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Features
RF Frequency Range of 264–456 MHz
6 dBm RF Output into Matched Antenna
RF Output Power Adjustable over 36 dB with 1 dB Resolution
Phase-locked Loop (PLL) Based Frequency Synthesizer
Supports OOK Modulation
Data Bandwidth of Up to 10 Kbps Manchester
2-volt Operation
8-bit AVR
â
RISC Microcontroller Core
Minimal External Components
Space-saving 20-lead TSSOP
2 KB (1K x 16) of Flash Program Memory
128 Bytes of EEPROM
128 Bytes of SRAM
In-system Programmable Data and Program Memory
Six I/Os (Serial I/F, LED Drive Outputs, Button Input Interrupts)
Low Battery Detect and Brown-out Protection
Software Fine-tuning of VCO Tank Circuit
Applications
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Transmitters
Wireless Security Systems
Home Appliance Control (Lighting Control, Ceiling Fans)
Radio Remote Control (Hobby, Toys)
Garage Door Openers
Wireless PC Peripherals (Keyboard, Mouse)
Telemetry (Tire Pressure, Utility Meter, Asset Tracking)
Description
The Atmel AT86RF401 Smart RF Microtransmitter is a highly integrated, low-cost RF
transmitter, combined with an AVR RISC microcontroller. It requires only a crystal, a
single LiMnO2coin cell (CR2032 or similar), three capacitors, an inductor and a tuned-
loop antenna to implement a complete on-off keyed (OOK) wireless RF data
transmitter.
Figure 1. Block Diagram
PHASE
DETECTOR
OSCILLATOR LOOP
FILTER VCO
PRESCALER
÷
24
RF
AMP
LOOP FIL
CLOCK
RESET
WATCHDOG
LOW-VOLTAGE DETECT
BROWN-OUT PROTECT
AVR RISC µC
2 KB Flash Program Memory
128 Bytes EEPROM Data Memory
L1
L2
DATA GAIN
TRIM
POWER
SUPPLY
SUPERVISOR
XTAL/CLK
XTALB
AVDD
AGND
ANT
ANTB
B+
DVDD
DGND
IO5
IO4
IO3
SCK/IO2
SDO/IO1
SDI/IO0
RESETB
CFIL
Smart RF
Wireless Data
Microtransmitter
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In-system programmable, nonvolatile Flash program memory and EEPROM data stor-
age make possible rapid time-to-market and lower inventory costs.
Static current consumption is kept to a minimum with an ultra-low current shutdown
mode. Normal operation resumes when a button is pressed. This activates the crystal
oscillator circuit that serves as the clock for the AVR microcontroller.
The RF carrier is synthesized utilizing an on-board Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO).
Optimal tuning of the VCO is maintained over component tolerance through the use of a
software-controlled switched capacitor array. Its accuracy is maintained with a PLL
detector that compares the crystal oscillator to a frequency-scaled version (divided by
24) of the RF carrier. The resulting error signal adjusts the VCO to produce a very stable
RF carrier.
An interrupt-based bit-timer structure, integral to the AVR microcontroller, simplifies the
implementation of user-specific, data-bit encoding routines, such as PWM or Manches-
ter, for modulating the RF carrier. Thirty-six dB of RF power output control is available to
the user in 1 dB steps and is addressable in software. The RF signal output is placed
differentially on a tuned-loop antenna, which may be realized as a counterspread cop-
per trace on a PCB.
The AT86RF401 is fabricated in Atmel’s 0.6 µm Mixed Signal CMOS + EEPROM pro-
cess, enabling true system-level integration (SLI).
Figure 2. 20-lead TSSOP
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
ANTB
LOOPFIL
L1
L2
RESETB
N/C
I/O0 (SDI)
I/O1 (SDO)
I/O2 (SCK)
XTAL/CLK
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
ANT
CFIL
AVDD
DVDD
AGND
DGND
I/O5
I/O4
I/O3
XTALB
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Figure 3. Sample Circuit
Table 1. Recommended Parts List
Part Number
Value
(Common)
Value
(315 MHz)
Value
(433.92 MHz)
Value
(Ext. Loop Filter) Specification
B1 3.6V CR2032, Li Battery
C1 0.01 µF0603, X7R, ± 10%
C2 100 pF 0603, COG, ± 5%
C3 Antenna Dependent Antenna Dependent Antenna Dependent 0603, COG, ± 0.1 pF
C4 Not req’d Not reqd Frequency Dependent 0603, COG, ± 5%
C5 Not req’d Not reqd Frequency Dependent 0603, COG, ± 0.25 pF
L1 82 nH 39 nH Frequency Dependent 1608, ± 5%
R1 Not req’d Not reqd Frequency Dependent 0603, ± 5%
S1 Switch SPST
S2 Switch SPST
S3 Switch SPST
U1 AT86RF401 20-lead TSSOP
Y1 13.125 MHz 18.08 MHz Frequency Dependent
13.125 MHz:
CrystekP/N 016757
18.080 MHz:
Crystek P/N 016758
ANTB
LOOPFIL
L1
L2
RESETB
NC
IO0/SDI
IO1/SDO
IO2/SCLK
XTAL/CLK
ANT
CFIL
AVDD
DVDD
AGND
DGND
IO5
IO4
IO3
XTALB
S1 S2 S3
Y1
RESET SDO
SDI SCLK
U1
V+
C3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
R1
C4 C5
V+
C2
C1 B1
SPI Programming Interface
L1
EXTERNAL LOOP FILTER (OPTIONAL)
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Table 2. Pin Descriptions 20-lead TSSOP
Symbol Pin Description
ANTB 1 Differential Antenna Output
LOOPFIL 2 External VCO Loop-filter Connection.
VVCO is the VCO control voltage.
L1 3 External VCO Inductor Connection.
VVCO is the VCO control voltage.
L2 4 External VCO Inductor Connection.
VVCO is the VCO control voltage.
120
10 mA
VDD VDD
VVCO
2
4
3
VDD VDD
VVCO
2
4
3
VDD VDD
VVDD
2
4
3
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RESETB 5
SPI Reset Input: A lowon this pin resets the device and puts
the part into SPI mode. A logic-high on this pin causes the
device to execute its program if the VDD is above the brown-
out voltage level.
NC 6 No Connect. Float Pin.
I/O0 (SDI) 7 SPI Data In/Input/Output 0: General-purpose I/O and button
input. In SPI mode, this pin serves as SDI (Serial Data Input).
I/O1 (SDO)
8
SPI Data Out/Input/Output 1: General-purpose I/O and button
input. In SPI mode, this pin serves as SDO (Serial Data
Output).
I/O2 (SCK)
9SPI Clock/Input/Output 2: General-purpose I/O and button
input. In SPI mode, this pin serves as SCK (SPI Clock Input).
XTAL/CLK 10
Crystal/Clock Input: Input to the inverting oscillator amplifier
and input to the internal clock operating circuit. This pin may
be driven externally for test purposes.
Table 2. Pin Descriptions 20-lead TSSOP (Continued)
VDD
35 k
5
To AVR
VDD VDD
Data
E
nable
Data
Enable
7
35 k
To AV R
VDD VDD
Data
Enable
Data
Enable
8
35 k
To AV R
VDD VDD
Data
Enable
Data
Enable
9
35 k
To AV R
40 pF
40 pF
10
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XTALB 11 Crystal Output: Output from the inverting oscillator amplifier
IO3 12 Input/Output 3: General-purpose I/O and button input
IO4 13 Input/Output 4: General-purpose I/O and button input
IO5 14 Input/Output 5: General-purpose I/O and button input
DGND 15 Digital Ground
AGND 16 Analog Ground
DVDD 17 Digital Voltage Supply
Table 2. Pin Descriptions 20-lead TSSOP (Continued)
40 pF
40 pF
10
11
V
DD
V
DD
Data
Enable
Data
Enable
12
35 k
To AV R
V
DD
V
DD
Data
Enable
Data
Enable
13
35 k
To AV R
V
DD
V
DD
Data
Enable
Data
Enable
14
35 k
To AV R
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AVDD 18 Analog Voltage Supply
CFIL 19 External Data Rate Filter
ANT 20 Differential Antenna Output
Table 2. Pin Descriptions 20-lead TSSOP (Continued)
1.06 pF
420 K
19
120
10 mA
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Absolute Maximum Ratings*
Antenna Voltage (Pins 1, 20)...................................... 1V to 10V *NOTICE: Stresses beyond those listed under Absolute
Maximum Ratingsmay cause permanent dam-
age to the device. This is a stress rating only;
functional operation of the device at these or
other conditions beyond those indicated in the
operational sections of this specification is not
implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating
conditions for extended periods may affect device
reliability.
Operating Temperature........................................40°Cto+85°C
Storage Temperature (without bias) ................−55°Cto+125°C
Voltage on VDD with respect to ground ............................. 6.0V
Voltage on Pins 219 (TSSOP 20) ................ 0.1 to VDD +0.3V
DC Characteristics
VDD =3.3V;f
XTAL = 13.125 MHz; fAVR =f
XTAL ÷16; TA= 25°C unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
Supply
VDD Supply Voltage 2.0 3.3 5.0 V
IDD
Standby Current (off) VDD =3.3V
TA=25°C0.1 0.5 µA
AVR Active 3.4 mA
Frequency Synthesizer + AVR Active 14.3 mA
Transmit (FS, AVR and Power Amp active) CW modulation 23.2 mA
Digital Inputs (SDI, SCK, RESETB, IOx)
VIH High-level Input Voltage 0.8* VDD VDD V
VIL Low-level Input Voltage 0 0.2* VDD V
IIH High-level Input Current VIH =V
DD ,VDD =5.0V ––A
IIL Low-level Input Current VIL =0V,VDD =5.0V 140 ––µA
Digital Outputs (SDO, IOx)
VOH High-level Output Voltage IOH =500 µA VDD 0.4 ––V
VOL Low-level Output Voltage IOL=2mA ––0.4 V
Microcontroller/System
tTX Time from Button Wake-up to RF Outputs Active 0.5 1.0 ms
fAVR AVR Clock Frequency ––1.25 MHz
EELIFE EEPROM Retention
Initial programming
conditions:
VDD =3.3V±10%
Temp = 25°C±10%
––10 years
EECYCLES EEPROM Write/Erase Endurance
2.0V VDD 5.0V
40°CTe m p
85°C
––100,000 cycles
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Note: 1. Characterized but not guaranteed by test due to dependency on PCB trace antenna
Functional
Description
The complete circuit consists of the following functional blocks.
Transmitter
Crystal Oscillator The crystal oscillator circuit is designed to work with crystals with fundamental frequen-
cies between 11 and 19 MHz. Forty pF of internal capacitance is connected between
each of the crystal input pins and (chip) ground. Alternatively, an external clock can be
used for these functions.
This circuit provides the master clock for the entire chip. A programmable divider is used
to provide the AVR system clock.
Radio Frequency Power
Amplifier
The RF power amplifier generates a differential output suitable for driving an off-chip
tuned-loop antenna from the PLL output. The PLL output signal is gated using on-off
keyed (OOK) modulation before transmission. It is used as the RF carrier frequency for
the transmitted data stream. The amplifier can be configured via software to reduce the
power output by 36 dB (with 1 dB resolution).
Frequency Synthesizer The frequency synthesizer utilizes a PLL, which consists of a phase detector, a ÷24
prescaler, an on-chip loop filter and an integrated VCO. The VCO output is buffered
prior to the output amplifier. The output frequency is 24 times the crystal frequency. To
offset component tolerance, a switched capacitor array is connected between pins 3
and 4 of the VCO. Thirty-two discrete steps of capacitance are available to tune the
VCO control voltage. An internal window comparator monitors the magnitude of the tun-
ing voltage and is used by the AVR core to determine the optimal tuning configuration.
Lock Detector The lock detection block provides an indication of the state of the phase lock loop (PLL).
Lock condition is determined by counting the number of cycle slips in a given time
Analog/RF Specs
VDD =3.3V;f
XTAL = 13.125 MHz; fAVR =f
XTAL ÷16; TA= 25°C unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
RF Amplifier
IPA Power Amp Output Current Transmitting (RF ON), 0 dB Attenuation 8.6 mA
PCTLRANGE Power Control Range 36 dB
PCTLRES Power Control Resolution 1dB
Crystal Oscillator
fOSC Oscillation Frequency Range 11 19 MHz
Frequency Synthesizer/PLL
FOUT Output Frequency Range 264 456 MHz
PHARM1Harmonics I/O Pins Static during RF Transmission
Using PCB Trace Antenna 60 dBc
fMOD OOK Modulation Data Rate Using Manchester Data Bit Encoding ––10 Kbps
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period. A number of registers are available to adjust the performance of the lock detec-
tor. These include lock delay and unlock delay timers as well as a cycle slip counter.
Bandgap Reference The device uses a 1.2V (nominal) bandgap reference generator to provide consistent
performance over a wide range of input supply voltages. This reference voltage is used
throughout the device.
Brown-out Protection/Low
Battery Detection
The brown-out protection and low battery detection functions consist of a voltage refer-
ence, a sampling block and an autozero comparator. The circuits primary operating
mode is brown-out protection.
Brown-out Protection
The brown-out protection circuit detects when the level of VDD drops below the minimum
voltage that guarantees proper operation. The brown-out voltage for this device is typi-
cally 1.8 volts.
If a brown-out occurs, the device enters a reset state. It stays in this state until either of
the following occurs:
The level of VDD increases ~0.10.2 volts above the brown-out voltage. This causes
the device to enter a warm reboot state.
The level of VDD drops to ~0 volts, then increases above the POR level. This places
thedeviceintothecold startmode of operation, identical to battery insertion.
Low Battery Detection
The low battery detection feature allows the programmer to select a value for VDD at
which a warning is issued to the user. This warning may be utilized to activate an I/O
port, for example.
If low battery detection occurs, Bit 7 of register BL_CONFIG is set. Bit 6 of register
BL_CONFIG is used to indicate that Bit 7 is valid. It is left to the programmer to poll both
bits to ensure the potential warning is valid.
Bits 50 of register BL_CONFIG are used to program the low battery detect level. This
warning level is programmable between ~1.52.7 volts.
Note: The warning level can be set below the brown-out voltage level.
The formula for calculating the low battery detection threshold is located in Table 3.
Table 3. Low Battery Detection Threshold Formulas (VREF is approximately 0.7 volts)
VDD Falling
VDD Rising
bo_hyst = 1 (large hysteresis) bo_hyst = 0 (small hysteresis)
VDD 3.887 VREF
×
10.887
63
---------------×BL[5:0]+
-----------------------------------------------------------= VDD 4.05 VREF
×
10.887
63
---------------×BL[5:0]+
-----------------------------------------------------------= VDD 4.22 VREF
×
10.887
63
---------------×BL[5:0]+
-----------------------------------------------------------=
BL[5:0] 71 3.887
VREF
VDD
------------- 1××=BL[5:0] 71 4.05
VREF
VDD
-------------1××=BL[5:0] 71 4.22
VREF
VDD
-------------1××=
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Bit Timer A hardware assist has been included in the AT 8 6 R F4 0 1 to make transmission of data
easier. Keying of the transmitter is timed by this logic, and interrupts are generated
when data is needed by the timer or when transmission is complete. The timer also sup-
ports code that uses polling instead of interrupts. Using polling instead of interrupts may
facilitate higher bit rates. Additionally, this timer may be used to time pulses arriving at
the I/O3 pin. This enables the AT86RF401 to be used to decode the signal detected by
an external receiver chip.
Transmit Mode Bit Coding and
Timing
Bit coding is done by the AVR before data is sent to the bit timer. Bit timing is controlled
by the count value in the Bit Timer Count (BTCNT) register and the two most significant
bits in the Bit Timer Control Register (BTCR). Generally the time of each bit is:
where
Pxx
istheperiodofeachtimeslotand
countval
is the counter value in the BTCNT
and BTCR registers.
P
is the AVR clock period that is set in the PWR_CTL register.
countval
= {BTCR[7:6], BTCNT[7:0]}.
Interrupts There are two interrupts associated with transmit mode:
1. Transmit Buffer Empty Interrupt: This vectors to address 0x04. Flag 0 is set, and,
if enabled, this interrupt is generated when the timer removes the value from the
DATA bit in the BTCR. This interrupt service routine should load the next bit into
the DATA bit in the BTCR.
2. TXDONE Interrupt: This vectors to address 0x02. Flag 2 is set, and, if enabled,
an interrupt is generated when the counter has counted down to zero and the
buffer is empty. This indicates that the transmission is complete. This interrupt
service routine should turn off the transmitter and turn off the bit timer using the
mode bits.
Bit Timer in Receive Mode When put into receive mode, the bit timer times pulses arriving at the I/O3 pin. When
enabled, the counter counts up from zero and places that value in the BTCNT register
when an edge occurs. If the edge is rising, the DATA bit in the BTCR is set. If the edge
is falling, the DATA bit in the BTCR is reset. This mode may be used to decode signals
from a receiver chip easily.
Bit Timer Operation as a
Generic Timer/Counter
The Bit Timer may be used as a generic timer by not allowing it to key off the transmitter.
An interrupt is generated after the amount of time dictated by the count value.
Pxx P countval 1+()×=
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Watchdog Timer When enabling the watchdog timer, the status of the watchdog time is unknown. The
user is advised to execute a WDR instruction before enabling the watchdog. Otherwise,
the device might get reset before the first WDR after enabling is reached. To prevent the
unintentional disabling of the watchdog, a special turn-off procedure must be followed
when the watchdog is disabled. Refer to the description of the Watchdog Timer Control
Register on page 38 for details (see Register $22 in I/O Memory). The watchdog timer
prescaler determines the number of system clocks that occur before the watchdog reset
is asserted. The system clock is determined by Bits[7:5] of the AVR_CONFIG register.
Reset and Interrupt
Handling
The AT86RF401 Reset and Interrupt vectors are defined in Table 4. The I-bit in the sta-
tus register must be set to enable the interrupts.
The most typical and general program setup for the Reset and Interrupt Vector
Addresses are:
Reset Sources The AT86RF401 has several sources of reset:
Power-on Reset: The device is reset when the supply voltage is applied between the
VDD and GND pins. There are 106cycles of delay between Power-on Reset
occurring and the part becoming active. This is to ensure that the power is stable.
External Reset: The device is reset when a logic low level is present on the RESETB
pin. This resets all I/O Registers and puts the part into SPI mode. The I/O Registers
may be read and written by the SPI interface after two AVR System Clocks.
Watchdog Reset: This is similar to power-on reset but is caused by the watchdog
timer and does not have a 106cycle delay prior to becoming active.
Brown-out Reset: This is caused by the battery voltage dropping below the Brown-
out Threshold voltage trip point.
Button Reset (software reset): The part is placed into a special reset state by
software. The part is released from reset when a properly configured button is
activated, and the part is not in external reset or brown-out reset. In the button reset
state, most I/O registers are not reset.
Table 4. Reset and Interrupt Vectors
Vector
Number
Program
Address Source Interrupt Definition
1 $000 RESETB, Watchdog, Buttons Hardware Pin or Watchdog or
Button Reset
2 $002 Transmission Done (TXDONE) Bit Timer Flag 2 Interrupt
4 $004 Transmit Buffer Empty Bit Timer Flag 0 Interrupt
Address Labels Code Comments
$000 jmp RESET ; Reset handler
$002 jmp BT_F2_ISR ; Bit timer flag 2 interrupt service routine
$004 jmp BT_F0_ISR ; Bit timer flag 0 interrupt service routine
$006 MAIN: <instr> xxx ; Main program start
……
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During power-on reset and watchdog reset, all I/O registers are set to their initial values,
and the program starts execution from address $000.
Note: The instruction placed in address $000 must be an RJMP (relative jump) instruction or a
JMP (absolute jump) to the reset handling routine. If an RJMP or JMP instruction is not
present at address $000, the part is placed into a no programresetstate.Thisistopro-
tect the part from fetching instructions when no program is present.
Interrupt Response Time The interrupt execution response for all the enabled AVR interrupts is a minimum of four
clock cycles. After the four clock cycles, the program vector address for the actual inter-
rupt handling routine is executed. During this four clock cycle period, the Program
Counter is pushed onto the stack. The vector is a jump to the interrupt routine, and this
jump takes two clock cycles. If an interrupt occurs during execution of a multi-cycle
instruction, this instruction is completed before the interrupt is served.
A return from an interrupt handling routine takes four clock cycles. During these four
clock cycles, the Program Counter is popped back from the stack. When AVR exits from
an interrupt, it will always return to the main program and execute one more instruction
before any pending interrupt is served.
Note: The Status Register (SREG) is not saved by the AVR hardware. This must be performed
by user software when required.
Memory Programming
Program Memory Lock
Bits
The AT86RF401 microtransmitter provides two lock bits that can be left unprogrammed
(1) or can be programmed (0) to obtain the additional features listed in Table 5.
Note: The lock bits can only be erased with the Chip Erase operation.
In-system Flash and
EEPROM
The AT86RF401 offers 2 Kbytes (1K x 16) of in-system reprogrammable Flash program
memory and 128 bytes of EEPROM data memory. This memory can be programmed
serially via the SPI interface.
SPI Interface Both the program and data memory arrays can be programmed using the serial SPI bus
while RESETB is pulled to GND. The serial interface consists of pins SCK, SDI (input)
and SDO (output).
When programming, an auto-erase cycle is built into the self-timed programming opera-
tion, and there is no need to first execute the Chip Erase instruction. The Chip Erase
operation sets every memory location in the EEPROM array to $FF.
Either an external system clock is supplied at pin XTAL/CLK or a crystal needs to be
connected across pins XTAL/CLK and XTALB. The minimum low and high periods for
the serial clock (SCK) input are defined as follows:
Low:
4 XTAL Clock Cycles
High:
16 XTAL Clock Cycles
Table 5. Lock Bit Protection Modes
Program Lock Bits
Protection Type
Mod
e
LB1 LB2
1 1 1 No program lock features
201
Further programming of the EEPROM is disabled (both program and
data memory).
3 0 0 Same as mode 2, but Verify is also disabled
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Serial Programming
Algorithm
Refer to Figure 4 (page 15), Figure 5 (page 16) and Figure 6 (page 17). To program and
verify the AT86RF401 in the serial programming mode, the following sequence is
recommended.
Power-up Sequence:
1. Apply power between VDD and GND while RESETB and SCK are set to 0.Ifa
crystal is not connected across pins XTAL and XTALB, apply a clock signal to the
XTAL pin. If the programmer can not guarantee that SCK is held low during
power-up, RESETB must be given a positive pulse after SCK has been set to 0.
2. Wait for at least 20 ms and enable serial programming by sending the Program-
ming Enable instruction to pin SDI. This must occur prior to any program/erase
operations.
3. If a chip erase is performed, wait 4 ms, give RESETB a positive pulse and start
over again from Step 2.
4. The array is programmed one byte at a time by supplying the address and data
together with the appropriate Write instruction. The memory location is first auto-
matically erased before new data is written. The next byte can be written after
4ms.
5. Any memory location can be verified by using the Read instruction, which
returns the content at the selected address at serial output SDO.
6. At the end of the programming session, RESETB must be set high to commence
normal operation.
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Data EEPROM Access from the AVR
Note: a= address high bits
b= address low bits
H=0:Lowbyte,1:Highbyte
o= data out
i= data in
x= dontcare
1=lockbit1
2=lockbit2
Figure 4. Serial Programming and Verify
Notes: 1. When
writing
,dataisclockedonthe
rising
edge of CLK.
2. When
reading
, data is clocked on the
falling
edge of CLK. See Figure 5 for an
explanation.
Table 6. AT86RF401 Serial Programming Instruction Set
Instruction
Instruction Format
OperationByte 1 Byte 2 Byte 3 Byte 4
Programming
Enable 1010 1100 0101 0011 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx Enable Serial Programming after
RESETB goes low.
Chip Erase 1010 1100 100x xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx Chip erase EEPROM
Read Program
Memory 0010 H000 0000 00aa bbbb bbbb oooo oooo Read H(high or low) data ofrom Program
memory at word address a:b
Write Program
Memory 0100 H000 0000 00aa bbbb bbbb iiii iiii Write H(highorlow)dataito Program
memory at word address a:b
Read
EEPROM
Memory
1010 0000 0000 0000 xbbb bbbb oooo oooo Read data ofrom EEPROM memory at
address b
Write
EEPROM
Memory
1100 0000 0000 0000 xbbb bbbb iiii iiii Write data ito EEPROM memory at
address b
Write Lock Bits 1010 1100 111x x
21
x xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx Write lock bits. Set bits 21 =0to
program lock bits.
I/O Read 10110000 0000 0000 00bbbbbb oooo oooo Read data 0 from I/O memory address b
I/O Write 11010000 0000 0000 00bbbbbb iiii iiii Write data i to I/O memory address b
BAT
SCK
SDO
SDI
RESETB
XTAL
XTALB
2.03.5V
CLOCK IN
DATA OUT
INSTR. IN, DATA IN
GND
6 to 20 MHz
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Figure 5. Serial Programming Waveforms
Note: This device includes an integrated 128-byte EEPROM, which is accessed by three registers located in the I/O memory space.
These are the DEECR, DEEDR and DEEAR registers. For more information, refer to I/O Register Description.
AVR Core
Architectural Overview The fast-access register file concept contains 32 x 8-bit general-purpose working regis-
ters with a single clock cycle access time. This means that during one single clock cycle,
one Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) operation is executed. Two operands are output from
the register file, the operation is executed, and the result is stored back in the register
file in one clock cycle.
Six of the 32 registers can be used as three 16-bit indirect address register pointers for
Data Space addressing, enabling efficient address calculations. One of the three
address pointers is also used as the address pointer for look-up tables in Flash program
memory. These added function registers are the 16-bit X-register, Y-register and Z-
register.
The ALU supports arithmetic and logic operations between registers or between a con-
stant and a register. Single register operations are also executed in the ALU. Figure 6
shows the AT86RF401 AVR architecture.
In addition to the register operation, the conventional memory addressing modes can be
used on the register file as well. This is enabled by the fact that the register file is
assigned the 32 lowest data space addresses ($00$1F), allowing them to be accessed
as though they were ordinary memory locations.
The I/O memory space contains 64 addresses for CPU peripheral functions as Control
Registers, Timer/Counters, A/D converters and other I/O functions. The I/O Memory can
be accessed directly or as the Data Space locations following those of the register file,
$20$5F.
SERIAL DATA INPUT (SDI)
SERIAL DATA OUTPUT (SDO)
SERIAL CLOCK INPUT (SCK)
MSB
MSB LSB
LSB
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Figure 6. AVR Core Architecture
The AVR uses a Harvard architecture concept, with separate memories and buses for
program and data. The program memory is executed with a two-stage pipeline. While
one instruction is being executed, the next instruction is prefetched from the program
memory. This concept enables instructions to be executed in every clock cycle. The pro-
gram memory is in-system, reprogrammable Flash memory.
With the jump and call instructions, the whole 1K word address space is directly
accessed. Most AVR instructions have a single 16-bit word format. Every program
memory address contains a 16- or 32-bit instruction.
During interrupts and subroutine calls, the return address program counter (PC) is
stored on the stack. The stack is effectively allocated in the general data SRAM, and
consequently the stack size is only limited by the total SRAM size and the usage of the
SRAM. All user programs must initialize the SP in the reset routine (before subroutines
or interrupts are executed). The 7-bit stack pointer SP is read/write accessible in the I/O
space.
The 128-byte data SRAM can be easily accessed through the five different addressing
modes supported in the AVR architecture.
The memory spaces in the AVR architecture are all linear and regular memory maps.
1K x 16
Program
Memory
Instruction
Register
Instruction
Decoder
Program
Counter
Control Lines
32 x 8
General
Purpose
Registers
ALU
Status
and Control Bit Timer
SPI Unit
Programmable
Clock Divider
128 x 8
EEPROM
Data Bus 8-bit
Brown-out/Low
Battery Detector
128 x 8
Data
SRAM
Direct Addressing
Indirect Addressing
RF
Transmitter
Watchdog
Timer
6
I/O Lines
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A flexible interrupt module has its control registers in the I/O space with an additional
global interrupt enable bit in the status register. All interrupts have a separate interrupt
vector in the interrupt vector table at the beginning of the program memory. The inter-
rupts have priority in accordance with their interrupt vector position; the lower the
interrupt vector address, the higher the priority.
Figure 7. Memory Maps
$000
$3FF
Program Memory
Application Flash Section
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General-purpose
Register File
Figure 8 shows the structure of the 32 general-purpose working registers in the CPU.
Figure 8. AVR CPU General-purpose Working Registers
All the register operating instructions in the instruction set have direct and single cycle
access to all registers. The only exception is the five constant arithmetic and logic
instructions (SBCI, SUBI, CPI, ANDI and ORI) between a constant and a register, and
the LDI instruction for load immediate constant data. These instructions apply to the
second half of the registers in the register file, R16...R31. The general SBC, SUB, CP,
AND and OR and all other operations between two registers or on a single register apply
to the entire register file.
As shown in Figure 9, each register is also assigned a data memory address, mapping
the registers directly into the first 32 locations of the user data space. Although not being
physically implemented as SRAM locations, this memory organization provides great
flexibility in access of the registers, as the X, Y and Z registers can be set to index any
register in the file.
70Addr.
R0 $00
R1 $01
R2 $02
R13 $0D
R14 $0E
R15 $0F
R16 $10
R17 $11
R26 $1A X-register low byte
R27 $1B X-register high byte
R28 $1C Y-register low byte
R29 $1D Y-register high byte
R30 $1E Z-register low byte
R31 $1F Z-register high byte
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TheX,YandZRegisters The registers R26...R31 have some added functions to their general-purpose usage.
These registers are address pointers for indirect addressing of the data space. The
three indirect address registers X, Y and Z are defined as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9. The X, Y and Z Registers
In the different addressing modes, these address registers have functions as fixed dis-
placement, automatic increment and decrement (see the descriptions for the different
instructions).
Arithmetic Logic Unit
(ALU)
The high-performance AVR ALU operates in direct connection with all the 32 general-
purpose working registers. Within a single clock cycle, ALU operations between regis-
ters in the register file are executed. The ALU operations are divided into three main
categories: arithmetic, logical and bit-functions. The multiplier is not present in this ver-
sion of the core. Therefore, the MUL instruction is not supported.
In-system Self-
programmable Flash
Program Memory
The AT86RF401 contains 2 Kbytes of on-chip Flash memory for program storage. Since
all instructions are 16- or 32-bit words, the Flash is organized as 1K x 16.
The Flash memory has an endurance of at least 1000 write/erase cycles. The PC is 10
bits wide, thus addressing the 1024 program memory locations. See the Memory Pro-
gramming section (page 13) for a detailed description on Flash data serial downloading.
Constant tables can be allocated within the entire program memory address space (see
Table 10, Instruction Set, page 44).
15 XH XL 0
XRegister 70 0 7 0
R27 ($1B) R26 ($1A)
15 YH YL 0
YRegister 70070
R29 ($1D) R28 ($1C)
15 ZH ZL 0
ZRegister 70 0 7 0
R30 ($1F) R31 ($1E)
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SRAM Data Memory Figure 10 shows how the AT86RF401 SRAM memory is organized.
Figure 10. SRAM Organization
The lower 224 Data Memory locations address the Register File, the I/O Memory and
the internal data SRAM. The first 96 locations address the Register File + I/O Memory,
and the next 128 locations address the internal data SRAM.
The five different addressing modes for the data memory cover: Direct, Indirect with Dis-
placement, Indirect, Indirect with Pre-decrement, and Indirect with Post-increment. In
the register file, registers R26 to R31 feature the indirect addressing pointer registers.
The direct addressing reaches the entire data space.
The Indirect with Displacement mode features a 63 address locations reach from the
base address given by the Y or Z register.
When using register indirect addressing modes with automatic pre-decrement and post-
increment, the address registers X, Y and Z are decremented and incremented.
The 32 general-purpose working registers, 64 I/O registers and the 128 bytes of internal
data SRAM in the AT86RF401 are all accessible through all these addressing modes.
Program and Data
Addressing Modes
The AT86RF401 AVR Enhanced RISC microcontroller supports powerful and efficient
addressing modes for access to the program memory (Flash) and data memory (SRAM,
Register File and I/O Memory). This section describes the different addressing modes
supported by the AVR architecture. In the figures, OP means the operation code part of
the instruction word. To simplify, not all figures show the exact location of the address-
ing bits.
Register File
R0
R1
R2
R29
R30
R31
I/O Registers
$00
$01
$02
...
$3D
$3E
$3F
...
$0000
$0001
$0002
$001D
$001E
$001F
$0020
$0021
$0022
...
$005D
$005E
$005F
...
Data Address Space
$0060
$0061
$00DE
$00DF
...
Internal SRAM
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Register Direct, Single
Register Rd
Figure 11. Direct Single Register Addressing
The operand is contained in register d (Rd).
Register Direct, Two
Registers Rd and Rr
Figure 12. Direct Register Addressing, Two Registers
Operands are contained in register r (Rr) and d (Rd). The result is stored in register d
(Rd).
I/O Direct Figure 13. I/O Direct Addressing
Operand address is contained in 6 bits of the instruction word. nis the destination or
source register address.
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Data Direct Figure 14. Direct Data Addressing
A 16-bit Data Address is contained in the 16 LSBs of a two-word instruction. Rd/Rr
specify the destination or source register.
Data Indirect with
Displacement
Figure 15. Data Indirect with Displacement
Operand address is the result of the Y or Z register contents added to the address con-
tained in 6 bits of the instruction word.
Data Indirect Figure 16. Data Indirect Addressing
Operand address is the contents of the X, Y or Z register.
OP Rr/Rd
16
31
15 0
16 LSBs
$00
$DF
20 19
Data Space
Data Space
$00
$DF
Y OR Z - REGISTER
OP an
0
05610
15
15
Data Space
$0000
$DF
X, Y OR Z - REGISTER
015
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Data Indirect with
Pre-decrement
Figure 17. Data Indirect Addressing with Pre-decrement
The X, Y or Z register is decremented before the operation. Operand address is the
decremented contents of the X, Y or Z register.
Data Indirect with
Post-increment
Figure 18. Data Indirect Addressing with Post-increment
The X, Y or Z register is incremented after the operation. Operand address is the con-
tent of the X, Y or Z register prior to incrementing.
Constant Addressing Using the LPM Instruction
Figure 19. Code Memory Constant Addressing
Constant byte address is specified by the Z register contents. The 10 MSBs select word
address (01K). For LPM, the LSB selects low byte if cleared (LSB = 0) or high byte if
set (LSB = 1).
Data Space
$0000
$DF
X, Y OR Z - REGISTER
015
-1
Data Space
$0000
$DF
X, Y OR Z - REGISTER
015
1
$3FF
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Indirect Program Addressing,
IJMP and ICALL
Figure 20. Indirect Program Memory Addressing
Program execution continues at address contained by the Z register (i.e., the PC is
loaded with the contents of the Z register).
Relative Program Addressing,
RJMP and RCALL
Figure 21. Relative Program Memory Addressing
Program execution continues at address PC + k + 1. The relative address k is from
2048 to 2047.
$3FF
$3FF
1
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EEPROM Data Memory The AT86RF401 contains 128 bytes of data EEPROM memory. It is organized as a sep-
arate data space in which single bytes can be read and written. The access between the
EEPROM and the CPU is described in the Memory Programming section (page 13).
Memory Access Times
and Instruction
Execution Timing
This section describes the general access timing concepts for instruction execution and
internal memory access.
The AVR CPU is driven by the System Clock Øgenerated from the main oscillator for
the chip. A programmable clock divider generates this clock from the crystal oscillator
input.
Figure 22 shows the parallel instruction fetches and instruction executions enabled by
the Harvard architecture and the fast-access register file concept. This is the basic pipe-
lining concept to obtain up to 1 MIPS per MHz with the corresponding unique results for
functions per cost, functions per clocks and functions per power unit.
Figure 22. The Parallel Instruction Fetches and Instruction Executions
Figure 23 shows the internal timing concept for the register file. In a single clock cycle,
an ALU operation using two register operands is executed, and the result is stored back
to the destination register.
Figure 23. Single Cycle ALU Operation
The internal data SRAM access is performed in two System Clock cycles as described
in Figure 24.
System Clock Ø
1st Instruction Fetch
1st Instruction Execute
2nd Instruction Fetch
2nd Instruction Execute
3rd Instruction Fetch
3rd Instruction Execute
4th Instruction Fetch
T1 T2 T3 T4
System Clock Ø
Total Execution Time
Register Operands Fetch
ALU Operation Execute
Result Write Back
T1 T2 T3 T4
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Figure 24. On-chip Data SRAM Access Cycles
All I/Os and peripherals are placed in the I/O space. The I/O locations are accessed by
the IN and OUT instructions, transferring data between the 32 general-purpose working
registers and the I/O space. I/O registers within the address range $00$1F are directly
bit-accessible using the SBI and CBI instructions. In these registers, the value of single
bits can be checked by using the SBIS and SBIC instructions. Refer to Table 10,
Instruction Set Manual,on page 44 for more details. When using the I/O specific com-
mands IN and OUT, the I/O addresses $00$3F must be used. When addressing I/O
registers as SRAM, $20 must be added to these addresses.
For compatibility with future devices, reserved bits should be written to 0if accessed.
Reserved I/O memory addresses should never be written.
Some of the status flags are cleared by writing a logical 1to them. Note that the CBI
and SBI instructions will operate on all bits in the I/O register, writing a 1back into any
flag read as set, thus clearing the flag. The CBI and SBI instructions work with registers
$00 to $1F only.
The I/O and peripherals control registers are explained in the following sections.
System Clock Ø
Write
Read
Data
Data
Address
Address
T1 T2 T3 T4
Prev. Address
Read Write
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I/O Memory
The I/O space definition of the AT86RF401 is shown in Table 7 below.
Note: Reserved and unused locations are not shown in the table.
Table 7. AT86RF401 I/O Space Definitions
Address Hex Name Function
$3F SREG Status Register
$3E SPH Stack Pointer High Register (program to 0 x 00)
$3D SPL Stack Pointer Low Register
$35 BL_CONFIG Battery Low Configuration Register
$34 B_DET Button Detect Register
$33 AVR_CONFIG AVR Configuration Register
$32 IO_DATIN I/O DATA IN Register
$31 IO_DATOUT I/O DATA OUT Register
$30 IO_ENAB I/O Enable Register
$22 WDTCR Watchdog Timer Control Register
$21 BTCR Bit Timer Control Register
$20 BTCNT Bit Timer Count Register
$1E DEEAR Data EEPROM Address Register
$1D DEEDR Data EEPROM Data Register
$1C DEECR Data EEPROM Control Register
$17 LOCKDET2 Lock Detector Configuration Register 2
$16 VCOTUNE VCO Tuning Register
$14 PWR_ATTEN Power Attenuation Control Register
$12 TX_CNTL Transmitter Control Register
$10 LOCKDET1 Lock Detector Configuration Register 1
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I/O and Control
Registers
The AT86RF401 I/Os and peripherals are placed in the I/O space. The various I/O loca-
tions are accessed by the IN and OUT instructions transferring data between the 32
general-purpose working registers and the I/O space. I/O registers within the address
range $00$1F are directly bit-accessible using the SBI and CBI instructions. In these
registers, the value of single bits can be checked by using the SBIS and SBIC instruc-
tions. Refer to Table 10 on page 44 for more details. The different I/O and peripherals
control registers are explained in the following sections.
Transmitter Control Register Descriptions
Lock Detector Configuration Register 1 LOCKDET1
Bits[7:5]
Reserved.
Bit[4]: UPOK
If set high, this bit resets the unlock counter. The bit is level sensitive, and the unlock
counter will not count unless this bit is set to 0. Leaving this bit high essentially dis-
ables the unlock detector.
Bit[3]: ENKO (Enable Key on Bit)
If set to 1, the rising edge of TXK starts the blackout period, during which any cycle
slips are ignored and do not affect the unlock circuit.
Bit[2]: BOD (Black Out Disable)
When set high, cycle slips are counted immediately but only if LOCK is asserted high
(TX_CNTL b[2]).
Bits[1:0] CS[1:0]: Cycle Slip Counter
These two bits determine how many cycle slips are allowed before the LOCKDETECT
signal is set low. The cycle slips are not counted unless the blackout logic is either dis-
abled or the blackout window has passed.
Bit 76543210
$10 –––UPOK ENKO BOD CS1 CS0
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
CS[1:0] Functionality
00 1 cycle slip causes unlock condition
01 2 cycle slips cause unlock condition
10 3 cycle slips cause unlock condition
11 4 cycle slips cause unlock condition
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Transmit Control Register TX_CNTL
Bit[7:6]
Reserved.
Bit[5]: TXE, Transmitter Enable
This bit turns on the transmitter.
Bit[4]: TXK, Transmitter Key
ThisbitisORedwiththeoutputfromthebittimer.Ifthebittimerisusedtokeythetrans-
mitter, the TXK bit should be programmed to 0. If the bit timer is not used, this bit may
be used to manually key the transmitter.
Figure 25. Modulation Control Logic
Bit[3]
Reserved.
Bit[2]: LOC, PLL Lock
This bit is set when the frequency synthesizer in the transmitter is locked. Usually this bit
should be set before transmitting.
Power Attenuation Control Register PWR_ATTEN
This register is used to select the power attenuation level. The total power attenuation is
the sum of the coarse attenuation and fine attenuation. As an example, to obtain 15 dB
of attenuation, the coarse setting of 12 dB and fine setting of 3 dB would be selected. To
obtain 12 dB coarse attenuation, Bits[5:3] would be set to [010]. To obtain 3 dB of fine
attentuation would require Bits[2:0] to be set to [011].
Bits[7:6]
Reserved
Bit 76543210
$12 ––TXE TXK LOC ––
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
Bit Timer
TXK
ON/OFF
POWER
AMP
PLL RF
IN
RF
OUT
Bit 76543210
$14 ––PCC2 PCC1 PCC0 PCF2 PCF1 PCF0
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
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Bits[5:3]: PCC, Power Control (coarse)
Attenuates the output power in 6 dB steps.
Bits[2:0]: PCF, Power Control (fine)
Attenuates the output power in 1 dB steps.
VCO Tuning Register 6 VCOTUNE
Note: * These values are unknown at initial startup.
Bits[4:0]: VCO Tuning Capacitor Array
This device requires the use of an external inductor to tune the VCO. Tolerance of the
inductor, coupled with process variation of the device, can lead to variations in the tun-
ing point of the VCO. A switched array of tuning capacitors has been added internally to
thedeviceinordertofine tunethe VCO. This capacitance is switched across pins 3
PCC[5:3] Output Attenuation
000 0 dB
001 6 dB
010 12 dB
011 18 dB
100 24 dB
101 30 dB
110 Invalid
111 Invalid
PCF[2:0] Output Attenuation
000 0 dB
001 1 dB
010 2 dB
011 3 dB
100 4 dB
101 5 dB
110 Invalid
111 Invalid
Bit 76543210
$16 VCOVDET[1] VCOVDET[0] VCOTUNE[4] VCOTUNE[3] VCOTUNE[2] VCOTUNE[1] VCOTUNE[0]
Read/Write R R R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value **000000
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and 4 (L1 and L2) of the device. The capacitor array is set by VCOTUNE[4:0] and is
comprised of the following switched capacitance levels:
VCOTUNE[4:0] Capacitance (pF)
00000 0
00001 0.03
00010 0.06
00011 0.09
00100 0.12
00101 0.15
00110 0.18
00111 0.21
01000 0.24
01001 0.27
01010 0.30
01011 0.33
01100 0.36
01101 0.39
01110 0.42
01111 0.45
10000 0.48
10001 0.51
10010 0.54
10011 0.57
10100 0.60
10101 0.63
10110 0.66
10111 0.69
11000 0.72
11001 0.75
11010 0.78
11011 0.81
11100 0.84
11101 0.87
11110 0.90
11111 0.93
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Bits[7:6]: VCO Voltage Detector
The VCO Voltage Detector circuit monitors the level of the VCO control voltage. This cir-
cuit, along with the VCO Switch Caps and the Lock Detect circuit, is intended for use
with a software algorithm to tune the VCO such that the VCO control voltage is centered
approximately at 1.1V.
The Voltage Detector circuit consists of two comparators with fixed reference voltages
of V1 (lower reference voltage) and V2 (upper reference voltage). The VCO Control
Voltage is compared to these two reference voltages and generates the state table
listed in Table 8. The state of these comparators is output to Bits 7 and 6 (Vcodet[1:0])
of the VCOTUNE register.
Lock Detector Configuration Register 2 LOCKDET2
Bit[7]: EUD
A1enables the unlock detect logic.
Bit[6]: LAT (Lock Always True)
Forces the lockdetect signal to 1at the output of the lock detect circuitry. This may be
useful if the lock detect signal is not going high for some reason, and a power amp inter-
lock has been implemented, and the user wishes to enable the power amp output stage.
Table 8. VCO Window Comparator States
VCOvdet[1:0] VCO Control Voltage
00 Above lower comparator threshold and below upper comparator
threshold. Control Voltage is within the valid window of operation.
01 Below both thresholds. Control Voltage is outside the recommended
window of operation.
10 Above both thresholds. Control Voltage is outside the recommended
window of operation.
11 Not a valid state.
Bit 76543210
$17 EUD LAT ULC[2] ULC[1] ULC[0] LC[2] LC[1] LC[0]
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
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Bit[5:3]: ULC[2:0]
The unlock count (ULC) bits count a certain number of reference clocks, after which the
unlock detect circuit looks for a number of cycle slips determined by CS[1:0] before
making the loc detect signal go low. The ULC bits essentially control the blackout period
of the unlock detect circuit. The unlock counter is reset by the KEY signal rising (if
ENKO is asserted), or by the LOC rising edge, or by the UPOK signal being set high.
Bits[2:0]: LC[2:0]
The Lock Count (LC) bits control a counter that, after a number of reference clocks,
cause lock detect to go high. This counter will reset if a cycle slip or a reset signal occurs
(which happens if TXE goes low), if an out-of-lock condition occurs, if the crystal oscilla-
tor frequency is too low, or if the VCO feedback frequency is too low.
ULC[2:0]
Number of REF
Clocks of Delay
000 8
001 16
010 32
011 64
100 128
101 256
110 512
111 1024
LC[2:0] Number of REF Clocks of Delay
000 8
001 16
010 32
011 64
100 128
101 256
110 512
111 1024
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EEPROM Control Register Descriptions
Data EEPROM Control Register DEECR
Bits[7:4]
Reserved. These bits should be 0when written; otherwise, results will be
unpredictable.
Bit[3]: EEPROM Busy Bit
Initially set to 0. This bit will be set high during writes to the EEPROM.
Bit[2]: EEPROM Unlock Bit
Set this bit to 1before writing the EEPROM. Reset this bit to 0after the write is com-
plete. This bit should be left in the zero state when the EEPROM is not being used,
which will protect the EEPROM data during power transients.
Bit[1]: EEPROM Load Bit
To write the EEPROM, use the following procedure:
Note: Because of noise and power considerations, the EEPROM should not be written while
the transmitter is enabled.
1. Set the unlock bit.
2. Write the address of the first byte to the DEEAR.
3. Set the load bit. This locks the page address in the DEEAR. Keep the unlock bit
set.
4. Write the desired data to the DEEDR register. This byte is loaded into the
EEPROM and will be written when the load bit is later deasserted.
5. If it is desired to write another byte in the same page, write the new address to
the DEEAR register, and a new byte to the DEEDR register. Continue until all
bytes that are to be written are loaded into the EEPROM. Bytes may only be
loaded to an address once. There are eight bytes per page.
6. Deassert the load bit. This starts the write operation. Some time after load is
deasserted, the busy bit will go high. Another read or write operation may not be
started until the busy bit has returned to 0. Writes take approximately 4 ms to
complete. Again, the unlock bit must still be set when deasserting the load bit.
7. After all writes are complete, write 0to the unlock bit.
Bit[0]: EEPROM Read Bit
To read the EEPROM use the following procedure:
1. Write the address to the DEEAR.
2. Set the read bit.
3. Read the data register. The read bit will reset itself.
4. If another read needs to be done, repeat steps 13 again.
Bit 76543210
$1C ––––BSY EEU EEL EER
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 0 00000000
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Data EEPROM Data Register DEEDR
Bits[7:0]
This register contains the byte to be written to EEPROM. If a read operation has been
done, this register contains that last byte read from the data EEPROM.
Data EEPROM Address Register DEEAR
Bit[7]
Reserved.
Bits[6:3]: Data EEPROM Page Address
These bits select the page in the EEPROM that is to be accessed. These bits are write
locked and cannot be altered when the load bit is set.
Bits[2:0]: Data EEPROM Byte Address
These bits select the byte in the page that is to be accessed. During a page write opera-
tion, these bits are used in combination with the DEEDR register to write bytes into a
page.
Bit 76543210
$1D ED7 ED6 ED5 ED4 ED3 ED2 ED1 ED0
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 0 00000000
Bit 76543210
$1E PA6 PA5 PA4 PA3 BA2 BA1 BA0
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 0 00000000
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Bit Timer Register Descriptions
Bit Timer Count Register BTCNT
Bit [7:0]
Lowest 8 bits of
countval
. When combined with bits [7:6] of the BTCR register,
countval
determines a counter value that sets the width of a mark or a space that is sent to the
transmitter. The width of the mark or space is:
PXX =P
AVR *
(countval
+1)
where
PXX
is the period of the mark or space, and
PAVR
is the period of the AVR clock
that is determined by the ACS bits of the AVR configuration register, AVR_CONFIG.
Bit Timer Control Register BTCR
Bit[7:6]
Count_val[9:8]. MSB of BTCNT counter value bits.
Bits[5:4]
Bit Timer Mode.
Bit[3]: Interrupts Enabled
If this bit is set, the Flag2 and Flag0 will generate their respective interrupts when they
are set. Flag0 interrupt vector is located at 0 x 04. Flag2 interrupt vector is located at
0 x 02. Typically, a JMP instruction resides at these vector locations to pass control to
an interrupt handler. For Flag0 only, slightly faster execution can be achieved if the JMP
instruction is eliminated, and the interrupt service routine is located beginning at 0 x 04.
Bit 76543210
$20 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 C0
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
Bit 76543210
$21 C9 C8 M1 M0 IE F2 DATA F0
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R R/W R
Initial Value 00000000
Mode[1:0] Bit Timer Function
00 Bit Timer Disabled
01 Transmit Mode, Transmitter Not Keyed
10 Receive Mode
11 Transmit Mode, Transmitter Keyed
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Bit[2]: Flag2
In transmit mode, this flag indicates the Transmit Done condition that occurs when the
buffer is empty and the counter has counted down to 0. In receive mode, this flag indi-
cates that an edge has occurred, and the AVR should process the count value in the
BTCR and BTCNT registers. This bit is cleared upon read, e.g., IN R16, BTCR.
Bit[1]: Data Bit
In transmit mode, this is a one-bit buffer that the AVR writes data to and the bit timer
extracts data from. When the bit timer removes the value from this register, the Flag0 bit
is set, and if enabled, an interrupt (INT2) is generated. If the interrupt is used, the ISR
should load a new bit into the buffer. If the interrupt is not enabled, then a polling method
should be used to detect Flag0 being set. Because of overhead associated with interrupt
handling, it may be slightly faster to use polling.
In receive mode, the value in this register indicates whether the edge at the IO3 pin was
rising or falling. A 1indicates a rising edge occurred, and a 0indicates that a falling
edge was detected. The number of AVR clock cycles since the last edge is held in the
C[9:0] (
countval
) bits (that is, unless an overflow condition has occurred).
Bit[0]: Flag0
In transmit mode, this flag indicates the buffer is empty and the AVR should load new
data into it. In receive mode, this indicates a counter overflow condition has occurred.
The AVR should increment its software counter if this condition has occurred. This bit is
cleared upon read, e.g., IN R16, BTCR.
Watchdog Timer Control Register WDTCR
Bits[7:5]
Reserved. These bits will always read as 0.
Bit[4]: WDTOE, Watchdog Turn-off Enable
This bit must be set (1) when the WDE bit is cleared. Otherwise, the watchdog will not
be disabled. Once set, hardware will clear this bit to 0after four clock cycles. Refer to
the description of the WDE bit for a watchdog disable procedure.
Bit[3]: WDE, Watchdog Enable
When the WDE is set (1), the Watchdog Timer is enabled, and if the WDE is cleared
(0), the Watchdog Timer function is disabled. WDE can only be cleared if the WDTOE
Mode[1:0] Flag2 Function
00 Disabled
01 Indicates Transmit Done condition; buffer is empty and the
counter has expired.
10 An edge has been detected at the IO3 pin.
11 Indicates Transmit Done condition; buffer is empty and the
counter has expired.
Bit 76543210
$22 –––WDTOE WDE WDP2 WDP1 WDP0 WDTCR
Read/Write R R R R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
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bit is set (1). To disable an enabled Watchdog Timer, the following procedure must be
followed: In the same operation, write a logical 1to WDTOE and WDE. A logical 1
must be written to WDE even though it is set to 1before the disable operation starts.
Within the next four clock cycles, write a logical 0to WDE. This disables the watchdog.
Bits[2:0]: WDP2, WDP1, WDP0, Watchdog Timer Prescaler 2, 1 and 0
The WDP2, WDP1 and WDP0 bits determine the Watchdog Timer prescaling when the
Watchdog Timer is enabled. The different prescaling values and their corresponding
time-out periods are shown in Table 9.
Note:
Example:
If the crystal period is 50 ns and the system clock divider is set to 32 (Bits[7:5] in the
PWR_CTL register are set to 010) and the WDT prescaler is set to 32K, then:
Watchdog Timeout = 50 ns ×32 ×32768 = 52 ms
I/O Enable Register IO_ENAB
Bit[7]
Reserved.
Bit[6]
If set to 1, additional hysteresis is added to the battery low and brown-out logic. See
BL_CONFIG register description and Table 3 (page 10) for more details.
Table 9. Watchdog Timer Prescale Select
WDP2 WDP1 WDP0 Number of System Clock Cycles
0 0 0 2,048 cycles
0 0 1 4,096 cycles
0 1 0 8,192 cycles
0 1 1 16,384 cycles
1 0 0 32,768 cycles
1 0 1 65,536 cycles
1 1 0 131,072 cycles
1 1 1 262,144 cycles
Twdt XTALBperiod ACSdiv WDTdiv
××=
Bit 76543210
$30 BOHYST IOE5 IOE4 IOE3 IOE2 IOE1 IOE0
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
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Bits[5:0]
If set to 1, the corresponding bit (pin) IO[5:0] is configured as an output. Data may then
be written to that output by writing to the IO_DATA register. If set to 0, the correspond-
ing bit (pin) may be either a button input (refer to the Button Detect Register, $34) used
to wake the part up or a normal digital input.
I/O Data Out Register IO_DATOUT
Bits[7:6]: Reserved
These bits read 0.
Bits[5.0]
If enabled in the IO_ENAB register and not in test mode, the data in Bits[5:0] goes to the
corresponding general-purpose output IO [5:0].
I/O Data In Register IO_DATIN
Bits[7:6]: Reserved
This bit reads 0.
Bits[5:0]
These bits directly read the data from the I/O pins IO[5:0]. Writes to these bits have no
effect.
AVR Configuration Register AVR_CONFIG
IO_ENAB[n] IO_DATOUT[n] IO[n]
0 0 Normal Input
0 1 Button Input
1 0 Output Driven Low
1 1 Output Driven High
Bit 76543210
$31 ––IOO5 IOO4 IOO3 IOO2 IOO1 IOO0
Read/Write R R R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
Bit 76543210
$32 ––IOI5 IOI4 IOI3 IOI2 IOI1 IOI0
Read/Write R/WR/WRRRRRR
Initial Value 00
Bit 76543210
$33 ACS1 ACS0 TM BD BLI SLEEP BBM
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R R W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
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Bits[6:5]: AVR System Clock Select
These bits select the divide value of the XTALB input that is used to produce the AVR
System Clock.
This clock select value may be programmed on the fly by either the AVR processor in
normal operation or by an I/O write SPI command during SPI mode. Note that during
SPI mode, the I/O and serial programming logic runs at XTALB/16 frequency.
Bit[4]: Test Mode
When this bit is set to 1, the part enters test mode. The I/O pins, if enabled, assume
the following functionality:
Notes: 1. IO_ENAB register is NOT used for SPI pins.
2. In SPI mode, the I/O registers may be directly accessed via the SPI interface. Txkey, lockdetect may be output using this
mode.
Bit[3]: Battery Dead
Indicates battery is dead. Only readable by SPI interface.
Bit[2]: Battery Low Indicator
This bit is identical to Bit[7] of Battery Low Configuration Register ($35). When Bit[6] of
Battery Low Configuration Register ($35) is set (Battery Low Valid), a set bit in this loca-
tion indicates that the battery voltage is lower than the voltage level that is determined
by Bits[5:0] of Battery Low Configuration Register ($35).
Bit [1]: Sleep Bit
When set, this bit stops the crystal oscillator. This stops the AVR processor with the pro-
gram counter frozen at the current instruction. Sleep will also stop the Watchdog Timer.
The Watchdog Timer is only restarted if the part wakes up. If an I/O pin is configured as
a button, a button press will start the oscillator and check the battery level. If the battery
level is greater than the Battery Dead level, the AVR system clock is started and normal
program execution continues. If the battery level is below the Battery Dead level, the
crystal oscillator is turned off, putting the part back to sleep until a button is pressed
again (care should be taken not to put the part to sleep unless a button is configured and
enabled).
Bit[0]: Button Boot Mode (BBM)
If the BBM bit is set and the part is brought out of sleep mode by a button input activa-
tion, the part will enter the button reset state. In this state, the part will reboot and begin
code execution at the reset location. This bit is reset at POR and when exiting the button
reset state. All other registers remain unchanged.
ACS[1:0] AVR System Clock
11 XTALB/16
10 XTALB/32
01 XTALB/64
00 XTALB/128
I/O5 I/O4 I/O3 I/O2 I/O1 I/O0
Normal Mode
(RESETB = 1)
txkey
(Output)
lockdetect
(Output)
txenable
(Output) RFU RFU RFU
SPI Mode
(RESETB = 0)
txkey
(Output)
lockdetect
(Output)
txenable
(Output) SPI_CLK SDO SDI
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Button Detect Register B_DET
Bits[7:6]
Reserved. These bits read 0.
Bits[5:0]
When an I/O pin is configured as a button using the IO_ENAB and IO_DATOUT regis-
ters and a logic low is detected on that pin, the button detect logic is activated. If the part
is in sleep mode, the part responds as described in the Power Control Register descrip-
tion. If a good battery is present, the appropriate bit is set in this register. A bit in this
register is cleared by writing a 0to it.
Battery Low Configuration Register BL_CONFIG
Bit[7]: Battery Low
When Bit 6 in this register is set (Battery Low Valid), the BL (Battery Low) bit indicates
that the battery voltage is lower than the voltage level that is determined by Bits [5:0] of
this register.
Bit[6]: Battery Low Valid
When the Battery Low Configuration Register is written, this bit is set to 0. When the
battery voltage has been sampled and compared to the voltage determined by the BLx
bits, this bit is set to 1indicating that the data in Bit 7 (Battery Low) is valid. This can
take up to 3100 XTAL cycles to complete.
Bit[5:0]: Battery Low Detection Level
This value is sent to the battery monitor. The threshold is calculated using the formulas
shown in Table 3 (page 10).
Bit 76543210
$34 ––BD5 BD4 BD3 BD2 BD1 BD0
Read/Write R R R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
Bit 76543210
$35 BL BLV BL5 BL4 BL3 BL2 BL1 BL0
Read/Write R R R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
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The Stack Pointer SP The Stack Pointer is implemented as two 8-bit registers in the I/O space locations $3E
($5E) and $3D ($5D). Caution: As the data memory has 224 locations, only 8 bits are
used and the SPH register must be programmed to 0 x 00.
The Stack Pointer points to the data SRAM stack area where the Subroutine and Inter-
rupt Stacks are located. This stack space in the data SRAM must be defined by the
program before any subroutine calls are executed or interrupts are enabled. The Stack
Pointer must be set to point above $60. The Stack Pointer is decremented by one when
data is pushed onto the stack with the PUSH instruction, and it is decremented by two
when the return address is pushed onto the stack with subroutine call and interrupt. The
Stack Pointer is incremented by one when data is popped from the stack with the POP
instruction, and it is incremented by two when data is popped from the stack with Return
from Subroutine (RET) or Return from Interrupt (RETI).
The Status Register SREG The AVR status register SREG at I/O space location $3F is defined as:
Bit[7] I: Global Interrupt Enable
The global interrupt enable bit must be set (1) for the interrupts to be enabled. The
individual interrupt enable control is then performed in the interrupt mask registers
(GIMSK/TIMSK). If the global interrupt enable register is cleared (0), none of the inter-
rupts are enabled, independent of the GIMSK/TIMSK values. The I-bit is cleared by
hardware after an interrupt has occurred and is set by the RETI instruction to enable
subsequent interrupts.
Bit[6] T: Bit Copy Storage
The bit copy instructions BLD (Bit LoaD) and BST (Bit STore) use the T-bit as source
and destination for the operated bit. A bit from a register in the register file can be copied
into T by the BST instruction, and a bit in T can be copied into a bit in a register in the
register file by the BLD instruction.
Bit[5] H: Half Carry Flag
The half carry flag H indicates a half carry in some arithmetic operations. See Table 10,
SRAM Organization,on page 21 for detailed information.
Bit 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8
$3E –––––SP10 SP9 SP8 SPH
$3D SP7 SP6 SP5 SP4 SP3 SP2 SP1 SP0 SPL
76543210
Read/Write RRRRRR/WR/WR/W
R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
00000000
Bit 76543210
$3F ITHSVNZC
Read/Write R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W
Initial Value 00000000
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Bit[4] S: Sign Bit, S = NV
The S-bit is always an exclusive or between the negative flag N and the twos comple-
ment overflow flag V. See Table 10 for detailed information.
Bit[3] V: Twos Complement Overflow Flag
The twos complement overflow flag V supports twos complement arithmetics. See
Table 10 below for detailed information.
Bit[2] N: Negative Flag
The negative flag N indicates a negative result after the different arithmetic and logic
operations. See Table 10 below for detailed information.
Bit[1] Z: Zero Flag
The zero flag Z indicates a zero result after the different arithmetic and logic operations.
See Table 10 below for detailed information.
Bit[0] C: Carry Flag
The carry flag C indicates a carry in an arithmetic or logic operation. See Table 10 for
detailed information.
Table 10. Instruction Set
Mnemonics
Operands Description Operation Flags #Clocks
Arithmetic and Logic Instructions
ADD Rd, Rr Add Two Registers Rd Rd + Rr Z,C,N,V,H
ADC Rd, Rr Add with Carry Two Registers Rd Rd + Rr + C Z,C,N,V,H 1
ADIW Rdl,K Add Immediate to Word Rdh:Rdl Rdh:Rdl + K Z,C,N,V,S 1
SUB Rd, Rr Subtract Two Registers Rd Rd - Rr Z,C,N,V,H 2
SUBI Rd, K Subtract Constant from Register Rd Rd - K Z,C,N,V,H 1
SBC Rd, Rr Subtract with Carry Two Registers Rd Rd-Rr-C Z,C,N,V,H 1
SBCI Rd, K Subtract with Carry Constant from
Register
Rd Rd-K-C Z,C,N,V,H 1
SBIW Rdl,K Subtract Immediate from Word Rdh:Rdl Rdh:Rdl - K Z,C,N,V,S 1
AND Rd, Rr Logical AND Registers Rd Rd Rr Z,N,V 2
ANDI Rd, K Logical AND Register and
Constant
Rd Rd KZ,N,V1
OR Rd, Rr Logical OR Registers Rd Rd v Rr Z,N,V 1
ORI Rd, K Logical OR Register and Constant Rd Rd v K Z,N,V 1
EOR Rd, Rr Exclusive OR Registers Rd Rd Rr Z,N,V 1
COM Rd Ones Complement Rd $FF Rd Z,C,N,V 1
NEG Rd Twos Complement Rd $00 Rd Z,C,N,V,H 1
SBR Rd,K Set Bit(s) in Register Rd Rd v K Z,N,V 1
CBR Rd,K Clear Bit(s) in Register Rd Rd ($FF - K) Z,N,V 1
INC Rd Increment Rd Rd + 1 Z,N,V 1
DEC Rd Decrement Rd Rd 1Z,N,V1
TST Rd Test for Zero or Minus Rd Rd Rd Z,N,V 1
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CLR Rd Clear Register Rd Rd Rd Z,N,V 1
SER Rd Set Register Rd $FF None 1
Branch Instructions
RJMP k Relative Jump PC PC+k+1 None 1
IJMP Indirect Jump to (Z) PC Z None 2
JMP k Direct Jump PC k None 2
RCALL k Relative Subroutine Call PC PC+k+1 None 3
ICALL Indirect Call to (Z) PC Z None 3
CALL k Direct Subroutine Call PC k None 3
RET Subroutine Return PC STACK None 4
RETI Interrupt Return PC STACK I 4
CPSE Rd,Rr Compare, Skip if Equal if (Rd = Rr) PC PC + 2 or 3 None 1/2/3
CP Rd,Rr Compare Rd Rr Z, N,V,C,H 1
CPC Rd,Rr Compare with Carry Rd Rr C Z, N,V,C,H 1
CPI Rd,K Compare Register with Immediate Rd K Z, N,V,C,H 1
SBRC Rr, b Skip if Bit in Register Cleared If (Rr(b)=0) PC PC + 2 or 3 None 1/2/3
SBRS Rr, b Skip if Bit in Register Set If (Rr(b)=1) PC PC + 2 or 3 None 1/2/3
SBIC P, b Skip if Bit in I/O Register Cleared If (P(b)=0) PC PC + 2 or 3 None 1/2/3
SBIS P, b Skip if Bit in I/O Register Set If (P(b)=1) PC PC + 2 or 3 None 1/2/3
BRBS s, k Branch if Status Flag Set If (SREG(s) = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRBC s, k Branch if Status Flag Cleared If (SREG(s) = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BREQ k Branch if Equal If (Z = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRNE k Branch if Not Equal If (Z = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRCS k Branch if Carry Set If (C = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRCC k Branch if Carry Cleared If (C = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRSH k Branch if Same or Higher If (C = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRLO k Branch if Lower If (C = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRMI k Branch if Minus If (N = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRPL k Branch if Plus If (N = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRGE k Branch if Greater or Equal, Signed If (N V= 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRLT k Branch if Less Than Zero, Signed If (N V= 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRHS k Branch if Half Carry Flag Set If (H = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRHC k Branch if Half Carry Flag Cleared If (H = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRTS k Branch if T Flag Set If (T = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRTC k Branch if T Flag Cleared If (T = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRVS k Branch if Overflow Flag Set If (V = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
Table 10. Instruction Set (Continued)
Mnemonics
Operands Description Operation Flags #Clocks
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BRVC k Branch if Overflow Flag Cleared If (V = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRIE k Branch if Interrupt Enabled If (I = 1) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
BRID k Branch if Interrupt Disabled If (I = 0) then PC PC + k + 1 None 1/2
Data Transfer Instructions
MOV Rd, Rr Move Between Registers Rd Rr None 1
MOVW Rd, Rr Copy Register Word Rd+1:Rd Rr + 1:Rr None
LDI Rd, K Load Immediate Rd K None 1
LD Rd, X Load Indirect Rd (X) None 2
LD Rd, X+ Load Indirect and Post-Inc. Rd (X), X X + 1 None 2
LD Rd, X Load Indirect and Pre-Dec. X X1, Rd (X) None 2
LD Rd, Y Load Indirect Rd (Y) None 2
LD Rd, Y+ Load Indirect and Post-Inc. Rd (Y), Y Y + 1 None 2
LD Rd, Y Load Indirect and Pre-Dec. Y Y1, Rd (Y) None 2
LDD Rd,Y+q Load Indirect with Displacement Rd (Y + q) None 2
LD Rd, Z Load Indirect Rd (Z) None 2
LD Rd, Z+ Load Indirect and Post-Inc. Rd (Z), Z Z + 1 None 2
LD Rd, Z Load Indirect and Pre-Dec. Z Z1, Rd (Z) None 2
LDD Rd, Z+q Load Indirect with Displacement Rd (Z+q) None 2
LDS Rd, k Load Direct from SRAM Rd (k) None 2
ST X, Rr Store Indirect (X) Rr None 2
ST X+, Rr Store Indirect and Post-Inc. (X) Rr, X X + 1 None 2
ST X, Rr Store Indirect and Pre-Dec. X X1, (X) Rr None 2
ST Y, Rr Store Indirect (Y) Rr None 2
ST Y+, Rr Store Indirect and Post-Inc. (Y) Rr, Y Y + 1 None 2
ST Y, Rr Store Indirect and Pre-Dec. Y Y1, (Y) Rr None 2
STD Y+q,Rr Store Indirect with Displacement (Y + q) Rr None 2
ST Z, Rr Store Indirect (Z) Rr None 2
ST Z+, Rr Store Indirect and Post-Inc. (Z) Rr, Z Z + 1 None 2
ST Z, Rr Store Indirect and Pre-Dec. Z Z1, (Z) Rr None 2
STD Z+q,Rr Store Indirect with Displacement (Z + q) Rr None 2
STS k, Rr Store Direct to SRAM (k) Rr None 2
LPM Load Program Memory R0 (Z) None 3
LPM Rd, Z Load Program Memory Rd (Z) None 3
LPM Rd, Z+ Load Program Memory and Post-
Inc.
Rd (Z), Z Z+1 None 3
IN Rd, P In Port Rd P None 1
Table 10. Instruction Set (Continued)
Mnemonics
Operands Description Operation Flags #Clocks
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OUT P, Rr Out Port P Rr None 1
PUSH Rr Push Register on Stack STACK Rr None 2
POP Rd Pop Register from Stack Rd STACK None 2
Bit and Bit-test Instructions
SBI P, b Set Bit in I/O Register I/O(P,b) 1 None 2
CBI P, b Clear Bit in I/O Register I/O(P,b) 0 None 2
LSL Rd Logical Shift Left Rd(n+1) Rd(n), Rd(0) 0 Z,C,N,V 1
LSR Rd Logical Shift Right Rd(n) Rd(n+1), Rd(7) 0 Z,C,N,V 1
ROL Rd Rotate Left Through Carry
Rd(0)
C, Rd(n+1)
Rd(n), C
Rd(7)
Z,C,N,V 1
ROR Rd Rotate Right Through Carry
Rd(7)
C, Rd(n)
Rd(n+1), C
Rd(0)
Z,C,N,V 1
ASR Rd Arithmetic Shift Right Rd(n) Rd(n+1), n = 0...6 Z,C,N,V 1
SWAP Rd Swap Nibbles
Rd(3...0)
Rd(7...4), Rd(7...4)
Rd(3...0)
None 1
BSET s Flag Set SREG(s) 1SREG(s)1
BCLR s Flag Clear SREG(s) 0SREG(s)1
BST Rr, b Bit Store from Register to T T Rr(b) T 1
BLD Rd, b Bit Load from T to Register Rd(b) T None 1
SEC Set Carry C 1C1
CLC Clear Carry C 0C1
SEN Set Negative Flag N 1N1
CLN Clear Negative Flag N 0N1
SEZ Set Zero Flag Z 1Z1
CLZ Clear Zero Flag Z 0Z1
SEI Global Interrupt Enable I 1I1
CLI Global Interrupt Disable I 0I1
SES Set Signed Test Flag S 1S1
CLS Clear Signed Test Flag S 0S1
SEV Set Twos Complement Overflow V 1V1
CLV Clear Twos Complement Overflow V 0V1
SET Set T in SREG T 1T1
CLT Clear T in SREG T 0T1
SEH Set Half Carry Flag in SREG H 1H1
CLH Clear Half Carry Flag in SREG H 0H1
NOP No Operation None 1
SLEEP Sleep Not Implemented None 3
WDR Watchdog Reset (See specific description for WDR/timer) None 1
Table 10. Instruction Set (Continued)
Mnemonics
Operands Description Operation Flags #Clocks
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Ordering Information
RF Output Ordering Code Package Application
Temperature
Operating Range
315 MHz AT86RF401U 20T North American 40°Cto85°C
434 MHz AT86RF401E 20T European 40°Cto85°C
264 to 456 MHz AT86RF401X 20T All Applications 40°Cto85°C
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Package Drawing All devices are packaged on tape in reel; standard reel quantity is 2,500 pieces.
20A2 TSSO
2325 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, CA 95131
TITLE DRAWING NO.
R
REV.
6/3/02
COMMON DIMENSIONS
(Unit of Measure = mm)
SYMBOL MIN NOM MAX NOTE
D 6.40 6.50 6.60 2, 5
E 6.40 BSC
E1 4.30 4.40 4.50 3, 5
A––1.20
A2 0.80 1.00 1.05
b 0.19 0.30 4
e 0.65 BSC
L 0.45 0.60 0.75
L1 1.00 REF
20A2, 20-lead (4.4 x 6.5 mm Body), 0.65 pitch,
Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (TSSOP)
Notes: 1. This drawing is for general information only. Please refer to JEDEC Drawing MO-153, Variation AC, for additional
information.
2. Dimension D does not include mold Flash, protrusions or gate burrs. Mold Flash, protrusions and gate burrs shall
not exceed 0.15 mm (0.006 in) per side.
3. Dimension E1 does not include inter-lead Flash or protrusions. Inter-lead Flash and protrusions shall not exceed
0.25 mm (0.010 in) per side.
4. Dimension b does not include Dambar protrusion. Allowable Dambar protrusion shall be 0.08 mm total in excess
of the b dimension at maximum material condition. Dambar cannot be located on the lower radius of the foot.
Minimum space between protrusion and adjacent lead is 0.07 mm.
5. Dimension D and E1 to be determined at Datum Plane H.
20A2 C
L1
A
L
DA2
EE1
e
b
Top View
Side View
End View
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