CC2420 overview

CC2420 is a component documented by Texas Instruments. The PDF description identifies it as "2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee-ready RF Transceiver." This guide condenses the most useful engineering information from the available PDF so that designers and sourcing teams can identify the checks that still need confirmation in the original document.

Datasheet snapshot

  • Manufacturer: Texas Instruments
  • Part number: CC2420
  • Category: Logic IC
  • Datasheet length: 92 Pages

Specifications and operating details

The following points were extracted from the PDF text. Check the associated conditions, notes and limits in the complete document before using a value in a design.

  • Manufacturer or author: Texas Instruments, Incorporated [SWRS041,C] PDF pages: 90 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee-ready RF Transceiver  2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 systems  ZigBee systems  Home/building automation  Industrial Control  Wirele.
  • The CC2420 is a low-cost, highly integrated solution for robust wireless communication in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed ISM band.
  • Key Features  True single-chip 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver with baseband modem and MAC support  DSSS baseband modem with 2 MChips/s and 250 kbps effective data rate.  Suitable for both RFD and FFD operation  Low curr.
  • e.html  2400 – 2483.5 MHz RF Transceiver  Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) transceiver  250 kbps data rate, 2 MChip/s chip rate  O-QPSK with half sine pulse shaping modulation  Very low current consumption (RX: 18.8 mA, TX: 17.4.
  • Units Condition Supply voltage for on-chip voltage regulator, VREG_IN pin 43. -0.3 3.6 V Supply voltage (VDDIO) for digital I/Os, DVDD3.3, pin 25. -0.3 3.6 V Supply voltage (VDD) on AVDD_VCO, DVDD1.8, etc (pin no 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 14, 15, 17.
  • 21, 27-34 and 41) -0.3 VDDIO+0.3, max 3.6 V Voltage on any other pin, (pin no.
  • Units Condition Supply voltage for on-chip voltage regulator, VREG_IN pin 43.

Topics covered by the datasheet

The document includes sections related to:

  • Applications

Engineering review checklist

  • Confirm supply rails, clock limits, memory size, peripheral mapping and I/O voltage compatibility.
  • Check package pinout, boot configuration, programming interface and silicon-revision errata.
  • Budget decoupling, thermal margin, startup timing and firmware recovery behavior before release.

Always confirm values against the latest manufacturer-controlled datasheet, especially when qualifying a substitute or releasing a production BOM.

View the complete PDF and model record

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Source attribution

Adapted from the PDF associated with this DigiCamel model page.

Source model URL: https://www.digicamel.com/product.php?slug=cc2420-texas-instruments