 37 ANT I/O 38 IND - Antenna matching (connect inductor to GND) 39 GND - Ground 40 NC - No Connection SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Description Antenna Port (DC short to GND, use DC block) Page 9 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 2. Electrical Characteristics 2.1. ESD Notice The SX1238 is a high performance radio frequency device. It satisfies: Class 2 of the JEDEC standard JESD22-A114-B (Human Body Model) on all pins. Class III of the JEDEC standard JESD22-C101C (Charged Device Model) on all pins This part embeds a high performance RF Power Amplifier and as such might be permanently damaged by un-proper handling. Industry-standard precautions should be taken to avoid ESD-related failures. 2.2. Absolute Maximum Ratings Sustained operation at or above the Absolute Maximum Ratings for any one or combination of the below parameters may result in permanent damage to the device and is not recommended. All maximum RF Input Power Ratings assume 50 Ohm Terminal Impedance. Table 2 Absolute Maximum Ratings Symbol Description Min Max Unit VDDmr Supply Voltage -0.5 3.9 V Tmr Ambient Temperature* -50 +95 °C Tj Junction temperature - +125 °C Tst Storage Ambient Temperature** -50 +125 °C Pant ANT RF Input Level - +5 dBm Ptx TX, RF Input Level - +7 dBm VCmr RXEN, TXEN, MODE DC control voltage - 3.9 V *For part mounted on 4 layer board per JEDEC specification. **No RF and DC Voltages Applied. Appropriate care required according to JEDEC Standards 2.3. Operating Range Operating Range.1 Table 3 Symbol 1. Description Min Max Unit VDDop Supply voltage 2.7 3.6 V Top Operating Ambient Temperature* -40 +85 °C Clop Load capacitance on digital ports (related only to outputs) - 25 pF For part mounted on 4 layer board per JEDEC specification. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 10 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 2.4. Chip Specification The tables below give the electrical specifications of the transceiver under the following conditions: Supply voltage VBAT1= VBAT2=VDDx=3.3 V, temperature = 25 °C, FXOSC = 32 MHz, FRF = 915 MHz, Pout = as indicated, 2-level FSK modulation without pre-filtering, FDA = 5 kHz, Bit Rate = 4.8 kb/s and terminated in a matched 50 Ohm impedance, unless otherwise specified. This specification is at room temperature. 2.4.1. Power Consumption Table 4 Power Consumption Specification Symbol Description Conditions Min Typ Max IDDSL Supply current in Sleep mode IDDIDLE Unit RXEN, TXEN = 0 - 1.1 2 uA Supply current in Idle mode RC oscillator enabled, RXEN, TXEN = 0 - 2 - uA IDDST Supply current in Standby mode Crystal oscillator enabled, RXEN, TXEN = 0 - 1.3 1.5 mA IDDFS Supply current in Synthesizer mode FSRx Modes; RXEN, TXEN = 0 - 4.5 - mA IDDR Supply current in Receive mode RXEN = 1, TXEN = 0, MODE = 0 (low gain) RXEN = 1, TXEN = 0, MODE = 1 (high gain) - 19.3 25.3 - mA mA IDDT Supply current in Transmit mode Measured at Antenna Port TXEN = 1 ANT = +27 dBm, (Saturation) ANT = +26 dBm ANT = +17 dBm - 408 389 158 - mA mA mA 2.4.2. Frequency Synthesis Table 5 Frequency Synthesizer Specification Symbol Description Conditions Min Typ Max FR Synthesizer frequency range Programmable 863 - 928 MHz FXOSC Crystal oscillator frequency See section [7.1] - 32 - MHz TS_OSC Crystal oscillator wake-up time - 250 500 us TS_FS Frequency synthesizer wake-up time to PllLock signal - 60 - us TS_HOP Frequency synthesizer hop time at most 10 kHz away from the target frequency - 20 20 50 50 50 50 50 - us us us us us us us FSTEP Frequency synthesizer step FSTEP = FXOSC/219 - 61.0 - Hz FRC RC Oscillator frequency After calibration - 62.5 - kHz SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. From Standby mode 200 kHz step 1 MHz step 5 MHz step 7 MHz step 12 MHz step 20 MHz step 25 MHz step Page 11 Unit www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET BRF Bit rate, FSK Programmable (1) 1.2 - 300 kbps BRO Bit rate, OOK Programmable 1.2 - 32.768 kbps BRA Bit Rate Accuracy ABS (wanted BR - available BR) - - 250 ppm FDA Frequency deviation, FSK (1) Programmable FDA + BRF/2 =< 250 kHz 0.6 - 200 kHz Note: For Maximum Bit rate the maximum modulation index is 1. 2.4.3. Receiver All receiver tests are performed with RxBw = 10 kHz (Single Side Bandwidth) as programmed in RegRxBw, receiving a PN15 sequence. Sensitivities are reported for a 0.1% BER (with Bit Synchronizer enabled), unless otherwise specified. Blocking tests are performed with an unmodulated interferer. The wanted signal power for the Blocking Immunity, ACR, IIP2, IIP3 and AMR tests is set 3 dB above the receiver sensitivity level. Table 6 Receiver Specification Symbol Description Conditions Min Typ Max RFS_F FSK sensitivity, highest LNA gain RFS_O OOK sensitivity, highest LNA gain**** CCR Co-Channel Rejection ACR Adjacent Channel Rejection BI FDA = 5 kHz, BR = 1.2 kb/s FDA = 5 kHz, BR = 4.8 kb/s FDA = 40 kHz, BR = 38.4 kb/s* FDA = 20 kHz, BR = 38.4 kb/s** FDA = 62.5 kHz, BR = 250 kb/s*** - -124 -119 -109 -110 -96 - dBm dBm dBm dBm dBm BR = 4.8 kb/s BR = 32 kb/s - -121 -112 - dBm dBm - -8 - dB Offset = +/- 25 kHz Offset = +/- 50 kHz - 50 50 - dB dB Blocking Immunity Offset = +/- 1 MHz Offset = +/- 2 MHz Offset = +/- 10 MHz - 73 78 87 - dB dB dB AMR AM Rejection , AM modulated interferer with 100% modulation depth, fm = 1 kHz, square Offset = +/- 1 MHz Offset = +/- 2 MHz Offset = +/- 10 MHz - 73 78 87 - dB dB dB IIP2 2nd order Input Intercept Point Unwanted tones are 20 MHz above the LO Highest LNA gain**** - +44 - dBm IIP3 3rd order Input Intercept point Unwanted tones are 1MHz and 1.995 MHz above the LO Highest LNA gain**** - -25 - dBm BW_SSB Single Side channel filter BW 2.7 - 250 kHz IMR Image rejection 35 48 - dB SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Programmable Page 12 Unit www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET TS_RE Receiver wake-up time, from PLL locked state to RxReady RXBw = 10 kHz, BR = 4.8 kb/s RXBw = 250 kHz, BR = 100 kb/s - 9 9 - Tbit Tbit TS_RE_AGC Receiver wake-up time, from PLL locked state, AGC enabled RxBw = 10 kHz, BR = 4.8 kb/s RxBw = 250 kHz, BR = 100 kb/s - 14 19 - Tbit Tbit TS_RE_AGC &AFC Receiver wake-up time, from PLL lock state, AGC and AFC enabled RxBw = 10 kHz, BR = 4.8 kb/s RxBw = 250 kHz, BR = 100 kb/s - 23 29 - Tbit Tbit TS_FEI FEI sampling time Receiver is ready - 4 - Tbit TS_AFC AFC Response Time Receiver is ready - 4 - Tbit TS_RSSI RSSI Response Time Receiver is ready (fs = 4*RxBw) 2 - 256 1/fs DR_RSSI RSSI Dynamic Range AGC enabled MODE = 1 - -140 -13 - dBm dBm * RxBw = 80 kHz (Single Side Bandwidth) ** RxBw = 50 kHz (Single Side Bandwidth) *** RxBw = 250 kHz (Single Side Bandwidth) **** Highest LNA gain: MODE = 1, RX Gain Setting G1 (001) Min Max 2.4.4. Transmitter Table 7 Transmitter Specification Symbol Description Conditions Min Typ Max RF_OP* RF output power in 50 ohms on ANT pin (High Power PA). Maximum power output achieved when PAO set to 10 dBm or greater +26 +27 - dBm - 3 - dB - +/-1 - dB ΔRF_ OP_V RF output power stability on ANT pin versus voltage supply (into 50 Ohm load) VDD = 2.7 V to 3.6 V ΔRF_T RF output power stability versus temperature on both RF pins. (into 50 Ohm load) From T = -40 °C to +85 °C VSWRstb VSWR for stability VSWR mismatch applied to ant port 6:1 VSWRdm VSWR for damage VSWR mismatch applied to ant port 10:1 SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 13 Unit www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING PHN Transmitter Phase Noise DATASHEET Low Consumption PLL 50kHz Offset 400kHz Offset 1MHz Offset - -102 -114 -120 - dBc/ Hz 50kHz Offset 400kHz Offset 1MHz Offset - -106 -117 -122 - dBc/ Hz - 120 - us Low Phase Noise PLL TS_TR Transmitter wake up time, to the first rising edge of DCLK Frequency Synthesizer enabled, PaRamp = 10us, BR = 4.8 kb/s * Maximum input power at TX port (pin 7)must not exceed +7dBm. This can be accomplished by incorporating an attenuator in the interstage network. See reference design, Figure 39. 2.4.5. Front End Control RXEN MODE TXEN Shutdown Receive Low Gain Receive High Gain Transmit Figure 4. Front End Control Signal Timing Diagram* *For safe operation, please allow at least 1us between any mode change. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 14 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Table 8 DATASHEET Front End Control Signal Table TXEN RXEN MODE Operating Conditions 0 0 X Shut Down 0 1 0 RX Active, Low Gain Mode 0 1 1 RX Active, High 1 X X TX Active 2.4.6. Digital Specification Conditions: Temp = 25°C, VDD = 3.3V, FXOSC = 32 MHz, unless otherwise specified. Note: VDD must be applied before any voltage applied to Digital Input Table 9 Digital Specification Symbol Description VIH Min Typ Max Unit Digital input level high 0.8 - - VDD VIL Digital input level low - - 0.3 V VOH Digital output level high Imax = 1 mA 0.9 - - VDD VOL Digital output level low Imax = -1 mA - - 0.1 VDD FSCK SCK frequency - - 10 MHz tch SCK high time 50 - - ns tcl SCK low time 50 - - ns trise SCK rise time - 5 - ns tfall SCK fall time - 5 - ns tsetup MOSI setup time from MOSI change to SCK rising edge 30 - - ns thold MOSI hold time from SCK rising edge to MOSI change 20 - - ns tnsetup NSS setup time from NSS falling edge to SCK rising edge 30 - - ns tnhold NSS hold time from SCK falling edge to NSS rising edge, normal mode 100 - - ns tnhigh NSS high time between SPI accesses 20 - - ns T_DATA DATA hold and setup time 250 - - ns SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Conditions Page 15 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 3. Chip Description This section describes in depth the architecture of the SX1238 low-power, highly integrated transceiver. The following figure shows a simplified block diagram of the SX1238. RX EN VDD2 M ODE RX VBAT1 RFI VBAT2 VR_ANA VR_DIG POW ER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM LNA2 ADCI (sigma-delta) ADCQ (sigma-delta) Decimation ANT mixing filtering RX Chain RSSI AFC IND control PA2 PA0 Registers SPI Interface ADC_TOP Packet Handling/FIFO M IXER Single to diff demod/sync LNA1 RXTX NSS M ISO M OSI SCK IRQ (5:0) PLL PA_REG TX EN PAout VDD1 TX RFO VR_PA XTAL OSC Tx DAC RX OSC filtering TX Chain XTA XTB GND RESET GND Figure 5. Simplified SX1238 Block Schematic Diagram SX1238 is a half-duplex, low-IF transceiver. Here the received RF signal at the ANT port is amplified by LNA1 when RXEN is enabled. The MODE selects high or low LNA1 gain. LNA1 output passes through an external filter/matching network, then enters LNA2. Both LNA1 and LNA2 inputs are single ended to minimize the external BoM and for ease of design. Following LNA2 output, the conversion to differential is made internally to improve the second order linearity and harmonic rejection. The signal is then down-converted to in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components at the intermediate frequency (IF) by the mixer stage. A pair of sigma delta ADCs then perform data conversion, with all subsequent signal processing and demodulation performed in the digital domain. The digital state machine also controls the automatic frequency correction (AFC), received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and automatic gain control (AGC). It also features the higherlevel packet and protocol level functionality of the top level sequencer. In the receiver operating mode two states of functionality are defined. Upon initial transition to receiver operating mode the receiver is in the ‘receiver-enabled’ state. In this state the receiver awaits for either the user defined valid preamble or RSSI detection criterion to be fulfilled. Once met the receiver enters ‘receiver-active’ state. In this second state the received signal is processed by the packet engine and top level sequencer. The frequency synthesizer generates the local oscillator (LO) frequency for both receiver and transmitter. The PLL is optimized for user-transparent low lock time and fast auto-calibrating operation. In transmission, frequency modulation is performed digitally within the PLL bandwidth. It also features optional pre-filtering of the bit stream to improve spectral purity. The SX1238 features a pair of RF power amplifiers. The first, PA0, connected to RFO, passes through a filter/bias network then enters PA2 input connected to TX. PA2 output is connected to the T/R switch and can deliver up to +27 dBm to the ANT port directly into a 50 Ohm load when the TXEN is enabled. The PDET provides an analog DC voltage proportional to PA2 output power. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 16 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET The SX1238 also includes two timing references: an internal RC oscillator and a 32 MHz crystal oscillator. All major parameters of the RF front end and digital state machine are fully configurable via an SPI interface which gives access to internal registers. This includes a mode auto sequencer that oversees the transition and calibration of the SX1238 between intermediate modes of operation in the fastest time possible. 3.1. Power Supply Strategy The SX1238 employs an advanced power supply scheme, which provides stable operating characteristics over the full temperature and voltage range of operation. The SX1238 can be powered from any low-noise voltage source via pins VBAT, VBAT2, VDD1, and VDD2. It is mandatory that PAout be connected to the voltage source through an inductor. Decoupling capacitors should be connected, as suggested in the reference design, including VR_PA, VR_DIG and VR_ANA pins to ensure a correct operation of the built-in voltage regulators. A 2.2uF (min) capacitor should be used to bypass the main supply. 3.2. Low Battery Detector A low battery detector is also included allowing the generation of an interrupt signal in response to passing a programmable threshold adjustable through the register RegLowBat. The interrupt signal can be mapped to any of the DIO pins, by programming RegDioMapping. 3.3. Frequency Synthesis 3.3.1. Reference Oscillator The crystal oscillator is the main timing reference of the SX1238. It is used as a reference for the frequency synthesizer and as a clock for the digital processing. The XO startup time, TS_OSC, depends on the actual XTAL being connected on pins XTA and XTB. The SX1238 optimizes the startup time and automatically triggers the PLL when the XO signal is stable. An external clock can be used to replace the crystal oscillator, for instance a tight tolerance TCXO. To do so, TcxoInputOn in RegTcxo should be set to 1, and the external clock has to be provided on XTA (pin 4). XTB (pin 5) should be left open. The peak-peak amplitude of the input signal must never exceed 1.8 V. Please consult your TCXO supplier for an appropriate value of decoupling capacitor, CD. XTA XTB NC TCXO 32 MHz OP Vcc GND Vcc CD Figure 6. TCXO Connection SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 17 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 3.3.2. CLKOUT Output The reference frequency, or a fraction of it, can be provided on DIO5 (pin 12) by modifying bits ClkOut in RegDioMapping2. Two typical applications of the CLKOUT output include: To provide a clock output for a companion processor, thus saving the cost of an additional oscillator. CLKOUT can be made available in any operation mode except Sleep mode and is automatically enabled at power on reset. To provide an oscillator reference output. Measurement of the CLKOUT signal enables simple software trimming of the initial crystal tolerance. Note: To minimize the current consumption of the SX1238, please ensure that the CLKOUT signal is disabled when not required. 3.3.3. PLL Architecture The local oscillator of the SX1238 is derived from a fractional-N PLL that is referenced to the crystal oscillator circuit. Two PLLs are available for transmit mode operation - either low phase noise or low current consumption to maximize either transmit power consumption or transmit spectral purity. Both PLLs feature a programmable bandwidth setting where one of four discrete preset bandwidths may be accessed. For reference the relative performance of both low consumption and low phase noise PLL, for each programmable bandwidth setting, is shown in the following figure. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 18 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Figure 7. Typical Phase Noise Performances of the Low Consumption and Low Phase Noise PLLs. Note: In receive mode, only the low consumption PLL is available. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 19 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET The SX1238 PLL embeds a 19-bit sigma-delta modulator and its frequency resolution, constant over the whole frequency range, and is given by: F XOSC F STEP = --------------19 2 The carrier frequency is programmed through RegFrf, split across addresses 0x06 to 0x08: F RF = F STEP × Frf (23,0) Note: The Frf setting is split across 3 bytes. A change in the center frequency will only be taken into account when the least significant byte FrfLsb in RegFrfLsb is written. This allows for more complex modulation schemes such as m-ary FSK, where frequency modulation is achieved by changing the programmed RF frequency. 3.3.4. RC Oscillator All timings in the low-power state of the Top Level Sequencer rely on the accuracy of the internal low-power RC oscillator. This oscillator is automatically calibrated at the device power-up, and it is a user-transparent process. For applications enduring large temperature variations, and for which the power supply is never removed, RC calibration can be performed upon user request. RcCalStart in RegOsc triggers this calibration, and the flag RcCalDone will be set automatically when the calibration is over. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 20 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 3.4. Transmitter Description The transmitter of SX1238 comprises the frequency synthesizer, modulator and power amplifier blocks, together with the DC biasing and ramping functionality that is provided through the VR_PA block. 3.4.1. Architecture Description The architecture of the RF front end is shown in the following diagram. Here we see that the PA0 output on the RFO pin features a single low power amplifier device. It connects to a high power amplifier that permits continuous operation up to +27 dBm. EXT FILTER NETWORK LNA LNA RX RFI RECEIVER CHAIN ANT PA TX PDET RFO LOCAL OSCILLATOR EXT FILTER/BIAS NETWORK Figure 8. RF Front-end Architecture Shows the Internal PA Configuration. 3.4.2. Bit Rate Setting The bitrate setting is referenced to the crystal oscillator and provides a precise means of setting the bit (or equivalently chip) rate of the radio. In continuous transmit mode (Section 3.2.2) the data stream to be transmitted can be input directly to the modulator via pin 9 (DIO2/DATA) in an asynchronous manner, unless Gaussian filtering is used, in which case the DCLK signal on pin 10 (DIO1/DCLK) is used to synchronize the data stream. See section [3.4.5] for details on the Gaussian filter. In Packet mode or in Continuous mode with Gaussian filtering enabled, the Bit Rate (BR) is controlled by bits Bitrate in RegBitrateMsb and RegBitrateLsb. FXOSC BitRate = ------------------------------------------------------------------------BitrateFrac BitRate (15,0) + ------------------------------16 Note: BitrateFrac bits have no effect (i.e may be considered equal to 0) in OOK modulation mode. The quantity BitrateFrac is hence designed to allow very high precision (max. 250 ppm calculation error) for any bitrate in the programmable range. Table 10 below shows a range of standard bitrates and the accuracy to within which they may be reached. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 21 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Table 10 Bit Rate Examples BitRate (15:8) BitRate (7:0) (G)FSK (G)MSK OOK Actual Bit Rate 0x68 0x2B 1.2 kbps 1.2 kbps 1200.015 0x34 0x15 2.4 kbps 2.4 kbps 2400.060 0x1A 0x0B 4.8 kbps 4.8 kbps 4799.760 0x0D 0x05 9.6 kbps 9.6 kbps 9600.960 0x06 0x83 19.2 kbps 19.2 kbps 19196.16 0x03 0x41 38.4 kbps 38415.36 0x01 0xA1 76.8 kbps 76738.60 0x00 0xD0 153.6 kbps 153846.1 Classical modem baud rates (multiples of 0.9 kbps) 0x02 0x2C 57.6 kbps 57553.95 0x01 0x16 115.2 kbps 115107.9 Round bit rates (multiples of 12.5, 25 and 50 kbps) 0x0A 0x00 12.5 kbps 12.5 kbps 12500.00 0x05 0x00 25 kbps 25 kbps 25000.00 0x80 0x00 50 kbps 50000.00 0x01 0x40 100 kbps 100000.0 0x00 0xD5 150 kbps 150234.7 0x00 0xA0 200 kbps 200000.0 0x00 0x80 250 kbps 250000.0 0x00 0x6B 300 kbps 299065.4 0x03 0xD1 32.768 kbps Type Classical modem baud rates (multiples of 1.2 kbps) Watch Xtal frequency 32.768 kbps 32753.32 3.4.3. FSK Modulation FSK modulation is performed inside the PLL bandwidth, by changing the fractional divider ratio in the feedback loop of the PLL. The large resolution of the sigma-delta modulator, allows for very narrow frequency deviation. The frequency deviation FDEV is given by: F DEV = F STEP × Fdev (13,0) To ensure a proper modulation, the following limit applies: BR F DEV + ------- ≤ ( 250 )kHz 2 Note No constraint applies to the modulation index of the transmitter, but the frequency deviation must be set between 600 Hz and 200 kHz. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 22 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 3.4.4. OOK Modulation OOK modulation is applied by switching on and off the Power Amplifier. Digital control and smoothing are available to improve the transient power response of the OOK transmitter. 3.4.5. Modulation Shaping Modulation shaping can be applied in both OOK and FSK modulation modes, to improve the narrowband response of the transmitter. Both shaping features are controlled with PaRamp bits in RegPaRamp. In FSK mode, a Gaussian filter with BT = 0.5 or 1 is used to filter the modulation stream, at the input of the sigma-delta modulator. If the Gaussian filter is enabled when the SX1238 is in Continuous mode, DCLK signal on pin 10 (DIO1/ DCLK) will trigger an interrupt on the uC each time a new bit has to be transmitted. Please refer to section [5.4.2] for details. When OOK modulation is used, the PA0 bias voltages are ramped up and down smoothly when the PA is turned on and off, to reduce spectral splatter. Note The transmitter must be restarted if the ModulationShaping setting is changed, in order to recalibrate the built-in filter. 3.4.6. RF Power Amplifiers Two power amplifier blocks are embedded in the SX1238. The first one, herein referred to as PA0, is output through the RFO port (pin 9). The PA0 RF power is programmable between -1dBm and +13dBm. The RFO port is connected to the high power PA2 input port, TX (pin 7), through an impedance matching network with an embedded resistive attenuator. The nominal power setting for the PA0 port to achieve maximum power out of PA0 is +10 dBm. This provides an input power of +3 dBm to the TX port. It is important to use the recommended 7dB attenuator in the matching network between the RFO and TX ports to prevent damage to the TX input from excessive power. An application circuit showing a recommended interstage network with this embedded attenuator is shown in Fig 39 Reference Design. The high power PA2 output is connected through the T/R switch to the ANT pin and is active when TXEN is high. It can deliver up to +27 dBm in programmable steps to the antenna, directly into a 50 Ohm load. Harmonic filtering is required to ensure regulatory compliance. The RF power is programmable between a nominal +17 dBm and +27 dBm. Table 11 Power Amplifier Mode Selection Truth Table PaSelect Mode 0* PA0 output on pin RFO to drive PA2 1 Not defined Power Range +17 to +27 dBm - * TXEN must be high to enable PA2 SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 23 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 3.5. Receiver Description 3.5.1. Overview The SX1238 features a digital receiver with the analog to digital conversion process being performed directly following the LNA-Mixers block. The Low-IF receiver is able to handle ASK, OOK, (G)FSK and (G)MSK modulation. All the filtering, demodulation, gain control, synchronization and packet handling is performed digitally, which allows a very wide range of bit rates and frequency deviations to be selected. The receiver is also capable of automatic gain calibration to improve precision on RSSI measurement and enhanced image rejection. LNA2 ΣΔ Single to Mixers Modulators Differential Channel Filter DC Cancellation RX RFI Phase Output Module Output MODE Local Oscillator CORDIC FSK Demodulator RSSI OOK Demodulator Processing ANT T/R SW Rx reference calibration Decimator LNA1 AFC AGC Figure 9. Receiver Block Diagram 3.5.2. LNA1, LNA2 The LNA1 precedes LNA2 and provides selection of two fixed gain settings. When MODE = 0, the low gain setting is 10 dB and when MODE = 1, the high gain setting is 13 dB. The LNA1 output is connected to the LNA2 input through an external matching network. LNA2 provides variable gain for AGC control. 3.5.3. Automatic Gain Control - AGC The AGC feature allows receiver to handle a wide Rx input dynamic range from the sensitivity level up to maximum input level of 0dBm or more, whilst optimizing the system linearity. The automatic LNA gain control is effective by setting the bit AgcAutoOn to '1'. The automatic adjustment of the LNA2 gain can be performed on the Rx input level (Pin) at receiver start up and/or during the Preamble reception. The automatic adjustment of the LNA2 during the Preamble is effective by setting the bit AgcOnPreamble to '1' otherwise it will be performed only at the receiver start up. The LNA2 gain can also be manually selected using LnaGain bits and by disabling the automatic LNA2 gain control by setting the AgcAutoOn bit to '0'. Table 12, below, shows typical NF and IIP3 performance for the different LNA1 and LNA2 gains. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 24 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Table 12 LNA1, LNA2 Gain Control and Receiver Performance AgcStep1 G1 AgcStep2 G2 hr es Ag cT Ag cT AgcStep3 G3 IIP3 [dBm] -25 -22 -23 -20 -18 -15 -18 -15 -3 0 -3 0 h4 h3 hr es h2 Ag Ag cT h cT h re s re s h1 Re fe re C AG Towards -125 dBm NF [dB] 3.3 4 3.9 5 5.5 7.2 12.5 15.3 20.1 23 30 33 Th re sh 5 001 001 010 010 011 011 100 100 110 110 111 111 Relative LNA1,2 Gain [dB] 0 -3 -3.9 -9 -12 -15 -24 -27 -26 -29 -48 -51 Ag c LnaGain nc e Pin <= AgcThresh1 Pin <= AgcThresh1 AgcThresh1 < Pin <= AgcThresh2 AgcThresh1 < Pin <= AgcThresh2 AgcThresh2 < Pin <= AgcThresh3 AgcThresh2 < Pin <= AgcThresh3 AgcThresh3 < Pin <= AgcThresh4 AgcThresh3 < Pin <= AgcThresh4 AgcThresh4 < Pin <= AgcThresh5 AgcThresh4 < Pin <= AgcThresh5 AgcThresh5 < Pin AgcThresh5 < Pin LNA1 Gain High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low Gain Setting G1 G1 G2 G2 G3 G3 G4 G4 G5 G5 G6 G6 RF input level (Pin) AgcStep4 AgcStep5 G4 G5 Higher Sensitivity Lower Linearity Lower Noise Figure Pin [dBm] G6 Lower Sensitivity Higher Linearity Higher Noise Figure Figure 10. AGC Steps Definition The global AGC reference, reference all AGC thresholds, is determined as follows: AGC Reference[dBm]=-174dBm+10*log(2*RxBw)+SNR+AgcReferenceLevel with SNR = 8dB, fixed value. A detailed description of the receiver setup to enable the AGC is provided in section [3.3]. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 25 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 3.5.4. RSSI The RSSI value reflects the incoming signal power provided at antenna port within the receiver bandwidth. The signal power is available in RssiValue. This value is absolute and its unit is in dBm with a resolution of 0.5dB. The formula hereafter gives the relationship between the register value and the absolute input signal level in dBm at antenna port: RssiValue = −2 ⋅ RF level [dBm ] + RssiOffset [dB ] + LNA _ 1 LNA_1 Gain selectable to be either 10 dB or 13 dB The RSSI value can be compensated for to take into account the loss in the matching network or the gain of an additional LNA, by using RssiOffset. The offset can be chosen in 1dB steps from -16 to +15dB. When compensation is applied, the effective signal strength is read as follows: RSSI [dBm] = − RssiValue 2 The RSSI value is smoothed on a given number of measured RSSI samples. The precision of the RSSI value is related to the number of RSSI samples used. RssiSmoothing selects the number of RSSI samples from a minimum of 2 samples up to 256 samples in increments of power of 2. Table 13 hereafter gives the estimation of the RSSI accuracy for a 10dB SNR and the response time versus the number of RSSI samples selected in RssiSmoothing. Table 13 RssiSmoothing Options RssiSmoothing ‘000’ ‘001’ ‘010’ ‘011’ ‘100’ ‘101’ ‘110’ ‘111’ Number of Samples 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Estimated Accuracy ± 6dB ± 5dB ± 4dB ± 3dB ± 2dB ± 1.5dB ± 1.2dB ± 1.1dB Response Time 2 (RssiSmoothing +1) [ms] 4 ⋅ RxBw[kHz ] The RSSI is calibrated, up the RFI pin, when Image and Rssi calibration is launched; please see section [3.5.13] for details. 3.5.5. Channel Filter The role of the channel filter is to filter out the noise and interferers outside of the channel. Channel filtering on the SX1238 is implemented with a 16-tap Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter, providing an outstanding Adjacent Channel Rejection performance, even for narrowband applications. Note: to respect oversampling rules in the decimation chain of the receiver, the Bit Rate cannot be set at a higher value than 2 times the single-side receiver bandwidth (BitRate < 2 x RxBw). The single-side channel filter bandwidth RxBw is controlled by the parameters RxBwMant and RxBwExp in RegRxBw: FXOSC RxBw = ----------------------------------------------------------------RxBwExp + 2 RxBwMant × 2 SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 26 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET The following channel filter bandwidths are accessible (oscillator is mandated at 32 MHz): Table 14 Available RxBw Settings RxBwMant (binary/value) RxBwExp (decimal) 10b / 24 01b / 20 00b / 16 10b / 24 01b / 20 00b / 16 10b / 24 01b / 20 00b / 16 10b / 24 01b / 20 00b / 16 10b / 24 01b / 20 00b / 16 10b / 24 01b / 20 00b / 16 10b / 24 01b / 20 00b / 16 Other settings 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 RxBw (kHz) FSK / OOK 2.6 3.1 3.9 5.2 6.3 7.8 10.4 12.5 15.6 20.8 25.0 31.3 41.7 50.0 62.5 83.3 100.0 125.0 166.7 200.0 250.0 reserved 3.5.6. FSK Demodulator The FSK demodulator of the SX1238 is designed to demodulate FSK, GFSK, MSK and GMSK modulated signals. It is most efficient when the modulation index of the signal is greater than 0.5 and below 10: 2 × F DEV 0.5 ≤ β = ---------------------- ≤ 10 BR The output of the FSK demodulator can be fed to the Bit Synchronizer to provide the companion processor with a synchronous data stream in Continuous mode. 3.5.7. OOK Demodulator The OOK demodulator performs a comparison of the RSSI output and a threshold value. Three different threshold modes are available, configured through bits OokThreshType in RegOokPeak. The recommended mode of operation is the "Peak" threshold mode, illustrated in Figure 11: SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 27 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET RSSI [dBm] ‘’Peak -6dB’’ Threshold ‘’Floor’’ threshold defined by OokFixedThresh Noise floor of receiver Time Zoom Zoom Decay in dB as defined in OokPeakThreshStep Fixed 6dB difference Period as defined in OokPeakThreshDec Figure 11. OOK Peak Demodulator Description In peak threshold mode, the comparison threshold level is the peak value of the RSSI, reduced by 6dB. In the absence of an input signal, or during the reception of a logical "0", the acquired peak value is decremented by one OokPeakThreshStep every OokPeakThreshDec period. When the RSSI output is null for a long time (for instance after a long string of "0" received, or if no transmitter is present), the peak threshold level will continue falling until it reaches the "Floor Threshold", programmed in OokFixedThresh. The default settings of the OOK demodulator lead to the performance stated in the electrical specification. However, in applications in which sudden signal drops are awaited during a reception, the three parameters should be optimized accordingly. 3.5.7.1. Optimizing the Floor Threshold OokFixedThresh determines the sensitivity of the OOK receiver, as it sets the comparison threshold for weak input signals (i.e. those close to the noise floor). Significant sensitivity improvements can be generated if configured correctly. Note that the noise floor of the receiver at the demodulator input depends on: The noise figure of the receiver. The gain of the receive chain from antenna to base band. The matching - including SAW filter if any. The bandwidth of the channel filters. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 28 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET It is therefore important to note that the setting of OokFixedThresh will be application dependent. The following procedure is recommended to optimize OokFixedThresh. Set SX1238 in OOK Rx mode Adjust Bit Rate, Channel filter BW Default OokFixedThresh setting No input signal Continuous Mode Monitor DIO2/DATA pin Increment OokFixedThresh Glitch activity on DATA ? Optimization complete Figure 12. Floor Threshold Optimization The new floor threshold value found during this test should be used for OOK reception with those receiver settings. 3.5.7.2. Optimizing OOK Demodulator for Fast Fading Signals A sudden drop in signal strength can cause the bit error rate to increase. For applications where the expected signal drop can be estimated, the following OOK demodulator parameters OokPeakThreshStep and OokPeakThreshDec can be optimized as described below for a given number of threshold decrements per bit. Refer to RegOokPeak to access those settings. 3.5.7.3. Alternative OOK Demodulator Threshold Modes In addition to the Peak OOK threshold mode, the user can alternatively select two other types of threshold detectors: Fixed Threshold: The value is selected through OokFixedThresh Average Threshold: Data supplied by the RSSI block is averaged, and this operation mode should only be used with DC-free encoded data. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 29 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 3.5.8. Bit Synchronizer The Bit Synchronizer is a block that provides a clean and synchronized digital output, free of glitches. Its output is made available on pin DIO1/DCLK in Continuous mode and can be disabled through register settings. However, for optimum receiver performance, its use when running Continuous mode is strongly advised. The Bit Synchronizer is automatically activated in Packet mode. Its bit rate is controlled by BitRateMsb and BitRateLsb in RegBitrate. Raw demodulator output (FSK or OOK) DATA BitSync Output To pin DATA and DCLK in continuous mode DCLK Figure 13. Bit Synchronizer Description To ensure correct operation of the Bit Synchronizer, the following conditions have to be satisfied: A preamble (0x55 or 0xAA) of at least 12 bits is required for synchronization, the longer the synchronization the better the packet error rate The subsequent payload bit stream must have at least one transition form '0' to '1' or '1' to '0 every 16 bits during data transmission The bit rate matching between the transmitter and the receiver must be better than 6.5%. 3.5.9. Frequency Error Indicator This function provides information about the frequency error of the local oscillator (LO) compared with the carrier frequency of a modulated signal at the input of the receiver. When the FEI block is launched, the frequency error is measured and the signed result is loaded in FeiValue in RegFei, in 2’s complement format. The time required for an FEI evaluation is 4 times the bit period. To ensure a proper behavior of the FEI: The operation must be done during the reception of preamble The sum of the frequency offset and the 20 dB signal bandwidth must be lower than the base band filter bandwidth. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 30 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET The 20 dB bandwidth of the signal can be evaluated as follows (double-side bandwidth): BR BW 20 dB = 2 × F DEV + ------- 2 The frequency error, in Hz, can be calculated with the following formula: FEI = F STEP × FeiValue SX1238 in Rx mode Preamble-modulated input signal Signal level > Sensitivity Set FeiStart =1 FeiDone =1 No Yes Read FeiValue Figure 14. FEI Process 3.5.10. AFC The AFC is based on the FEI block, and therefore the same input signal and receiver setting conditions apply. When the AFC procedure is done, AfcValue is directly subtracted to the register that defines the frequency of operation of the chip, FRF. The AFC is executed each time the receiver is enabled, if AfcAutoOn = 1. When the AFC is enabled (AfcAutoOn = 1), the user has the option to: Clear the former AFC correction value, if AfcAutoClearOn = 1 Start the AFC evaluation from the previously corrected frequency. This may be useful in systems in which the LO keeps on drifting in the “same direction”. Ageing compensation is a good example. The SX1238 offers an alternate receiver bandwidth setting during the AFC phase, to accommodate large LO drifts. If the user considers that the received signal may be out of the receiver bandwidth, a higher channel filter bandwidth can be programmed in RegAfcBw, at the expense of the receiver noise floor, which will impact upon sensitivity. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 31 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET The FEI is valid only during preamble, and therefore the PreambleDetect flag can be used to validate the current FEI result and add it to the AFC register. The link between PreambleDetect interrupt and the AFC is controlled by StartDemodOnPreamble in RegRxConfig. 3.5.11. Preamble Detector The Preamble Detector indicates the reception of a carrier modulated with a 0101...sequence. It is insensitive to the frequency offset, as long as the receiver bandwidth is large enough. The size of detection can be programmed from 1 to 3 bytes with PreambleDetectorSize in RegPreambleDetect as defined in the next table. Table 15 Preamble Detector Settings PreambleDetectorSize # of Bytes 00 1 01 2 (recommended) 10 3 11 reserved For proper operation, PreambleDetectTol should be set to 10 (0x0A), with a qualifying preamble size of 2 bytes. PreambleDetect interrupt (either in RegIrqFlags1 or mapped to a specific DIO) goes high every time a valid preamble is detected, assuming PreambleDetectorOn=1. The preamble detector can also be used to ensure that AFC and AGC are performed on valid preamble. See Figure 10 for details. 3.5.12. Image Rejection Mixer The SX1238 embeds a state of the art Image Rejection Mixer (IRM). Its default rejection, with no calibration, is 35dB typ. The IQ signals can be calibrated by an embedded source, pushing the image rejection to typically 48dB. This process is fully automated and self-contained. 3.5.13. Image and RSSI Calibration Calibration of the I and Q signal is required to improve the RSSI precision, as well as good Image Rejection performance. On the SX1238, IQ calibration is seamless and user-transparent. Calibration is launched: Automatically at Power On Reset or after a Manual Reset of the chip (refer to section [7.2]). For applications where the temperature remains stable, or if the Image Rejection is not a major concern, this one-shot calibration will suffice Automatically when a pre-defined temperature change is observed Upon User request, by setting bit ImageCalStart in RegImageCal A selectable temperature change, set with TempThreshold (5, 10, 15 or 20°C), is detected and reported in TempChange, if the temperature monitoring is turned On with TempMonitorOff=0. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 32 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET This interrupt flag can be used by the application to launch a new Image Calibration at a convenient time if AutoImageCalOn=0, or immediately when this temperature variation is detected, if AutoImageCalOn=1. The calibration process takes approximately 10ms. 3.6. Temperature Measurement A stand alone temperature measurement block is used in order to measure the temperature in any mode except Sleep and Standby. It is enabled by default, and can be stopped by setting TempMonitorOff to 1. The result of the measurement is stored in TempValue in RegTemp. Due to process variations, the absolute accuracy of the result is +/- 10 °C. A more precise result needs initial calibration to be done externally. Figure 15. Temperature Sensor Response An example code for the conversion to be applied to TempValue to obtain the reading in °C is shown in Section [7]. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 33 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 3.7. Timeout Function The SX1238 includes a Timeout function, which allows it to automatically shut-down the receiver after a receive sequence and therefore save energy. Timeout interrupt is generated TimeoutRxRssi x 16 x Tbit after switching to Rx mode if the Rssi flag does not raise within this time frame (RssiValue > RssiThreshold) Timeout interrupt is generated TimeoutRxPreamble x 16 x Tbit after switching to Rx mode if the PreambleDetect flag does not raise within this time frame Timeout interrupt is generated TimeoutSignalSync x 16 x Tbit after switching to Rx mode if the SyncAddress flag does not raise within this time frame This timeout interrupt can be used to warn the companion processor to shut down the receiver and return to a lower power mode. To become active, these timeouts must also be enabled by setting the correct RxTrigger parameters in RegRxConfig: Table 16 RxTrigger Settings to Enable Timeout Interrupts Receiver Triggering Event None Rssi Interrupt PreambleDetect Rssi Interrupt & PreambleDetect SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. RxTrigger (2:0) 000 001 110 111 Timeout on Rssi Off Active Off Active Page 34 Timeout on Preamble Off Off Active Active Timeout on SyncAddress Active www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 4. Operating Modes 4.1. General Overview The SX1238 has several working modes, manually programmed in RegOpMode. Fully automated mode selection, packet transmission and reception is also possible using the Top Level Sequencer described in Section [4.5]. For proper operation, it is important that the Front End is configured as described in Section [2.4.5]. Specifically, insure that in Transmit mode, TXON = 1 and in Receive Mode, TXON = 0, RXON = 1, MODE = 0 or 1. Table 17 Basic Transceiver Modes Mode Selected mode Enabled blocks 000 Sleep mode None 001 Standby mode Top regulator and crystal oscillator 010 FSTx: Frequency synthesiser to Tx frequency Frequency synthesizer at Tx frequency (Frf) 011 Transmit mode (Tx) Frequency synthesizer and transmitter 100 FSRx: Frequency synthesiser to Rx frequency Frequency synthesizer at frequency for reception (Frf-IF) 101 Receive mode (Rx) Frequency synthesizer and receiver When switching from a mode to another one, the sub-blocks are woken up according to a pre-defined and optimized sequence. 4.2. Startup Times The startup time of the transmitter or the receiver is dependant upon which mode the transceiver was in at the beginning. For a complete description, Figure 16 below shows a complete startup process, from the lower power mode “Sleep”. Current Drain IDDR (Rx) or IDDT (Tx) IDDFS IDDST IDDSL 0 Timeline TS_OSC TS_OSC +TS_FS FSTx Sleep mode TS_OSC +TS_FS +TS_TR TS_OSC +TS_FS +TS_RE Transmit Stdby mode FSRx Receive Figure 16. Startup Process SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 35 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET TS_OSC is the startup time of the crystal oscillator, and mainly depends on the characteristics of the crystal itself. TS_FS is the startup time of the PLL, and it includes a systematic calibration of the VCO. 4.2.1. Transmitter Startup Time The transmitter startup time, TS_TR, is calculated as follows, in when FSK modulation is selected: 1 TS _ TR = 5μs + 1.25 × PaRamp + × Tbit 2 , where PaRamp is the ramp-up time programmed in RegPaRamp and Tbit is the bit time. In OOK mode, this equation can be simplified to the following: 1 TS _ TR = 5μs + × Tbit 2 4.2.2. Receiver Startup Time The receiver startup time, TS_RE, only depends upon the receiver bandwidth effective at the time of startup. When AFC is enabled (AfcAutoOn=1), AfcBw should be used instead of RxBw to extract the receiver startup time: Table 18 Receiver Startup Time Summary RxBw if AfcAutoOn=0 RxBwAfc if AfcAutoOn=1 2.6 kHz 3.1 kHz 3.9 kHz 5.2 kHz 6.3 kHz 7.8 kHz 10.4 kHz 12.5 kHz 15.6 kHz 20.8 kHz 25.0 kHz 31.3 kHz 41.7 kHz 50.0 kHz 62.5 kHz 83.3 kHz 100.0 kHz 125.0 kHz 166.7 kHz 200.0 kHz 250.0 kHz SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 36 TS_RE (+/-5%) 2.33ms 1.94ms 1.56ms 1.18ms 984us 791us 601us 504us 407us 313us 264us 215us 169us 144us 119us 97us 84us 71us 85us 74us 63us www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET TS_RE or later after setting the device in Receive mode, any incoming packet will be detected and demodulated by the transceiver. 4.2.3. Time to RSSI Evaluation The first RSSI sample will be available TS_RSSI after the receiver is ready, in other words TS_RE + TS_RSSI after the receiver was requested to turn on. Timeline 0 TS_RE FSRx TS_RE +TS_RSSI Rssi IRQ Rssi sample ready Rx Figure 17. Time to Rssi Sample TS_RSSI depends on the receiver bandwidth, as well as the RssiSmoothing option that was selected. The formula used to calculate TS_RSSI is provided in section [3.5.4]. 4.2.4. Tx to Rx Turnaround Time Timeline 0 TS_HOP +TS_RE Tx Mode 1. set new Frf (*) 2. set Rx mode Rx Mode (*) Optional Figure 18. Tx to Rx Turnaround Note the SPI instruction times are omitted, as they can generally be very small as compared to other timings (up to 10MHz SPI clock) 4.2.5. Rx to Tx Timeline 0 TS_HOP +TS_TR Rx Mode 1. set new Frf (*) 2. set Tx mode Tx Mode (*) Optional Figure 19. Rx to Tx Turnaround SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 37 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 4.2.6. Receiver Hopping, Rx to Rx Two methods are possible: First method Timeline 0 TS_HOP +TS_RE Rx Mode, Channel A Rx Mode, Channel B 1. set new Frf 2. set RestartRxWithPllLock Second method Timeline 0 ~TS_HOP Rx Mode, Channel A 1. set FastHopOn=1 2. set new Frf (*) 3. wait for TS_HOP Rx Mode, Channel B (*) RegFrfLsb must be written to trigger a frequency change Figure 20. Receiver Hopping The second method is quicker, and should be used if a very quick RF sniffing mechanism is implemented. 4.2.7. Tx to Tx Timeline ~PaRamp +TS_HOP 0 Tx Mode, Channel A 1. set new Frf (*) 2. set FSTx mode ~PaRamp +TS_HOP +TS_TR FSTx Set Tx mode Tx Mode, Channel B Figure 21. Transmitter Hopping SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 38 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 4.3. Receiver Startup Options The SX1238 receiver can automatically control the gain of its receiver chain (AGC) and adjust its receiver LO frequency (AFC). Those processes are carried out on a packet-by-packet basis, and they occur: when the receiver is turned On when the receiver is automatically restarted after the reception of a valid packet, or after a packet collision. when the Receiver is restarted upon user request, through the use of trigger bits RestartRxWithoutPllLock or RestartRxWithPllLock, in RegRxConfig. Automatic restart capabilities are detailed in section [4.4]. Several receiver startup options are offered in the state machine of the SX1238, and they are described in Table 19: Table 19 Receiver Startup Options AgcAutoOn AfcAutoOn None AGC AGC & AFC AGC AGC & AFC AGC 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 RxTrigger (2:0) 000 001 001 110 110 111 AGC & AFC 1 1 111 Triggering Event Realized Function None Rssi Interrupt PreambleDetect Rssi Interrupt & PreambleDetect When AgcAutoOn=0, the LNA gain is manually selected by choosing LnaGain bits in RegLna. 4.4. Receiver Restarting Methods It may be useful to restart the receiver, for example to prepare for the reception of a new signal whose strength may widely differ from the previous packet receiver, or whose carrier frequency may be different, required a new AFC. A few options are proposed: 4.4.1. Restart Upon User Request At any point in time, when the device is in Receive mode, the user can restart the receiver; this is particularly useful in conjunction with the use of a Timeout, whereby the receiver would need restarting if it had not detected any incoming packet after a few milliseconds of channel scanning. Two options are available: No change in the Local Oscillator upon restart: the AFC is disabled, and the Frf register has not been changed through SPI before the restart instruction: set bit RestartRxWithoutPllLock in RegRxConfig to 1. Local Oscillator change upon restart: if AFC is enabled (AfcAutoOn=1), and/or the Frf register had been changed during the last Rx period: set bit RestartRxWithPllLock in RegRxConfig to 1. Note ModeReady must be at logic level 1 for a new RestartRx command to be taken into account. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 39 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 4.4.2. Automatic Restart after valid Packet Reception The bits AutoRestartRxMode in RegSyncConfig control the automatic restart feature of the SX1238 receiver, when a valid packet has been received: If AutoRestartRxMode = 00, the function is off, and the user should manually restart the receiver upon valid packet reception (see section [4.4.1]). If AutoRestartRxMode = 01, after the user has emptied the FIFO following a PayloadReady interrupt, the receiver will automatically restart itself after a delay of InterPacketRxDelay, allowing for the distant transmitter to ramp down, hence avoiding a false RSSI detection on the “tail” of the previous packet. If AutoRestartRxMode = 10 should be used if the next reception is expected on a new frequency, i.e. Frf is changed after the reception of the previous packet. An additional delay is systematically added, in order for the PLL to lock at a new frequency. 4.4.3. Automatic Restart when Packet Collision is Detected At any stage during reception, the receiver is able to spontaneously detect a packet collision, and restart itself. Collisions are detected by a sudden rise in received signal strength, detected by the RSSI blocks. This function can be useful in star network configurations, where a master node may be transmitted packet at random times, from different end-points located at various distances. The collision detector is enabled by setting bit RestartRxOnCollision to 1. The decision to restart the receiver is based on the detection of RSSI change. The sensitivity of the system can be adjusted in 1dB steps, with RssiCollisionThreshold in RegRxConfig. 4.5. Top Level Sequencer Depending on the application, it is desirable to be able to change the mode of the circuit according to a predefined sequence without access to the serial interface. Listen mode and Auto Modes as defined in SX1238 are example of such predefined sequences. In order to define different sequences or scenarios a user-programmable state machine, called Top Level Sequencer (Sequencer in short), can automatically control the chip modes. The Sequencer is activated by setting SequencerStart in RegSeqConfig1 to 1 in Sleep or Standby mode. It is also possible to force the Idle state of the Sequencer by setting SequencerStop to 1 at any time. 4.5.1. Sequencer States The Sequencer takes control of the chip operation over 7 possible states: Table 20 Sequencer States Sequencer State Description SequencerIdle State The Sequencer is not activated. Sending a SequencerStart command will launch it. Note: the Idle state of the Sequencer is independant of the actual chip Mode. For example, the Sequencer can be Idle, whilst the chip is in Rx mode. When coming from a LowPower request, the Sequencer will be Idle in Sleep mode. WaitFifo State The Sequencer waits for FifoThreshold interrupt before entering the Transmit state. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 40 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Sequencer State Description LowPower State The chip is in low-power mode, either Standby or Sleep, as defined in SequencerLowPowerState. The Sequencer waits only for the Timer1 interrupt. Transmit State The transmitter in on. Receive State The receiver in on. PacketReceived State The receiver is on and a packet has been received. It is stored in the FIFO. ReceiveRestart State The receiver is re-started, for example to start a new AGC and/or AFC after a valid packet reception. 4.5.2. Sequencer Transitions The transitions between states are listed in the following table. Table 21 Sequencer Transition Options Variable Transition IdleMode Selects the chip mode during Idle state: 0: Standby mode 1: Sleep mode FromStart Controls the Sequencer transition when the SequencerStart bit is set to 1 in Sleep or Standby mode: 00: to LowPowerSelection 01: to Receive state 10: to Transmit state 11: to Transmit state on a FifoThreshold interrupt LowPowerSelection Selects Sequencer LowPower state after a to LowPowerSelection transition 0: SequencerOff state with chip on Initial mode 1: Idle state with chip on Standby or Sleep mode depending on IdleMode Note: Initial mode is the chip LowPower mode at Sequencer start. FromIdle Controls the Sequencer transition from the Idle state on a T1 interrupt: 0: to Transmit state 1: to Receive state FromTransmit Controls the Sequencer transition from the Transmit state: 0: to LowPowerSelection on a PacketSent interrupt 1: to Receive state on a PacketSent interrupt SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 41 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET FromReceive Controls the Sequencer transition from the Receive state: 000 and 111: unused 001: to PacketReceived state on a PayloadReady interrupt 010: to LowPowerSelection on a PayloadReady interrupt 011: to PacketReceived state on a CrcOk interrupt. If CRC is wrong (corrupted packet, with CRC on but CrcAutoClearOn is off), the PayloadReady interrupt will drive the sequencer to RxTimeout state. 100: to SequencerOff state on a Rssi interrupt 101: to SequencerOff state on a SyncAddress interrupt 110: to SequencerOff state on a PreambleDetect interrupt Irrespective of this setting, transition to LowPowerSelection on a T2 interrupt FromRxTimeout Controls the state-machine transition from the Receive state on a RxTimeout interrupt (and on PayloadReady if FromReceive = 011): 00: to Receive state via ReceiveRestart 01: to Transmit state 10: to LowPowerSelection 11: to SequencerOff state Note: RxTimeout interrupt is a TimeoutRxRssi, TimeoutRxPreamble or TimeoutSignalSync interrupt. FromPacketReceived Controls the state-machine transition from the PacketReceived state: 000: to SequencerOff state 001: to Transmit on a FifoEmpty interrupt 010: to LowPowerSelection 011: to Receive via FS mode, if frequency was changed 100: to Receive state (no frequency change) 4.5.3. Timers Two timers (Timer1 and Timer2) are also available in order to define periodic sequences. These timers are used to generate interrupts, which can trigger transitions of the Sequencer. T1 interrupt is generated (Timer1Resolution * Timer1Coefficient) after T2 interrupt or SequencerStart. command. T2 interrupt is generated (Timer2Resolution * Timer2Coefficient) after T1 interrupt. The timers’ mechanism is summarized on the following diagram. Sequencer Start T2 interrupt Timer1 Timer2 T1 interrupt Figure 22. Timer1 and Timer2 Mechanism Note The timer sequence is completed independently of the actual Sequencer state. Thus, both timers need to be on to achieve a periodic cycling. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 42 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Table 22 Sequencer Timer Settings Variable Description Timer1Resolution Resolution of Timer1 00: disabled 01: 64 us 10: 4.1 ms 11: 262 ms Timer2Resolution Resolution of Timer2 00: disabled 01: 64 us 10: 4.1 ms 11: 262 ms Timer1Coefficient Multiplying coefficient for Timer1 Timer2Coefficient Multiplying coefficient for Timer2 SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 43 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 4.5.4. Sequencer State Machine The following graphs summarize every possible transition between each Sequencer state. The Sequencer states are highlighted in grey. The transitions are represented by arrows. The condition activating them is described over the transition arrow. For better readability, the start transitions are separated from the rest of the graph. Transitory states are highlighted in light grey, and exit states are represented in red. It is also possible to force the Sequencer off by setting the Stop bit in RegSeqConfig1 to 1 at any time. Sequencer: Start transitions Sequencer Off & Initial mode = Sleep or Standby On SequencerStart bit rising edge Start On FifoThreshold if FromStart = 11 If FromStart = 00 If FromStart = 01 If FromStart = 10 LowPower Selection Receive Transmit Sequencer: State machine Standby if IdleMode = 0 Sleep if IdleMode = 1 If LowPowerSelection = 1 LowPower Selection If LowPowerSelection = 0 ( Mode Initial mode ) Sequencer Off Idle On T1 if FromIdle = 0 If FromPacketReceived = 000 On T1 if FromIdle = 1 If FromPacketReceived = 010 Packet Received On PayloadReady if FromReceive = 010 On T2 On PayloadReady if FromReceive = 011 (CRC failed and CrcAutoClearOn=0) On RxTimeout If FromRxTimeout = 10 If FromPacketReceived = 100 Via FS mode if FromPacketReceived = 011 On PayloadReady if FromReceive = 001 On CrcOk if FromReceive = 011 Receive On Rssi if FromReceive = 100 On SyncAdress if FromReceive = 101 On Preamble if FromReceive = 110 On PacketSent if FromTransmit = 1 Via ReceiveRestart if FromRxTimeout = 00 RxTimeout If FromRxTimeout = 11 Transmit On PacketSent if FromTransmit = 0 Sequencer Off If FromRxTimeout = 01 Figure 23. Sequencer State Machine Use cases of the Top Sequencer are detailed in Section [7]. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 44 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5. Data Processing 5.1. Overview 5.1.1. Block Diagram Figure 22 below illustrates the SX1238 data processing circuit. Its role is to interface the data to/from the modulator/ demodulator and the uC access points (SPI and DIO pins). It also controls all the configuration registers. The circuit contains several control blocks which are described in the following paragraphs. DIO0 DIO1 DIO2 DIO3 DIO4 DIO5 Tx/Rx CONTROL Data Rx SYNC RECOG. PACKET HANDLER FIFO (+SR) SPI NSS SCK MOSI MISO Tx Potential datapaths (data operation mode dependant) Figure 24. SX1238 Data Processing Conceptual View The SX1238 implements several data operation modes, each with their own data path through the data processing section. Depending on the data operation mode selected, some control blocks are active whilst others remain disabled. 5.1.2. Data Operation Modes The SX1238 has two different data operation modes selectable by the user: Continuous mode: each bit transmitted or received is accessed in real time at the DIO2/DATA pin. This mode may be used if adequate external signal processing is available. Packet mode (recommended): user only provides/retrieves payload bytes to/from the FIFO. The packet is automatically built with preamble, Sync word, and optional CRC and DC-free encoding schemes The reverse operation is performed in reception. The uC processing overhead is hence significantly reduced compared to Continuous mode. Depending on the optional features activated (CRC, etc) the maximum payload length is limited to 255, 2047 bytes or unlimited. Each of these data operation modes is fully described in the following sections. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 45 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.2. Control Block Description 5.2.1. SPI Interface The SPI interface gives access to the configuration register via a synchronous full-duplex protocol corresponding to CPOL = 0 and CPHA = 0 in Motorola/Freescale nomenclature. Only the slave side is implemented. Three access modes to the registers are provided: SINGLE access: an address byte followed by a data byte is sent for a write access whereas an address byte is sent and a read byte is received for the read access. The NSS pin goes low at the beginning of the frame and goes high after the data byte. BURST access: the address byte is followed by several data bytes. The address is automatically incremented internally between each data byte. This mode is available for both read and write accesses. The NSS pin goes low at the beginning of the frame and stay low between each byte. It goes high only after the last byte transfer. FIFO access: if the address byte corresponds to the address of the FIFO, then succeeding data byte will address the FIFO. The address is not automatically incremented but is memorized and does not need to be sent between each data byte. The NSS pin goes low at the beginning of the frame and stay low between each byte. It goes high only after the last byte transfer. Figure 23 below shows a typical SPI single access to a register. Figure 25. SPI Timing Diagram (single access) MOSI is generated by the master on the falling edge of SCK and is sampled by the slave (i.e. this SPI interface) on the rising edge of SCK. MISO is generated by the slave on the falling edge of SCK. A transfer always starts by the NSS pin going low. MISO is high impedance when NSS is high. The first byte is the address byte. It is made of: wnr bit, which is 1 for write access and 0 for read access 7 bits of address, MSB first The second byte is a data byte, either sent on MOSI by the master in case of a write access, or received by the master on MISO in case of read access. The data byte is transmitted MSB first. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 46 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Proceeding bytes may be sent on MOSI (for write access) or received on MISO (for read access) without rising NSS and re-sending the address. In FIFO mode, if the address was the FIFO address then the bytes will be written / read at the FIFO address. In Burst mode, if the address was not the FIFO address, then it is automatically incremented at each new byte received. The frame ends when NSS goes high. The next frame must start with an address byte. The SINGLE access mode is actually a special case of FIFO / BURST mode with only 1 data byte transferred. During the write access, the byte transferred from the slave to the master on the MISO line is the value of the written register before the write operation. 5.2.2. FIFO 5.2.2.1. Overview and Shift Register (SR) In packet mode of operation, both data to be transmitted and that has been received are stored in a configurable FIFO (First In First Out) device. It is accessed via the SPI interface and provides several interrupts for transfer management. The FIFO is 1 byte wide hence it only performs byte (parallel) operations, whereas the demodulator functions serially. A shift register is therefore employed to interface the two devices. In transmit mode it takes bytes from the FIFO and outputs them serially (MSB first) at the programmed bit rate to the modulator. Similarly, in Rx, the shift register gets bit by bit data from the demodulator and writes them byte by byte to the FIFO. This is illustrated in Figure 26 below. FIFO byte1 byte0 8 Data Tx/Rx SR (8bits) 1 MSB LSB Figure 26. FIFO and Shift Register (SR) Note: When switching to Sleep mode, the FIFO can only be used once the ModeReady flag is set (quasi immediate from all modes except from Tx). 5.2.2.2. Size The FIFO size is fixed to 64 bytes. 5.2.2.3. Interrupt Sources and Flags FifoEmpty: FifoEmpty interrupt source is high when byte 0, i.e. whole FIFO, is empty. Otherwise it is low. Note that when retrieving data from the FIFO, FifoEmpty is updated on NSS falling edge, i.e. when FifoEmpty is updated to low state the currently started read operation must be completed. In other words, FifoEmpty state must be checked after each read operation for a decision on the next one (FifoEmpty = 0: more byte(s) to read; FifoEmpty = 1: no more byte to read). SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 47 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET FifoFull: FifoFull interrupt source is high when the last FIFO byte, i.e. the whole FIFO, is full. Otherwise it is low. PacketSent: PacketSent interrupt source goes high when the SR's last bit has been sent. FifoOverrunFlag: FifoOverrunFlag is set when a new byte is written by the user (in Tx or Standby modes) or the SR (in Rx mode) while the FIFO is already full. Data is lost and the flag should be cleared by writing a 1, note that the FIFO will also be cleared. FifoLevel: Threshold can be programmed by FifoThreshold in RegFifoThresh. Its behavior is illustrated in figure 25 below. FifoLevel 1 0 B B+1 # of bytes in FIFO Figure 27. FifoLevel IRQ Source Behavior Notes: - FifoLevel interrupt is updated only after a read or write operation on the FIFO. Thus the interrupt cannot be dynamically updated by only changing the FifoThreshold parameter. - FifoLevel interrupt is valid as long as FifoFull does not occur. An empty FIFO will restore its normal operation. 5.2.2.4. FIFO Clearing Table 23 below summarizes the status of the FIFO when switching between different modes. Table 23 Status of FIFO when Switching Between Different Modes of the Chip From Stdby Sleep Stdby/Sleep Stdby/Sleep Rx Rx Tx To Sleep Stdby Tx Rx Tx Stdby/Sleep Any SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. FIFO status Not cleared Not cleared Not cleared Cleared Cleared Not cleared Cleared Comments To allow the user to write the FIFO in Stdby/Sleep before Tx To allow the user to read FIFO in Stdby/Sleep mode after Rx Page 48 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.2.3. Sync Word Recognition 5.2.3.1. Overview Sync word recognition (also called Pattern recognition) is activated by setting SyncOn in RegSyncConfig. The bit synchronizer must also be activated in Continuous mode (automatically done in Packet mode). The block behaves like a shift register; it continuously compares the incoming data with its internally programmed Sync word and sets SyncAddressMatch when a match is detected. This is illustrated in Figure 28 below. Rx DATA Bit N-x = (NRZ) Sync_value[x] Bit N-1 = Bit N = Sync_value[1] Sync_value[0] DCLK SyncAddressMatch Figure 28. Sync Word Recognition During the comparison of the demodulated data, the first bit received is compared with bit 7 (MSB) of RegSyncValue1 and the last bit received is compared with bit 0 (LSB) of the last byte whose address is determined by the length of the Sync word. When the programmed Sync word is detected the user can assume that this incoming packet is for the node and can be processed accordingly. SyncAddressMatch is cleared when leaving Rx or FIFO is emptied. 5.2.3.2. Configuration Size: Sync word size can be set from 1 to 8 bytes (i.e. 8 to 64 bits) via SyncSize in RegSyncConfig. In Packet mode this field is also used for Sync word generation in Tx mode. Value: The Sync word value is configured in SyncValue(63:0). In Packet mode this field is also used for Sync word generation in Tx mode. Note: SyncValue choices containing 0x00 bytes are not allowed. 5.2.4. Packet Handler The packet handler is the block used in Packet mode. Its functionality is fully described in section [5.5]. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 49 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.2.5. Control The control block configures and controls the full chip's behavior according to the settings programmed in the configuration registers. 5.3. Digital IO Pins Mapping Six general purpose IO pins are available on the SX1238, and their configuration in Continuous or Packet mode is controlled through RegDioMapping1 and RegDioMapping2. Table 24 DIO Mapping, Continuous Mode Mode Diox Mapping 00 01 10 11 00 DIO5 DIO4 DIO3 DIO2 DIO1 DIO0 ClkOut - - - - 01 10 11 ModeReady TempChange/ LowBat ModeReady - - - FSRx or FSTx 00 ClkOut TempChange/ LowBat - - - - 01 10 11 PllLock ModeReady - - - Rx 00 ClkOut AutoMode TempChange/ LowBat Timeout Data Dclk SyncAddress 01 PllLock 10 Rssi/ PreambleDetect TimeOut 11 ModeReady ModeReady 00 ClkOut 01 10 11 PllLock ModeReady TempChange/ LowBat PllLock ModeReady Sleep Stdby Tx SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. TempChange/ LowBat PllLock ModeReady TempChange/ LowBat PllLock Rssi/ PreambleDetect - Data Data Rssi/ Rssi/ PreambleDetect PreambleDetect RxReady TempChange/ LowBat - Data - - Data Dclk TxReady TempChange/ LowBat Data Data Data 0 0 Page 50 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Table 25 DIO Mapping, Packet Mode Mode Diox Mapping 00 01 10 11 DIO5 DIO4 DIO3 DIO2 DIO1 DIO0 - - FifoEmpty FifoEmpty FifoEmpty FifoFull FifoFull FifoFull FifoLevel FifoEmpty FifoFull - 00 ClkOut FifoEmpty FifoFull FifoLevel 01 10 11 ModeReady TempChange/ LowBat - TempChange/ LowBat - FifoEmpty FifoEmpty FifoFull FifoFull FifoEmpty FifoFull - FSRx or FSTx 00 ClkOut FifoEmpty FifoFull FifoLevel 01 10 11 PllLock ModeReady FifoEmpty FifoEmpty FifoFull FifoFull FifoEmpty FifoFull - Rx 00 ClkOut FifoEmpty FifoFull FifoLevel 01 10 11 PllLock Data ModeReady FifoEmpty FifoEmpty RxReady Timeout SyncAddress FifoEmpty FifoFull - 00 ClkOut FifoEmpty FifoFull FifoLevel 01 10 11 PllLock Data ModeReady TxReady FifoEmpty FifoEmpty FifoFull FifoFull FifoEmpty FifoFull - Sleep Stdby Tx Note: TempChange/ LowBat PllLock TempChange/ LowBat PllLock Timeout Rssi/ PreambleDetect TempChange/ LowBat PllLock - TempChange/ LowBat TempChange/ LowBat PayloadReady CrcOk TempChange/ LowBat PacketSent TempChange/ LowBat Received Data is shown on the Data signal when RxReady arises. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 51 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.4. Continuous Mode 5.4.1. General Description As illustrated in Figure 29, in Continuous mode the NRZ data to (from) the (de)modulator is directly accessed by the uC on the bidirectional DIO2/DATA pin. The FIFO and packet handler are thus inactive. DIO0 DIO1/DCLK DIO2/DATA DIO3 DIO4 DIO5 Tx/Rx CONTROL Data Rx SYNC RECOG. SPI NSS SCK MOSI MISO Figure 29. Continuous Mode Conceptual View 5.4.2. Tx Processing In Tx mode, a synchronous data clock for an external uC is provided on DIO1/DCLK pin. Clock timing with respect to the data is illustrated in Figure 30. DATA is internally sampled on the rising edge of DCLK so the uC can change logic state anytime outside the grayed out setup/hold zone. T_DATA T_DATA DATA (NRZ) DCLK Figure 30. Tx Processing in Continuous Mode Note: The use of DCLK is required when the modulation shaping is enabled (see section [3.4.5]). SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 52 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.4.3. Rx Processing If the bit synchronizer is disabled, the raw demodulator output is made directly available on DATA pin and no DCLK signal is provided. Conversely, if the bit synchronizer is enabled, synchronous cleaned data and clock are made available respectively on DIO2/DATA and DIO1/DCLK pins. DATA is sampled on the rising edge of DCLK and updated on the falling edge as illustrated below. DATA (NRZ) DCLK Figure 31. Rx Processing in Continuous Mode Note: In Continuous mode, it is always recommended to enable the bit synchronizer to clean the DATA signal even if the DCLK signal is not used by the uC (bit synchronizer is automatically enabled in Packet mode). 5.5. Packet Mode 5.5.1. General Description In Packet mode the NRZ data to (from) the (de)modulator is not directly accessed by the uC but stored in the FIFO and accessed via the SPI interface. In addition, the SX1238 packet handler performs several packet oriented tasks such as Preamble and Sync word generation, CRC calculation/check, whitening/dewhitening of data, Manchester encoding/decoding, address filtering, etc. This simplifies software and reduces uC overhead by performing these repetitive tasks within the RF chip itself. Another important feature is ability to fill and empty the FIFO in Sleep/Stdby mode, ensuring optimum power consumption and adding more flexibility for the software. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 53 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET DIO0 DIO1 DIO2 DIO3 DIO4 DIO5 CONTROL Data Rx SYNC RECOG. PACKET HANDLER FIFO (+SR) SPI NSS SCK MOSI MISO Tx Figure 32. Packet Mode Conceptual View Note: The Bit Synchronizer is automatically enabled in Packet mode. 5.5.2. Packet Format 5.5.2.1. Fixed Length Packet Format Fixed length packet format is selected when bit PacketFormat is set to 0 and PayloadLength is set to any value greater than 0. In applications where the packet length is fixed in advance, this mode of operation may be of interest to minimize RF overhead (no length byte field is required). All nodes, whether Tx only, Rx only, or Tx/Rx should be programmed with the same packet length value. The length of the payload is limited to 2047 bytes. The length programmed in PayloadLength relates only to the payload which includes the message and the optional address byte. In this mode, the payload must contain at least one byte, i.e. address or message byte. An illustration of a fixed length packet is shown below. It contains the following fields: Preamble (1010...) Sync word (Network ID) Optional Address byte (Node ID) Message data Optional 2-bytes CRC checksum SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 54 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Optional DC free data coding CRC checksum calculation Preamble Sync Word 0 to 65536 bytes 0 to 8 bytes Address byte Message Up to 2047 bytes CRC 2-bytes Payload (min 1 byte) Fields added by the packet handler in Tx and processed and removed in Rx Optional User provided fields which are part of the payload Message part of the payload Figure 33. Fixed Length Packet Format 5.5.2.2. Variable Length Packet Format Variable length packet format is selected when bit PacketFormat is set to 1. This mode is useful in applications where the length of the packet is not known in advance and can vary over time. It is then necessary for the transmitter to send the length information together with each packet in order for the receiver to operate properly. In this mode the length of the payload, indicated by the length byte, is given by the first byte of the FIFO and is limited to 255 bytes. Note that the length byte itself is not included in its calculation. In this mode, the payload must contain at least 2 bytes, i.e. length + address or message byte. An illustration of a variable length packet is shown below. It contains the following fields: Preamble (1010...) Sync word (Network ID) Length byte Optional Address byte (Node ID) Message data Optional 2-BytesCRC checksum SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 55 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Optional DC free data coding CRC checksum calculation Preamble Sync Word 0 to 65536 bytes 0 to 8 bytes Length byte Address byte Message Up to 255 bytes CRC 2-bytes Payload (min 2 bytes) Fields added by the packet handler in Tx and processed and removed in Rx Optional User provided fields which are part of the payload Message part of the payload Figure 34. Variable Length Packet Format 5.5.2.3. Unlimited Length Packet Format Unlimited length packet format is selected when bit PacketFormat is set to 0 and PayloadLength is set to 0. The user can then transmit and receive packet of arbitrary length and PayloadLength register is not used in Tx/Rx modes for counting the length of the bytes transmitted/received. In Tx the data is transmitted depending on the TxStartCondition bit. On the Rx side the data processing features like Address filtering, Manchester encoding and data whitening are not available if the sync pattern length is set to zero (SyncOn = 0). The filling of the FIFO in this case can be controlled by the bit FifoFillCondition. The CRC detection in Rx is also not supported in this mode of the packet handler, however CRC generation in Tx is operational. The interrupts like CrcOk & PayloadReady are not available either. An unlimited length packet shown in Figure 33 is made up of the following fields: Preamble (1010...). Sync word (Network ID). Optional Address byte (Node ID). Message data Optional 2-bytes CRC checksum (Tx only) DC free Data encoding Preamble 0 to 65535 bytes Sync Word 0 to 8 bytes Address byte Message unlimited length Payload Fields added by the packet handler in Tx and processed and removed in Rx Message part of the payload Optional User provided fields which are part of the payload Figure 35. Unlimited Length Packet Format SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 56 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.5.3. Tx Processing In Tx mode the packet handler dynamically builds the packet by performing the following operations on the payload available in the FIFO: Add a programmable number of preamble bytes Optional DC-free encoding of the data (Manchester or whitening) Add a programmable Sync word Optionally calculating CRC over complete payload field (optional length byte + optional address byte + message) and appending the 2 bytes checksum Only the payload (including optional address and length fields) is required to be provided by the user in the FIFO. The transmission of packet data is initiated by the Packet Handler only if the chip is in Tx mode and the transmission condition defined by TxStartCondition is fulfilled. If transmission condition is not fulfilled then the packet handler transmits a preamble sequence until the condition is met. This happens only if the preamble length /= 0, otherwise it transmits a zero or one until the condition is met to transmit the packet data. The transmission condition itself is defined as: if TxStartCondition = 1, the packet handler waits until the first byte is written into the FIFO, then it starts sending the preamble followed by the sync word and user payload If TxStartCondition = 0, the packet handler waits until the number of bytes written in the FIFO is equal to the number defined in RegFifoThresh + 1 If the condition for transmission was already fulfilled i.e. the FIFO was filled in Sleep/Stdby then the transmission of packet starts immediately on enabling Tx 5.5.4. Rx Processing In Rx mode the packet handler extracts the user payload to the FIFO by performing the following operations: Receiving the preamble and stripping it off Detecting the Sync word and stripping it off Optional DC-free decoding of data Optionally checking the address byte Optionally checking CRC and reflecting the result on CrcOk. Only the payload (including optional address and length fields) is made available in the FIFO. When the Rx mode is enabled the demodulator receives the preamble followed by the detection of sync word. If fixed length packet format is enabled then the number of bytes received as the payload is given by the PayloadLength parameter. In variable length mode the first byte received after the sync word is interpreted as the length of the received packet. The internal length counter is initialized to this received length. The PayloadLength register is set to a value which is greater SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 57 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET than the maximum expected length of the received packet. If the received length is greater than the maximum length stored in PayloadLength register the packet is discarded otherwise the complete packet is received. If the address check is enabled then the second byte received in case of variable length and first byte in case of fixed length is the address byte. If the address matches with the one in the NodeAddress field, reception of the data continues otherwise it is stopped. The CRC check is performed if CrcOn = 1 and the result is available in CrcOk indicating that the CRC was successful. An interrupt (PayloadReady) is also generated on DIO0 as soon as the payload is available in the FIFO. The payload available in the FIFO can also be read in Sleep/Standby mode. If the CRC fails the PayloadReady interrupt is not generated and the FIFO is cleared. This function can be overridden by setting CrcAutoClearOff = 1, forcing the availability of PayloadReady interrupt and the payload in the FIFO even if the CRC fails. 5.5.5. Handling Large Packets When PayloadLength exceeds FIFO size (64 bytes) whether in fixed, variable or unlimited length packet format, in addition to PacketSent in Tx and PayloadReady or CrcOk in Rx, the FIFO interrupts/flags can be used as described below: For Tx: FIFO can be prefilled in Sleep/Standby but must be refilled "on-the-fly" during Tx with the rest of the payload. 1) Prefill FIFO (in Sleep/Standby first or directly in Tx mode) until FifoThreshold or FifoFull is set 2) In Tx, wait for FifoThreshold or FifoEmpty to be set (i.e. FIFO is nearly empty) 3) Write bytes into the FIFO until FifoThreshold or FifoFull is set. 4) Continue to step 2 until the entire message has been written to the FIFO (PacketSent will fire when the last bit of the packet has been sent). For Rx: FIFO must be unfilled "on-the-fly" during Rx to prevent FIFO overrun. 1) Start reading bytes from the FIFO when FifoEmpty is cleared or FifoThreshold becomes set. 2) Suspend reading from the FIFO if FifoEmpty fires before all bytes of the message have been read 3) Continue to step 1 until PayloadReady or CrcOk fires 4) Read all remaining bytes from the FIFO either in Rx or Sleep/Standby mode 5.5.6. Packet Filtering The SX1238 packet handler offers several mechanisms for packet filtering, ensuring that only useful packets are made available to the uC, reducing significantly system power consumption and software complexity. 5.5.6.1. Sync Word Based Sync word filtering/recognition is used for identifying the start of the payload and also for network identification. As previously described, the Sync word recognition block is configured (size, value) in RegSyncConfig and RegSyncValue(i) registers. This information is used, both for appending Sync word in Tx, and filtering packets in Rx. Every received packet which does not start with this locally configured Sync word is automatically discarded and no interrupt is generated. When the Sync word is detected, payload reception automatically starts and SyncAddressMatch is asserted. Note: Sync Word values containing 0x00 byte(s) are forbidden. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 58 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.5.6.2. Address Based Address filtering can be enabled via the AddressFiltering bits. It adds another level of filtering, above Sync word (i.e. Sync must match first), typically useful in a multi-node networks where a network ID is shared between all nodes (Sync word) and each node has its own ID (address). Two address based filtering options are available: AddressFiltering = 01: Received address field is compared with internal register NodeAddress. If they match then the packet is accepted and processed, otherwise it is discarded. AddressFiltering = 10: Received address field is compared with internal registers NodeAddress and BroadcastAddress. If either is a match, the received packet is accepted and processed, otherwise it is discarded. This additional check with a constant is useful for implementing broadcast in a multi-node networks. Please note that the received address byte, as part of the payload, is not stripped off the packet and is made available in the FIFO. In addition, NodeAddress and AddressFiltering only apply to Rx. On Tx side, if address filtering is expected, the address byte should simply be put into the FIFO like any other byte of the payload. As address filtering requires a Sync word match, both features share the same interrupt flag SyncAddressMatch. 5.5.6.3. Length Based In variable length Packet mode, PayloadLength must be programmed with the maximum payload length permitted. If received length byte is smaller than this maximum, then the packet is accepted and processed, otherwise it is discarded. Please note that the received length byte, as part of the payload, is not stripped off the packet and is made available in the FIFO. To disable this function the user should set the value of the PayloadLength to 2047. 5.5.6.4. CRC Based The CRC check is enabled by setting bit CrcOn in RegPacketConfig1. It is used for checking the integrity of the message. On Tx side a two byte CRC checksum is calculated on the payload part of the packet and appended to the end of the message On Rx side the checksum is calculated on the received payload and compared with the two checksum bytes received. The result of the comparison is stored in bit CrcOk. By default, if the CRC check fails then the FIFO is automatically cleared and no interrupt is generated. This filtering function can be disabled via CrcAutoClearOff bit and in this case, even if CRC fails, the FIFO is not cleared and only PayloadReady interrupt goes high. Please note that in both cases, the two CRC checksum bytes are stripped off by the packet handler and only the payload is made available in the FIFO. Two CRC implementations are selected with bit CrcWhiteningType. Table 26 CRC Description Crc Type CrcWhiteningType CCITT 0 (default) IBM 1 Polynomial Seed Value Complemented +1 0x1D0F Yes X16 + X15 + X2 + 1 0xFFFF No X16 + X12 + X5 A C code implementation of each CRC type is proposed in Application Section [7]. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 59 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.5.7. DC-Free Data Mechanisms The payload to be transmitted may contain long sequences of 1's and 0's, which introduces a DC bias in the transmitted signal. The radio signal thus produced has a non uniform power distribution over the occupied channel bandwidth. It also introduces data dependencies in the normal operation of the demodulator. Thus it is useful if the transmitted data is random and DC free. For such purposes, two techniques are made available in the packet handler: Manchester encoding and data whitening. Note: Only one of the two methods can be enabled at a time. 5.5.7.1. Manchester Encoding Manchester encoding/decoding is enabled if DcFree = 01 and can only be used in Packet mode. The NRZ data is converted to Manchester code by coding '1' as "10" and '0' as "01". In this case, the maximum chip rate is the maximum bit rate given in the specifications section and the actual bit rate is half the chip rate. Manchester encoding and decoding is only applied to the payload and CRC checksum while preamble and Sync word are kept NRZ. However, the chip rate from preamble to CRC is the same and defined by BitRate in RegBitRate (Chip Rate = Bit Rate NRZ = 2 x Bit Rate Manchester). Manchester encoding/decoding is thus made transparent for the user, who still provides/retrieves NRZ data to/from the FIFO. 1/BR ...Sync RF chips @ BR User/NRZ bits Manchester OFF User/NRZ bits Manchester ON 1/BR ... 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Payload... 0 1 1 0 1 0 ... ... 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 ... ... 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 t ... Figure 36. Manchester Encoding/Decoding SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 60 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 5.5.7.2. Data Whitening Another technique called whitening or scrambling is widely used for randomizing the user data before radio transmission. The data is whitened using a random sequence on the Tx side and de-whitened on the Rx side using the same sequence. Comparing to Manchester technique it has the advantage of keeping NRZ data rate i.e. actual bit rate is not halved. The whitening/de-whitening process is enabled if DcFree = 10. A 9-bit LFSR is used to generate a random sequence. The payload and 2-byte CRC checksum is then XORed with this random sequence as shown below. The data is de-whitened on the receiver side by XORing with the same random sequence. Payload whitening/de-whitening is thus made transparent for the user, who still provides/retrieves NRZ data to/from the FIFO. L F S R P o ly n o m ia l = X 9 + X 5 + 1 X8 X7 X6 X5 X4 X3 T ran sm it d ata X2 X1 X0 W hite ne d d ata Figure 37. Data Whitening Polynomial 5.5.8. Beacon Tx Mode In some short range wireless network topologies a repetitive message, also known as beacon, is transmitted periodically by a transmitter. The Beacon Tx mode allows for the re-transmission of the same packet without having to fill the FIFO multiple times with the same data. When BeaconOn in RegPacketConfig2 is set to 1, the FIFO can be filled only once in Sleep or Stdby mode with the required payload. After a first transmission, FifoEmpty will go high as usual, but the FIFO content will be restored when the chip exits Transmit mode. FifoEmpty, FifoFull and FifoLevel flags are also restored. This feature is only available in Fixed packet format, with the Payload Length smaller than the FIFO size. The Beacon Tx mode is exited by setting BeaconOn to 0, and clearing the FIFO by setting FifoOverrun to 1. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 61 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 6. Description of the Registers 6.1. Register Table Summary Table 27 Registers Summary Default (recom mended) Reset (built-in) Address Register Name 0x00 RegFifo 0x00 FIFO read/write access 0x01 RegOpMode 0x01 Operating modes of the transceiver 0x02 RegBitrateMsb 0x1A Bit Rate setting, Most Significant Bits 0x03 RegBitrateLsb 0x0B Bit Rate setting, Least Significant Bits 0x04 RegFdevMsb 0x00 Frequency Deviation setting, Most Significant Bits 0x05 RegFdevLsb 0x52 Frequency Deviation setting, Least Significant Bits 0x06 RegFrfMsb 0xE4 RF Carrier Frequency, Most Significant Bits 0x07 RegFrfMid 0xC0 RF Carrier Frequency, Intermediate Bits 0x08 RegFrfLsb 0x00 RF Carrier Frequency, Least Significant Bits 0x09 RegPaConfig 0x0F PA selection and Output Power control 0x0A RegPaRamp 0x19 Control of the PA ramp time in FSK, low phase noise PLL 0x0B RegOcp 0x2B Over Current Protection control 0x0C RegLna 0x20 LNA settings 0x0D RegRxConfig 0x08 Control of the AFC, AGC, Collision detector 0x0E RegRssiConfig 0x02 RSSI-related settings 0x0F RegRssiCollision 0x0A RSSI setting of the Collision detector 0x10 RegRssiThresh 0xFF RSSI Threshold control 0x11 RegRssiValue - 0x12 RegRxBw 0x15 Channel Filter BW Control 0x13 RegAfcBw 0x0B Channel Filter BW control during the AFC 0x14 RegOokPeak 0x28 OOK demodulator selection and control in peak mode 0x15 RegOokFix 0x0C Fixed threshold control of the OOK demodulator 0x16 RegOokAvg 0x12 Average threshold control of the OOK demodulator 0x17 Reserved17 0x47 - 0x18 Reserved18 0x32 - 0x19 Reserved19 0x3E - SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Description RSSI value in dBm Page 62 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Default (recom mended) Reset (built-in) Address Register Name 0x1A RegAfcFei 0x00 AFC and FEI control 0x1B RegAfcMsb 0x00 MSB of the frequency correction of the AFC 0x1C RegAfcLsb 0x00 LSB of the frequency correction of the AFC 0x1D RegFeiMsb 0x00 MSB of the calculated frequency error 0x1E RegFeiLsb 0x00 LSB of the calculated frequency error 0x1F RegPreambleDetect 0x40 Settings of the Preamble Detector 0x20 RegRxTimeout1 0x00 Timeout duration between Rx request and RSSI detection 0x21 RegRxTimeout2 0x00 Timeout duration between RSSI detection and PayloadReady 0x22 RegRxTimeout3 0x00 Timeout duration between RSSI and SyncAddress 0x23 RegRxDelay 0x00 Delay between Rx cycles 0x24 RegOsc 0x05 RC Oscillators Settings, CLKOUT frequency 0x25 RegPreambleMsb 0x00 Preamble length, MSB 0x26 RegPreambleLsb 0x03 Preamble length, LSB 0x27 RegSyncConfig 0x93 Sync Word Recognition control 0x28-0x2F RegSyncValue1-8 0x55 Sync Word bytes, 1 through 8 0x30 RegPacketConfig1 0x90 Packet mode settings 0x31 RegPacketConfig2 0x40 Packet mode settings 0x32 RegPayloadLength 0x40 Payload length setting 0x33 RegNodeAdrs 0x00 Node address 0x34 RegBroadcastAdrs 0x00 Broadcast address 0x35 RegFifoThresh 0x0F Fifo threshold, Tx start condition 0x36 RegSeqConfig1 0x00 Top level Sequencer settings 0x37 RegSeqConfig2 0x00 Top level Sequencer settings 0x38 RegTimerResol 0x00 Timer 1 and 2 resolution control 0x39 RegTimer1Coef 0xF5 Timer 1 setting 0x3A RegTimer2Coef 0x20 Timer 2 setting 0x3B RegImageCal 0x82 Image calibration engine control 0x3C RegTemp - 0x3D RegLowBat 0x02 Low Battery Indicator Settings 0x3E RegIrqFlags1 0x80 Status register: PLL Lock state, Timeout, RSSI > Threshold... 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Description Temperature Sensor value Page 63 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Default (recom mended) Reset (built-in) Address Register Name Description 0x3F RegIrqFlags2 0x40 Status register: FIFO handling flags, Low Battery detection... 0x40 RegDioMapping1 0x00 Mapping of pins DIO0 to DIO3 0x41 RegDioMapping2 0x00 Mapping of pins DIO4 and DIO5, ClkOut frequency 0x42 RegVersion 0x21 Semtech ID relating the silicon revision 0x43 RegAgcRef 0x13 0x44 RegAgcThresh1 0x0E 0x45 RegAgcThresh2 0x5B 0x46 RegAgcThresh3 0xDB 0x58 RegTcxo 0x09 TCXO or XTAL input setting 0x5A RegPaDac 0x84 Higher power settings of the PA 0x5C RegPll 0xD0 Control of the PLL bandwidth 0x5E RegPllLowPn 0xD0 Control of the Low Phase Noise PLL bandwidth 0x6C RegFormerTemp - 0x70 RegBitRateFrac 0x00 0x42 + RegTest - Adjustment of the AGC thresholds Stored temperature during the former IQ Calibration Fractional part in the Bit Rate division ratio Internal test registers. Do not overwrite Notes: - Reset values are automatically refreshed in the chip at Power On Reset. - Default values are the Semtech recommended register values, optimizing the device operation. - Registers for which the Default value differs from the Reset value are denoted by a * in the tables of section 6.2. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 64 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 6.2. Register Map Convention: r: read, w: write, p:pulse, x:trigger Table 28 Register Map Name (Address) RegFifo (0x00) Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value 7-0 Fifo rwx 0x00 Description FIFO data input/output Registers for Common settings RegOpMode (0x01) 7 unused r 0x00 unused 6-5 ModulationType rw 0x00 Modulation scheme: 00 FSK 01 OOK 10 -11 reserved 4-3 ModulationShaping rw 0x00 Data shaping: In FSK: 00 no shaping 01 gaussian filter BT = 1.0 10 gaussian filter BT = 0.5 11 gaussian filter BT = 0.3 In OOK: 00 no shaping 01 filtering with fcutoff = bit_rate 10 filtering with fcutoff = 2*bit_rate (for bit_rate < 125 kb/s) 11 reserved 2-0 Mode rwx 0x01 Transceiver modes 000 Sleep mode 001 Stdby mode 010 FS mode TX (FSTx) 011 Transmitter mode (Tx) 100 FS mode RX (FSRx) 101 Receiver mode (Rx) 110 reserved 111 reserved RegBitrateMsb (0x02) 7-0 BitRate(15:8) rw 0x1a MSB of Bit Rate (chip rate if Manchester encoding is enabled) RegBitrateLsb (0x03) 7-0 BitRate(7:0) rw 0x0b LSB of bit rate (chip rate if Manchester encoding is enabled) FXOSC BitRate = ------------------------------------------------------------------------BitrateFrac BitRate (15,0) + ------------------------------16 Default value: 4.8 kb/s RegFdevMsb (0x04) 7-6 unused r 0x00 unused 5-0 Fdev(13:8) rw 0x00 MSB of the frequency deviation RegFdevLsb (0x05) 7-0 Fdev(7:0) rw 0x52 LSB of the frequency deviation Fdev = Fstep × Fdev (15,0) Default value: 5 kHz SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 65 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value RegFrfMsb (0x06) 7-0 Frf(23:16) rw 0xe4 MSB of the RF carrier frequency RegFrfMid (0x07) 7-0 Frf(15:8) rw 0xc0 MSB of the RF carrier frequency RegFrfLsb (0x08) 7-0 Frf(7:0) rwx 0x00 LSB of RF carrier frequency Description Frf = Fstep × Frf ( 23 ;0 ) Default value: 915.000 MHz The RF frequency is taken into account internally only when: - entering FSRX/FSTX modes - re-starting the receiver Registers for the Transmitter RegPaConfig (0x09) RegPaRamp (0x0A) 7 PaSelect rw 0x00 Selects PA output pin 0 RFO pin. Maximum power of +13 dBm 1 Not Defined 6-4 unused r 0x00 unused 3-0 OutputPower rw 0x0f Output power setting, with 1dB steps Pout = -1 + OutputPower [dBm] , on RFO pin Pout = 20 + OutputPower [dBm] , on ANT pin* * Note: compression occurs at 27 dBm 7-5 unused r - 4 LowPnTxPllOff rw 0x01 Select a higher power, lower phase noise PLL only when the transmitter is used: 0 Standard PLL used in Rx mode, Lower PN PLL in Tx 1 Standard PLL used in both Tx and Rx modes 3-0 PaRamp rw 0x09 Rise/Fall time of ramp up/down in FSK 0000 3.4 ms 0001 2 ms 0010 1 ms 0011 500 us 0100 250 us 0101 125 us 0110 100 us 0111 62 us 1000 50 us 1001 40 us (d) 1010 31 us 1011 25 us 1100 20 us 1101 15 us 1110 12 us 1111 10 us SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 66 unused www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) RegOcp (0x0B) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value 7-6 unused r 0x00 unused 5 OcpOn rw 0x01 Enables overload current protection (OCP) for the PA: 0 OCP disabled 1 OCP enabled 4-0 OcpTrim rw 0x0b Trimming of OCP current: Imax = 45+5*OcpTrim [mA] if OcpTrim <= 15 (120 mA) / Imax = -30+10*OcpTrim [mA] if 15 < OcpTrim <= 27 (130 to 240 mA) Imax = 240mA for higher settings Default Imax = 100mA Description Registers for the Receiver RegLna (0x0C) 7-5 LnaGain rwx 0x01 LNA gain setting: 000 reserved 001 G1 = highest gain 010 G2 = highest gain – 6 dB 011 G3 = highest gain – 12 dB 100 G4 = highest gain – 24 dB 101 G5 = highest gain – 36 dB 110 G6 = highest gain – 48 dB 111 reserved Note: Reading this address always returns the current LNA gain (which may be different from what had been previously selected if AGC is enabled. 4-2 - r 0x00 unused 1-0 LnaBoost rw 0x00 Improves the system Noise Figure at the expense of Rx current consumption: 00 Default setting, meeting the specification 11 Improved sensitivity SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 67 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value 7 RestartRxOnCollision rw 0x00 Turns on the mechanism restarting the receiver automatically if it gets saturated or a packet collision is detected 0 No automatic Restart 1 Automatic restart On 6 RestartRxWithoutPllLock wp 0x00 Triggers a manual Restart of the Receiver chain when set to 1. Use this bit when there is no frequency change, RestartRxWithPllLock otherwise. 5 RestartRxWithPllLock wp 0x00 Triggers a manual Restart of the Receiver chain when set to 1. Use this bit when there is a frequency change, requiring some time for the PLL to re-lock. 4 AfcAutoOn rw 0x00 0 No AFC performed at receiver startup 1 AFC is performed at each receiver startup 3 AgcAutoOn rw 0x01 0 LNA gain forced by the LnaGain Setting 1 LNA gain is controlled by the AGC 2 AgcOnPreamble rw 0x00 When set to 1, the AGC will adjust the LNA gain until the preamble is detected, and fix LNA gain only when a Preamble is detected. The size of the qualifying preamble is set in PreambleDetectSize. When set to 0, the AGC will adjust the LNA gain based on RSSI information 1 StartDemodOnPreamble rw 0x00 Condition required for the circuit to provide valid data to the baseband 0 StartDemodOnRssi rw 0x00 Condition required for the circuit to provide valid data to the baseband 7-3 RssiOffset rw 0x00 Signed RSSI offset, to compensate for the possible losses/ gains in the front-end (LNA, SAW filter...) 1dB / LSB, 2’s complement format 2-0 RssiSmoothing rw 0x02 Defines the number of samples taken to average the RSSI result: 000 2 samples used 001 4 samples used 010 8 samples used 011 16 samples used 100 32 samples used 101 64 samples used 110 128 samples used 111 256 samples used RegRssiCollision (0x0f) 7-0 RssiCollisionThreshold rw 0x0a Sets the threshold used to consider that an interferer is detected, witnessing a packet collision. 1dB/LSB (only RSSI increase) Default: 10dB RegRssiThresh (0x10) 7-0 RssiThreshold rw 0xff RSSI trigger level for the Rssi interrupt : - RssiThreshold / 2 [dBm] RegRssiValue (0x11) 7-0 RssiValue rwx - RegRxConfig (0x0d) RegRssiConfig (0x0e) SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 68 Description Absolute value of the RSSI in dBm, 0.5dB steps. RSSI = - RssiValue/2 [dBm] www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value 7 unused r - 6-5 reserved rw 0x00 reserved 4-3 RxBwMant rw 0x02 Channel filter bandwidth control: 00 RxBwMant = 16 10 RxBwMant = 24 01 RxBwMant = 20 11 reserved 2-0 RxBwExp rw 0x05 Channel filter bandwidth control: FSK Mode: FXOSC RxBw = ----------------------------------------------------------------RxBwExp + 2 RxBwMant × 2 7-5 reserved rw 0x00 reserved 4-3 RxBwMantAfc rw 0x01 RxBwMant parameter used during the AFC 2-0 RxBwExpAfc rw 0x03 RxBwExp parameter used during the AFC 7-6 reserved rw 0x00 reserved 5 BitSyncOn rw 0x01 Enables the Bit Synchronizer. 0 Bit Sync disabled (not possible in Packet mode) 1 Bit Sync enabled 4-3 OokThreshType rw 0x01 Selects the type of threshold in the OOK data slicer: 00 fixed threshold 10 average mode 11 reserved 01 peak mode (default) 2-0 OokPeakTheshStep rw 0x00 Size of each decrement of the RSSI threshold in the OOK demodulator: 000 0.5 dB 001 1.0 dB 010 1.5 dB 011 2.0 dB 100 3.0 dB 101 4.0 dB 110 5.0 dB 111 6.0 dB RegOokFix (0x15) 7-0 OokFixedThreshold rw 0x0C Fixed threshold for the Data Slicer in OOK mode Floor threshold for the Data Slicer in OOK when Peak mode is used RegOokAvg (0x16) 7-5 OokPeakThreshDec rw 0x00 Period of decrement of the RSSI threshold in the OOK demodulator: 000 once per chip 001 once every 2 chips 010 once every 4 chips 011 once every 8 chips 100 twice in each chip 101 4 times in each chip 110 8 times in each chip 111 16 times in each chip 4 reserved rw 0x01 reserved 3-2 OokAverageOffset rw 0x00 Static offset added to the threshold in average mode in order to reduce glitching activity (OOK only): 00 0.0 dB 10 4.0 dB 01 2.0 dB 11 6.0 dB 1-0 OokAverageThreshFilt rw 0x02 Filter coefficients in average mode of the OOK demodulator: 00 fC ≈ chip rate / 32.π 01 fC ≈ chip rate / 8.π 10 fC ≈ chip rate / 4.π 11 fC ≈ chip rate / 2.π RegRxBw (0x12) RegAfcBw (0x13) RegOokPeak (0x14) SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 69 Description unused www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) DATASHEET Default Value Bits Variable Name Mode RegRes17 to RegRes19 7-0 reserved rw RegAfcFei (0x1a) 7-5 unused r - 4 AgcStart wp 0x00 Triggers an AGC sequence when set to 1. 3 reserved rw 0x00 reserved 2 unused - - 1 AfcClear wp 0x00 Clear AFC register set in Rx mode. Always reads 0. 0 AfcAutoClearOn rw 0x00 Only valid if AfcAutoOn is set 0 AFC register is not cleared at the beginning of the automatic AFC phase 1 AFC register is cleared at the beginning of the automatic AFC phase RegAfcMsb (0x1b) 7-0 AfcValue(15:8) rwx 0x00 MSB of the AfcValue, 2’s complement format. Can be used to overwrite the current AFC value RegAfcLsb (0x1c) 7-0 AfcValue(7:0) rwx 0x00 LSB of the AfcValue, 2’s complement format. Can be used to overwrite the current AFC value RegFeiMsb (0x1d) 7-0 FeiValue(15:8) rwx - MSB of the measured frequency offset, 2’s complement RegFeiLsb (0x1e) 7-0 FeiValue(7:0) rwx - LSB of the measured frequency offset, 2’s complement Frequency error = FeiValue x Fstep RegPreambleDete ct (0x1f) 7 PreambleDetectorOn rw 0x00 Enables Preamble detector when set to 1. The AGC settings supersede this bit during the startup / AGC phase. 0 Turned off 1 Turned on 6-5 PreambleDetectorSize rw 0x02 Number of Preamble bytes to detect to trigger an interrupt 00 1 byte 10 3 bytes 01 2 bytes 11 Reserved 4-0 PreambleDetectorTol rw 0x00 Number or chip errors tolerated over PreambleDetectorSize. 4 chips per bit. RegRxTimeout1 (0x20) 7-0 TimeoutRxRssi rw 0x00 Timeout interrupt is generated TimeoutRxRssi*16*Tbit after switching to Rx mode if Rssi interrupt doesn’t occur (i.e. RssiValue > RssiThreshold) 0x00: TimeoutRxRssi is disabled RegRxTimeout2 (0x21) 7-0 TimeoutRxPreamble rw 0x00 Timeout interrupt is generated TimeoutRxPreamble*16*Tbit after switching to Rx mode if Preamble interrupt doesn’t occur 0x00: TimeoutRxPreamble is disabled RegRxTimeout3 (0x22) 7-0 TimeoutSignalSync rw 0x00 Timeout interrupt is generated TimeoutSignalSync*16*Tbit after the Rx mode is programmed, if SyncAddress doesn’t occur 0x00: TimeoutSignalSync is disabled SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Description 0x47 reserved. Keep the Reset values. 0x32 0x3E Page 70 unused unused www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) RegRxDelay (0x23) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value 7-0 InterPacketRxDelay rw 0x00 Description Additional delay befopre an automatic receiver restart is launched: Delay = InterPacketRxDelay*4*Tbit RC Oscillator Registers RegOsc (0x24) 7-4 unused r - unused 3 RcCalStart rwp 0x00 Triggers the calibration of the RC oscillator when set. Always reads 0. RC calibration must be triggered in Standby mode. 2-0 ClkOut rw 0x05 Selects CLKOUT frequency: 000 FXOSC 001 FXOSC / 2 010 FXOSC / 4 011 FXOSC / 8 100 FXOSC / 16 101 FXOSC / 32 110 RC (automatically enabled) 111 OFF Packet Handling Registers RegPreambleMsb (0x25) 7-0 PreambleSize(15:8) rw 0x00 Size of the preamble to be sent (from TxStartCondition fulfilled). (MSB byte) RegPreambleLsb (0x26) 7-0 PreambleSize(7:0) rw 0x03 Size of the preamble to be sent (from TxStartCondition fulfilled). (LSB byte) RegSyncConfig (0x27) 7-6 AutoRestartRxMode rw 0x02 Controls the automatic restart of the receiver after the reception of a valid packet (PayloadReady or CrcOk): 00 Off 01 On, without waiting for the PLL to re-lock 10 On, wait for the PLL to lock (frequency changed) 11 reserved 5 PreamblePolarity rw 0x00 Sets the polarity of the Preamble 0 0xAA (default) 1 0x55 4 SyncOn rw 0x01 Enables the Sync word generation and detection: 0 Off 1 On 3 FifoFillCondition rw 0x00 FIFO filling condition: 0 if SyncAddress interrupt occurs 1 as long as FifoFillCondition is set 2-0 SyncSize rw 0x03 Size of the Sync word: (SyncSize + 1) bytes, (SyncSize) bytes if ioHomeOn=1 RegSyncValue1 (0x28) 7-0 SyncValue(63:56) rw 0x55 1st byte of Sync word. (MSB byte) Used if SyncOn is set. RegSyncValue2 (0x29) 7-0 SyncValue(55:48) rw 0x55 2nd byte of Sync word Used if SyncOn is set and (SyncSize +1) >= 2. RegSyncValue3 (0x2a) 7-0 SyncValue(47:40) rw 0x55 3rd byte of Sync word. Used if SyncOn is set and (SyncSize +1) >= 3. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 71 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value RegSyncValue4 (0x2b) 7-0 SyncValue(39:32) rw 0x55 4th byte of Sync word. Used if SyncOn is set and (SyncSize +1) >= 4. RegSyncValue5 (0x2c) 7-0 SyncValue(31:24) rw 0x55 5th byte of Sync word. Used if SyncOn is set and (SyncSize +1) >= 5. RegSyncValue6 (0x2d) 7-0 SyncValue(23:16) rw 0x55 6th byte of Sync word. Used if SyncOn is set and (SyncSize +1) >= 6. RegSyncValue7 (0x2e) 7-0 SyncValue(15:8) rw 0x55 7th byte of Sync word. Used if SyncOn is set and (SyncSize +1) >= 7. RegSyncValue8 (0x2f) 7-0 SyncValue(7:0) rw 0x55 8th byte of Sync word. Used if SyncOn is set and (SyncSize +1) = 8. RegPacketConfig1 (0x30) 7 PacketFormat rw 0x01 Defines the packet format used: 0 Fixed length 1 Variable length 6-5 DcFree rw 0x00 Defines DC-free encoding/decoding performed: 00 None (Off) 01 Manchester 10 Whitening 11 reserved 4 CrcOn rw 0x01 Enables CRC calculation/check (Tx/Rx): 0 Off 1 On 3 CrcAutoClearOff rw 0x00 Defines the behavior of the packet handler when CRC check fails: 0 Clear FIFO and restart new packet reception. No PayloadReady interrupt issued. 1 Do not clear FIFO. PayloadReady interrupt issued. 2-1 AddressFiltering rw 0x00 Defines address based filtering in Rx: 00 None (Off) 01 Address field must match NodeAddress 10 Address field must match NodeAddress or BroadcastAddress 11 reserved 0 CrcWhiteningType rw 0x00 Selects the CRC and whitening algorithms: 0 CCITT CRC implementation with standard whitening 1 IBM CRC implementation with alternate whitening SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 72 Description www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Name (Address) Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value RegPacketConfig2 7 unused r - (0x31) 6 DataMode rw 0x01 Data processing mode: 0 Continuous mode 1 Packet mode 5 IoHomeOn rw 0x00 Enables the ioHomeControl compatibility mode 0 Disabled 1 ioHome enabled 4 IoHomePowerFrame rw 0x00 reserved - Linked to ioHomeControl compatibility mode 3 BeaconOn rw 0x00 Enables the Beacon mode in Fixed packet format 2-0 PayloadLength(10:8) rw 0x00 Packet Length Most significant bits RegPayloadLength 7-0 (0x32) PayloadLength(7:0) rw 0x40 If PacketFormat = 0 (fixed), payload length. If PacketFormat = 1 (variable), max length in Rx, not used in Tx. Description unused RegNodeAdrs (0x33) 7-0 NodeAddress rw 0x00 Node address used in address filtering. RegBroadcastAdrs (0x34) 7-0 BroadcastAddress rw 0x00 Broadcast address used in address filtering. RegFifoThresh (0x35) 7 TxStartCondition rw 0x00 Defines the condition to start packet transmission : 0 FifoLevel (i.e. the number of bytes in the FIFO exceeds FifoThreshold) 1 FifoEmpty goes low(i.e. at least one byte in the FIFO) 6 unused r - 5-0 FifoThreshold rw 0x0f unused Used to trigger FifoLevel interrupt, when: nbr of bytes in FIFO >= FifoThreshold + 1 Sequencer Registers SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 73 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) RegSeqConfig1 (0x36) Bits Variable Name DATASHEET Mode Default Value Description 7 SequencerStart t 0x00 Controls the top level Sequencer When set to ‘1’, executes the “Start” transition. The sequencer can only be enabled when the chip is in Sleep or Standby mode. 6 SequencerStop t 0x00 Forces the Sequencer to go to Idle state Always reads ‘0’ 5 SequencerLowPowerMode rw 0x00 Selects chip mode in LowPower state: 0: Stdby mode 1: Sleep mode 4-3 SequencerTransitionFromI dle rw 0x00 Controls state-machine transition from the Idle state: 00: to LowPower or Idle state on a SequencerStart command, depending on SequencerLowPowerState 01: to Receive state on a SequencerStart command 10: to Transmit state on a SequencerStart command 11: to WaitForFifo on a SequencerStart command 2 SequencerLowPowerState rw 0x00 Defines the low power state of the Sequencer, reached at the end of any action (transmission, reception, etc...) 0: to LowPower state 1: to Idle state 1 SequencerTransitionFromL rw owPower 0x00 Controls the Sequencer transition from the LowPower state: 0: to Receive state on a Timer 1 interrupt 1: to Transmit state on a Timer 1 interrupt 0 SequencerTransitionFromT rw ransmit 0x00 Controls the Sequencer transition from the Transmit state: 0: to Receive state on a PacketSent interrupt 1: to LowPower or Idle state on a PacketSent interrupt, depending on SequencerLowPowerState SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 74 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) DATASHEET Mode Default Value Description 7-5 SequencerTransitionFrom Receive rw 0x00 Controls the Sequencer transition from the Receive state 000 and 111: unused 001: to PacketReceived state on a PayloadReady interrupt 010: to LowPower or Idle state on a PayloadReady interrupt, depending on SequencerLowPowerState 011: to PacketReceived state on a CrcOk interrupt. If the CRC is disabled the PayloadReady interrupt, firing when enough bytes are received, will drive the Sequencer to the PacketReceived state, too. 100: to Idle state on a Rssi interrupt 101: to Idle state on a SyncAddress interrupt 110: to Idle state on a PreambleDetect interrupt Irrespective of this setting, transition to LowPower or Idle state on a Timer2 interrupt, depending on SequencerLowPowerState 4-3 SequencerTransitionFrom RxTimeout rw 0x00 Controls the state-machine transition from the Receive state on a RxTimeout interrupt (and on PayloadReady if SequencerTransitionFromReceive = 011): 00: to ReceiveRestart 01: to Transmit 10: to LowPower or Idle state, depending on SequencerLowPowerState 11: to Idle state 2-0 SequencerTransitionFrom PacketReceived rw 0x00 Controls the state-machine transition from the PacketReceived state: 000: to Idle state 001: to Transmit on a FifoEmpty interrupt 010: to LowPower or Idle state on FifoEmpty, depending on SequencerLowPowerState 011: to Receive via FS mode, if frequency was changed 100: to Receive state (no frequency change) 7-4 unused r - unused 3-2 Timer1Resolution rw 0x00 Resolution of Timer 1 00: Timer1 disabled 01: 64 us 10: 4.1 ms 11: 262 ms 1-0 Timer2Resolution rw 0x00 Resolution of Timer 2 00: Timer2 disabled 01: 64 us 10: 4.1 ms 11: 262 ms RegTimer1Coef (0x39) 7-0 Timer1Coefficient rw 0xf5 Multiplying coefficient for Timer 1 RegTimer2Coef (0x3a) 7-0 Timer2Coefficient rw 0x20 Multiplying coefficient for Timer 2 RegSeqConfig2 (0x37) RegTimerResol (0x38) Bits Variable Name Services Registers SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 75 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value Description 7 AutoImageCalOn rw 0x01 Controls the Image calibration mechanism 0 Calibration of the receiver depending on the temperature is disabled 1 Calibration of the receiver depending on the temperature enabled. 6 ImageCalStart wp - 5 ImageCalRunning r 0x00 4 unused r - 3 TempChange r 2-1 TempThreshold rw 0x01 Temperature change threshold to trigger a new I/Q calibration 00 5 °C 01 10 °C 10 15 °C 11 20 °C 0 TempMonitorOff rw 0x00 RegTemp (0x3c) 7-0 TempValue r - Measured temperature -1°C per Lsb Needs calibration for absolute accuracy RegLowBat (0x3d) 7-4 unused r - unused 3 LowBatOn rw 0x00 Low Battery detector enable signal 0 LowBat detector disabled 1 LowBat detector enabled 2-0 LowBatTrim rw 0x02 Trimming of the LowBat threshold: 000 1.695 V 001 1.764 V 010 1.835 V (d) 011 1.905 V 100 1.976 V 101 2.045 V 110 2.116 V 111 2.185 V RegImageCal (0x3b) Triggers the IQ and RSSI calibration when set. Set to 1 while the Image and RSSI calibration are running. Toggles back to 0 when the process is completed unused 0x00 IRQ flag witnessing a temperature change exceeding TempThreshold since the last Image and RSSI calibration: 0 Temperature change lower than TempThreshold 1 Temperature change greater than TempThreshold Controls the temperature monitor operation: 0 Temperature monitoring done in all modes except Sleep and Standby 1 Temperature monitoring stopped. Status Registers SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 76 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) RegIrqFlags1 (0x3e) RegIrqFlags2 (0x3f) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value 7 ModeReady r - Set when the operation mode requested in Mode, is ready - Sleep: Entering Sleep mode - Standby: XO is running - FS: PLL is locked - Rx: RSSI sampling starts - Tx: PA ramp-up completed Cleared when changing the operating mode. 6 RxReady r - Set in Rx mode, after RSSI, AGC and AFC. Cleared when leaving Rx. 5 TxReady r - Set in Tx mode, after PA ramp-up. Cleared when leaving Tx. 4 PllLock r - Set (in FS, Rx or Tx) when the PLL is locked. Cleared when it is not. 3 Rssi rwp - Set in Rx when the RssiValue exceeds RssiThreshold. Cleared when leaving Rx or setting this bit to 1. 2 Timeout r - Set when a timeout occurs Cleared when leaving Rx or FIFO is emptied. 1 PreambleDetect rwp - Set when the Preamble Detector has found valid Preamble. bit clear when set to 1 0 SyncAddressMatch rwp - Set when Sync and Address (if enabled) are detected. Cleared when leaving Rx or FIFO is emptied. This bit is read only in Packet mode, rwc in Continuous mode 7 FifoFull r - Set when FIFO is full (i.e. contains 66 bytes), else cleared. 6 FifoEmpty r - Set when FIFO is empty, and cleared when there is at least 1 byte in the FIFO. 5 FifoLevel r - Set when the number of bytes in the FIFO strictly exceeds FifoThreshold, else cleared. 4 FifoOverrun rwp - Set when FIFO overrun occurs. (except in Sleep mode) Flag(s) and FIFO are cleared when this bit is set. The FIFO then becomes immediately available for the next transmission / reception. 3 PacketSent r - Set in Tx when the complete packet has been sent. Cleared when exiting Tx 2 PayloadReady r - Set in Rx when the payload is ready (i.e. last byte received and CRC, if enabled and CrcAutoClearOff is cleared, is Ok). Cleared when FIFO is empty. 1 CrcOk r - Set in Rx when the CRC of the payload is Ok. Cleared when FIFO is empty. 0 LowBat rwp - Set when the battery voltage drops below the Low Battery threshold. Cleared only when set to 1 by the user. Description IO Control Registers SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 77 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) RegDioMapping1 (0x40) RegDioMapping2 (0x41) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value 7-6 Dio0Mapping rw 0x00 5-4 Dio1Mapping rw 0x00 3-2 Dio2Mapping rw 0x00 1-0 Dio3Mapping rw 0x00 7-6 Dio4Mapping rw 0x00 5-4 Dio5Mapping rw 0x00 3-1 reserved rw 0x00 reserved. Retain default value 0 MapPreambleDetect rw 0x00 Allows the mapping of either Rssi Or PreambleDetect to the DIO pins, as summarized on Table 24 and Table 25 0 Rssi interrupt 1 PreambleDetect interrupt Description Mapping of pins DIO0 to DIO5 See Table 24 for mapping in Continuous mode See Table 25 for mapping in Packet mode Version Register RegVersion (0x42) 7-0 Version r 0x21 Version code of the chip. Bits 7-4 give the full revision number; bits 3-0 give the metal mask revision number. Additional Registers RegAgcRef (0x43) 7-6 unused r - 5-0 AgcReferenceLevel rw 0x13 RegAgcThresh1 (0x44) 7-5 unused r - 4-0 AgcStep1 rw 0x0e Defines the 1st AGC Threshold RegAgcThresh2 (0x45) 7-4 AgcStep2 rw 0x05 Defines the 2nd AGC Threshold: 3-0 AgcStep3 rw 0x0b Defines the 3rd AGC Threshold: RegAgcThresh3 (0x46) 7-4 AgcStep4 rw 0x0d Defines the 4th AGC Threshold: 3-0 AgcStep5 rw 0x0b Defines the 5th AGC Threshold: RegTcxo (0x58) 7-5 reserved rw 0x00 Reserved. Retain default value 4 TcxoInputOn rw 0x00 Controls the crystal oscillator 0 Crystal Oscillator with external Crystal 1 External clipped sine TCXO AC-connected to XTA pin 3-0 reserved rw 0x09 Reserved. Retain default value. RegPaDac (0x5a) 7-3 reserved rw 0x10 Reserved. Retain default value 2-0 PaDac rw 0x04 0x04 Default value RegPll (0x5c) 7-6 PllBandwidth rw 0x03 Controls the PLL bandwidth: 00 75 kHz 10 225 kHz 01 150 kHz 11 300 kHz 5-0 reserved rw 0x10 Reserved. Retain default value 7-6 PllBandwidth rw 0x03 Controls the Low Phase Noise PLL bandwidth: 00 75 kHz 10 225 kHz 01 150 kHz 11 300 kHz 5-0 reserved rw 0x10 Reserved. Retain default value RegPllLowPn (0x5e) SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 78 unused Sets the floor reference for all AGC thresholds unused www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING Name (Address) DATASHEET Bits Variable Name Mode Default Value RegFormerTemp (0x6c) 7-0 FormerTemp rwx - RegBitrateFrac (0x70) 7-4 unused r 0x00 unused 3-0 BitRateFrac rw 0x00 Fractional part of the bit rate divider (Only valid for FSK) If BitRateFrac> 0 then: Description Temprature saved during the latest IQ (RSSI and Image) calibrated. Same format as TempValue in RegTemp. FXOSC BitRate = ------------------------------------------------------------------------BitrateFrac BitRate (15,0) + ------------------------------16 SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 79 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 7. Application Information 7.1. Crystal Resonator Specification Table 29 shows the crystal resonator specification for the crystal reference oscillator circuit of the SX1238. This specification covers the full range of operation of the SX1238 and is employed in the reference design. Table 29 Crystal Specification Symbol Description FXOSC Conditions Min Typ Max XTAL Frequency - 32 - MHz RS XTAL Serial Resistance - 30 140 ohms C0 XTAL Shunt Capacitance - 2.8 7 pF CFOOT External Foot Capacitance 8 15 22 pF CLOAD Crystal Load Capacitance 6 - 12 pF On each pin XTA and XTB Unit Notes: - the initial frequency tolerance, temperature stability and ageing performance should be chosen in accordance with the target operating temperature range and the receiver bandwidth selected. - the loading capacitance should be applied externally, and adapted to the actual Cload specification of the XTAL. 7.2. Reset of the Chip A power-on reset of the SX1238 is triggered at power up. Additionally, a manual reset can be issued by controlling pin 19. 7.2.1. POR If the application requires the disconnection of VDD from the SX1238, despite of the extremely low Sleep Mode current, the user should wait for 10 ms from of the end of the POR cycle before commencing communications over the SPI bus. Pin 19(Reset) should be left floating during the POR sequence. VDD Pin 19 (output) Undefined Wait for 10 ms Chip is ready from this point on Figure 38. POR Timing Diagram Please note that any CLKOUT activity can also be used to detect that the chip is ready. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 80 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 7.2.2. Manual Reset A manual reset of the SX1238 is possible even for applications in which VDD cannot be physically disconnected. Pin 19 should be pulled high for a hundred microseconds, and then released. The user should then wait for 5 ms before using the chip. VDD Pin 19 (input) High-Z > 100 us Wait for 5 ms ’’1’’ High-Z Chip is ready from this point on Figure 39. Manual Reset Timing Diagram Note: Whilst pin 6 is driven high, an over current consumption of up to ten milliamps can be seen on VDD. 7.3. Reference Design Please contact your Semtech representative for evaluation tools, reference designs and design assistance. Note that all schematics shown in this section are full schematics, listing ALL required components, including decoupling capacitors. For detailed Bills of Materials, please consult the Reference Design section on the SX1238 web page, or contact your local Semtech representative. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 81 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Figure 40. SX1238 Reference Design Schematic Note: This reference design/BOM is intended for 902 - 928 MHz FCC region operation. Contact Semtech for usage in EU region. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 82 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET BOM SX1238 App Circuit 27.8.2012 Efo RefDes MPN Geom Value PCB# Version 1.0.0 Qty Description Tolerance Rating Manufacturer IC U1 SX1232HA R8 R9 CRCW040247R0JNED CRCW040282R0JNED 402 402 47 82 1 1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C18 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C17 C19 C29 GRM1555C1H3R0CA01D GRM1555C1H5R6DA01D GRM1555C1H1R0CA01D GRM1555C1H1R8CA01D GRM1555C1H3R3CA01D GRM1555C1H330JZ01D GRM155R71C104KA88D GRM155R71C104KA88D GRM155R71C104KA88D GRM1555C1H100JZ01D GRM155R71C104KA88D GRM1555C1H150JA01D GRM1555C1H180JA01D GRM155R71E103KA01D GRM1555C1H9R1DZ01D GRM1555C1H330JZ01D GRM188R60J106ME47D GRM155R71E103KA01D GRM155R71E103KA01D GRM188R60J106ME47D GRM155R71E103KA01D DNP DNP DNP 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 603 402 402 603 402 402 402 402 3.0pF 5.6pF 1.0pF 1.8pF 3.3pF 33pF 100nF 100nF 100nF 10pF 100nF 15pF 18pF 10nF 9.1pF 33pF 10μF 10nF 10nF 10μF 10nF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L1 L3 L4 L6 L7 L8 L2 LQW15AN6N8G00D LQW15AN3N3D10D LQW15AN6N8G00D LQW15AN33NJ00D LQW15AN5N6C10D LQW15AN10NJ00D DNP 402 402 402 402 402 402 402 6.8nH 3.3nH 6.8nH 33nH 5.6nH 10nH 1 1 1 1 1 1 Q1 J1 MLPQ40 SX1232HA 1 High Power UHF Xcvr Resistors Thick Film Resistor Thick Film Resistor Capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Multilayer ceramic capacitors Inductors Wirewound Inductor Wirewound Inductor Wirewound Inductor Wirewound Inductor Wirewound Inductor Wirewound Inductor Semtech ±5%, ±5%, 1/16W 1/16W C0G ±0.5pF, 50V C0G ±0.25pF, 50V C0G ±0.5pF, 50V C0G ±0.5pF, 50V C0G ±0.5pF, 50V C0G ±5%, 50V X7R ±10%, 16V X7R ±10%, 16V X7R ±10%, 16V C0G ±5%, 50V X7R ±10%, 16V C0G ±5%, 50V C0G ±5%, 50V X7R ±10%, 25V C0G ±5%, 50V C0G ±5%, 50V X5R ±20%, 6.3V X7R ±10%, 25V X7R ±10%, 25V X5R ±20%, 6.3V X7R ±10%, 25V ±5% ±0.2nH ±5% ±5% ±5% ±5% Crystal ±10ppm, Surface mount type crystal units NX2520SA-32.000000MHZ nx2520sa 32.MHz 1 Connectors (or P/N equivalent) SMA 50 Ohms 1 SMA End Launch jack receptacle for PCB mount 142-0701-801 Vishay/Dale Vishay/Dale Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata Murata NDK Emerson Figure 41. SX1238 Reference Design BOM SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 83 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET Figure 42. SX1238 PCB Layout Example SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 84 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 7.4. Example CRC Calculation The following routine(s) may be implemented to mimic the CRC calculation of the SX1238: Figure 43. Example CRC Code SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 85 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 7.5. Example Temperature Reading The following routine(s) may be implemented to read the temperature and calibrate the sensor: Figure 44. Example Temperature Reading SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 86 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 8. Packaging Information 8.1. Package Outline Drawing The SX1238 is available in a 40-lead MLPQ package as shown in Figure 45. A D B PIN 1 INDICATOR (LASER MARK) DIMENSIONS INCHES MILLIMETERS DIM MIN NOM MAX MIN NOM MAX E A aaa C A1 SEATING PLANE C A A1 A2 b D D1 E E1 e L N aaa bbb .031 .039 .000 .002 (.008) .007 .010 .012 .193 .197 .201 .130 .136 .140 .272 .276 .280 .209 .215 .219 .020 BSC .012 .016 .020 40 .003 .004 1.00 0.80 0.05 0.00 (0.20) 0.18 0.25 0.30 4.90 5.00 5.10 3.30 3.45 3.55 6.90 7.00 7.10 5.30 5.45 5.55 0.50 BSC 0.30 0.40 0.50 40 0.08 0.10 A2 D1 LxN E/2 E1 2 1 N bxN e bbb C A B D/2 NOTES: 1. CONTROLLING DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS (ANGLES IN DEGREES). 2. COPLANARITY APPLIES TO THE EXPOSED PAD AS WELL AS THE TERMINALS. Figure 45. Package Outline Drawing SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 87 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 8.2. Recommended Land Pattern Z1 K (C) DIMENSIONS H G Z Y X P DIM C C1 G G1 H K P R X Y Z Z1 INCHES (.272) (.193) .240 .161 .222 .144 .020 .006 .012 .031 .303 .224 MILLIMETERS (6.90) (4.90) 6.10 4.10 5.65 3.65 0.50 0.15 0.30 0.80 7.70 5.70 G1 (C1) NOTES: 1. CONTROLLING DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS (ANGLES IN DEGREES). 2. THIS LAND PATTERN IS FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY. CONSULT YOUR MANUFACTURING GROUP TO ENSURE YOUR COMPANY'S MANUFACTURING GUIDELINES ARE MET. 3. THERMAL VIAS IN THE LAND PATTERN OF THE EXPOSED PAD SHALL BE CONNECTED TO A SYSTEM GROUND PLANE. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY COMPROMISE THE THERMAL AND/OR FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE DEVICE. Figure 46. Recommended Land Pattern SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 88 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 8.3. Thermal Impedance The thermal impedance of this package is: Theta ja = 25° C/W typ., calculated from a package in still air, on a 4-layer FR4 PCB, as per the Jedec standard. 8.4. Tape & Reel Specification C arrier T ap e T ap e W id th (W ) 12 + /-0 .3 0 P o ck et P itch (P ) 8 + /-0 .1 0 R eel Ao Bo Ko R eel S iz e R eel W id th M in . T railer L en g th M in . L e ad e r L en g th QTY p er U n it 5 .2 5 + /-0 .2 0 7 .2 5 + /-0 .2 0 1 .1 0 + /-0 .1 0 3 3 0 .2 1 2 .4 400 400 3000 mm Figure 47. Tape & Reel Specification Note: Single sprocket holes. SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 89 www.semtech.com SX1238 High Power Transceiver IC WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET 9. Revision History Revision Rev 1 Rev 2 Date April 2014 June 2014 Comments First Final Release 868 MHz band extension Table 30 Revision History SX1238 Rev.2, June 2014 ©2014 Semtech Corp. Page 90 www.semtech.com SX1238 WIRELESS, SENSING & TIMING DATASHEET © Semtech 2014 All rights reserved. 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