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General Product Description
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Introduction
The Atmel® ATA5831/2/3 is a highly integrated, low-power UHF ASK/FSK RF transceiver with an integrated AVR®
microcontroller. It is package and pin-to-pin compatible with the previous generation of RF devices (Atmel ATA5830N and Atmel
ATA5780N).
The Atmel ATA5831/2/3 is partitioned into three sections; an RF front end, a digital baseband and the low-power 8-bit AVR
microcontroller. The product is designed for the ISM frequency bands in the ranges of 310MHz to 318MHz, 418MHz to 477MHz
and 836MHz to 956MHz. The external part count is kept to a minimum due to the very high level of integration in this device. By
combining outstanding RF performance with highly sophisticated baseband signal processing, robust wireless communication
can be easily achieved. The receive path uses a low-IF architecture with an integrated double quadrature receiver and digitized
IF processing. This results in high image rejection and excellent blocking performance. The transmit path uses a closed loop
fractional-N modulator with Gauss shaping and pre-emphasis functionality for high data rates. In addition, highly flexible and
configurable baseband signal processing allows the transceiver to operate in several scanning, wake-up and automatic self-
polling scenarios. For example, during polling the IC can scan for specific message content (IDs) and save valid telegram data
in the FIFO buffer for later retrieval. The device integrates two receive paths that enable a parallel search for two telegrams with
different modulations, data rates, wake-up conditions, etc.
The Atmel ATA5831/2/3 implements a flexible service configuration concept and supports up to 15 channels. The channels are
grouped into five service configurations with three channels each. Three service configurations are located in the EEPROM.
Two service configurations are located in the SRAM to allow on-the-fly modifications during IDLEMode via SPI commands or
application software. The application software is located in the Flash for Atmel ATA5831 or in the ROM for Atmel ATA5832.
Highly configurable and autonomous scanning capability enables flexible polling scenarios with up to 15 channels. The
configuration of the transceiver is stored in a 1024byte EEPROM. The SPI interface enables external control and device
reconfiguration.
Table 1-1. Program Memory Comparison of Atmel ATA5831/2/3 Devices
Device
Atmel Firmware ROM
24Kbyte
User Flash
User ROM
Atmel ATA5831
Atmel ATA5832
Atmel ATA5833
20Kbyte
-
24Kbyte
-
-
20Kbyte
-
24Kbyte
In the Atmel ATA5831 the internal microcontroller with 20Kbyte user Flash can be used to add custom extensions to the Atmel
firmware. The Atmel ATA5832 provides 20Kbyte user ROM as a replacement for the 20Kbyte Flash for high-volume
applications. The Atmel ATA5833 embeds only the firmware ROM without user memory.
The debugWIRE and ISP interface are available for programming purposes.
Compatibility to the Atmel ATA5780N, Atmel ATA5830N and Atmel ATA5781/2/3
The Atmel ATA5831/2/3 is pin-to-pin compatible with the Atmel ATA5830N transceiver, the Atmel ATA5780N receiver and the
Atmel ATA5781/2/3 receivers. The Rx performance of the receivers matches that of the transceivers.
Atmel ATA5831/ATA5832/ATA5833 [Summary DATASHEET]
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