2. Soldering the headers
Before using your click
™
board, make sure
to solder 1x8 male headers to both left and
right side of the board. Two 1x8 male headers
are included with the board in the package.
1
nRF S
click
™
2
3
4. Essential features
nRF S click™ with its nRF24L01P IC is
designed for operation in the world wide ISM
frequency band at
2.400 - 2.4835 GHz.
The
board supports an air data rate of 250 Kbps,
1 Mbps and 2 Mbps and it is suitable for ultra
low power designs. All these features make
this board ideal for wireless PC peripherals,
remotes, VoIP headsets, game controllers,
sensors, home and commercial automation,
active RFID, toys and many more.
Turn the board upside down so that
the bottom side is facing you upwards.
Place shorter pins of the header into the
appropriate soldering pads.
Turn the board upward again. Make sure
to align the headers so that they are
perpendicular to the board, then solder the
pins carefully.
1. Introduction
nRF S click
™
is a compact and easy solution for
adding a 2.4 GHz transceiver to your design.
It features
nRF24L01P
2.4 GHz transceiver
module with an embedded baseband
protocol engine as well as an SMA antenna
connector (antenna sold separately). nRF S
click
™
communicates with the target board
microcontroller via
mikroBUS
™
SPI (SDI, SDO,
SCK, CS#), CE and INT lines. The board is
designed to use 3.3V power supply only.
3. Plugging the board in
Once you have soldered the headers your
board is ready to be placed into the desired
mikroBUS
™
socket. Make sure to align the cut
in the lower-right part of the board with the
markings on the silkscreen at the mikroBUS
™
socket. If all the pins are aligned
correctly, push the board
all the way into the socket.
click
www.mikroe.com
nRF S click Manual
v100
™
BOARD
0100000076071
5. Schematic
C1 33nF
7. Alternative antennas options
Two other click
™
boards with the nRF24L01P
R3
22K
VCC
CN1
VSS
DVDD
VDD
VSS
IREF
+3V3
CE
CS#
SCK
SDI
SDO
R1
100K
1
2
3
4
5
R2
100K
20
19
18
17
16
chip, but with different antennas are available.
NRF T click
™
with a PCB trace antenna, and
nRF C click
™
with an SMD chip antenna.
See tham at:
www.mikroe.com/click/nrf-t
www.mikroe.com/cick/nrf-c
CE
CS#
SCK
SDO
SDI
AN
RST
CS
SCK
MISO
MOSI
+3.3V
GND
PWM
INT
TX
RX
SCL
SDA
+5V
GND
INT
VDD
CE
VSS
CSN
nRF24L01P
ANT2
SCK
ANT1
MOSI
VDD_PA
MISO
IRQ
VDD
VSS
XC2
XC1
15
14
13
12
11
L3
L2
8.2nH
3.9nH
C2
1.5pF
C3
1pF
ANTENNA
L4
2.7nH
6
7
8
9
10
U1
INT
nRF24L01P
C8
2.2nF
C9
4.7pF
8. Code examples
Once you have done all the necessary
preparations, it’s time to get your click
™
board
up and running. We have provided examples
for mikroC
™
, mikroBasic
™
and mikroPascal
™
compilers on our
Libstock
website. Just
download them and you are ready to start.
+3V3
FP1
FERRITE BEAD
E1
10uF
C4
10nF
C5
1nF
VCC
C6
22pF
R5
1M
X1
16MHz
C7
22pF
R4
2K2
LD1A
PWR
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6. Dimensions
25.4 mm
≈
1000 mils
9. Support
mm
LENGTH
WIDTH
HEIGHT
mils
2015
1000
323
51.2
25.4
8.2
MikroElektronika assumes no responsibility
or liability for any errors or inaccuracies
that may appear in the present document.
Specification and information contained in
the present schematic are subject to change
at any time without notice.
Copyright © 2015 MikroElektronika.
All rights reserved.
MikroElektronika offers
free tech support
(www.mikroe.com/support)
until the end of
the product’s lifetime, so if something goes
wrong, we’re ready and willing to help!
51.2 mm
≈
2015 mils