The Texas Instruments CC2530 and CC2531 are System on Chip (SoC) solutions for 802.15.4, ZigBee, and RF4CE applications that combine the performance of a leading RF transceiver with an industry-standard enhanced 8051 MCU, in-system programmable Flash memory, 8KB RAM, and other powerful features.

The TI CC2531 enables USB dongles or USB upgradable network nodes to be built with low total bill-of-material costs. The CC2531 has various operating modes, making it suited for systems where ultralow power consumption is required. Short transition times between operating modes further ensure low energy consumption.

With its large flash memory of up to 256 KB, the TI CC2530 is ideal for ZigBee PRO applications. The 64 KB and up versions of the TI CC2530 support the new RemoTI™ stack for ZigBee RF4CE, which is the industry's first ZigBee RF4CE-compliant protocol stack, and larger memory sizes will allow for on-chip, over-the-air-download to support in-system reprogramming. The CC2533 combines the excellent performance of a leading RF transceiver with a single-cycle 8051 compliant CPU, up to 96-KB in-system programmable flash memory, up to 6-KB RAM, and many other powerful features.

• RF/Layout
  2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 Compliant RF Transceiver
  Excellent Receiver Sensitivity and Robustness to Interference
  Programmable Output Power Up to 4.5 dBm
  Very Few External Components
  Only a Single Crystal Needed for Mesh Network Systems
  6-mm × 6-mm QFN40 Package
  Suitable for Systems Targeting Compliance With Worldwide Radio-Frequency Regulations: ETSI EN 300 328 and EN 300 440 (Europe), FCC CFR47 Part 15 (US) and ARIB STD-T-66 (Japan)
  
• Low Power
  Active-Mode RX (CPU Idle): 24 mA
  Active Mode TX at 1 dBm (CPU Idle): 29 mA
  Power Mode 1 (4 µs Wake-Up): 0.2 mA
  Power Mode 2 (Sleep Timer Running): 1 µA
  Power Mode 3 (External Interrupts): 0.4 µA
  Wide Supply-Voltage Range (2 V-3.6 V)
  
• MCU
  High-Performance and Low-Power 8051 Microcontroller Core With Code Prefetch
  32-, 64-, 128-, or 256-KB In-System-Programmable Flash
  8-KB RAM With Retention in All Power Modes
  Hardware Debug Support
  

• RF remote controls
  
• 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 systems
  
• Home and building automation
  
• Industrial control and monitoring
  
• Set-top boxes
  
• Consumer electronics
  
• Smart Energy

• RF/Layout
  2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 Compliant RF Transceiver
  Excellent Receiver Sensitivity and Robustness to Interference
  Programmable Output Power Up to 4.5 dBm
  Few External Components
  Only a Single Crystal Needed for Mesh Network Systems
  6-mm × 6-mm QFN40 Package
  Suitable for Systems Targeting Compliance With Worldwide Radio-Frequency Regulations: ETSI EN 300 328 and EN 300 440 (Europe), FCC CFR47 Part 15 (US) and ARIB STD-T-66 (Japan)
  
• USB
  USB 2.0 Certified Full Speed Device (12 Mbps)
  5 Highly Flexible Endpoints
  1-KB dedicated FIFO
  DMA access to FIFO
  No 48-MHz Crystal Required
  
• Low Power
  Active Mode RX (CPU Idle): 24 mA
  Active Mode TX at 1 dBm (CPU Idle): 29 mA
  Power Mode 1 (4 µs Wake-Up): 0.2 mA
  Power Mode 2 (Sleep Timer Running): 1 µA
  Power Mode 3 (External Interrupts): 0.4 µA

• USB Upgradable 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 Systems
  
• RF4CE Remote Control Target for TV or STB
  
• PC Peripherals
  
• ZigBee Systems
  
• Home/Building Automation
  
• Lighting Systems
  
• Industrial Control and Monitoring
  
• Low-Power Wireless Sensor Networks
  
• Consumer Electronics
  
• Health Care

CC2530 / CC2531 Development Tools

The Texas Instruments CC2530DK, CC25230ZDK, and CC2530EMK let designers properly evaluate, demonstrate, prototype, and develop software targeting IEEE 802.15.4 / Zigbee® compliant applications and proprietary applications using a DSSS radio. These TI development kits are based on the TI CC2530 System-on-Chip.

The TI RemoTI-CC2530DK supports TI´s second generation 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant System-on-Chip, the CC2530, and contains all hardware, software, and tools necessary to evaluate, develop, test, and debug an RF4CE-compliant product.

The CC2531EMK kit provides one CC2531 USB Dongle and documentation to support a PC interface to 802.15.4 / ZigBee applications.