Highly integrated, true single-chip solution incorporating a complete RF system

The Texas Instruments CC1350 is a member of the CC26xx and CC13xx family of cost-effective, ultra-low-power, 2.4GHz and sub-1GHz RF devices. Very low active RF and MCU current consumption, in addition to flexible low-power modes, provide excellent battery lifetime and allow long range operation on small coin-cell batteries and in energy-harvesting applications. It is the first device in the family of cost-effective, ultra-low-power wireless MCUs capable of handling both sub-1GHz and 2.4GHz RF frequencies. The device combines a flexible, very low-power RF transceiver with a powerful 48MHz Cortex-M3 microcontroller in a platform supporting multiple physical layers and RF standards. A dedicated radio controller (Cortex-M0) handles low-level RF protocol commands that are stored in ROM or RAM, thus ensuring ultra-low power and flexibility to handle both sub-1GHz protocols and 2.4GHz protocols (for example Bluetooth low energy). This enables the combination of a sub-1GHz communication solution that offers the best possible RF range together with a Bluetooth low energy smartphone connection that enables great user experience through a phone application. The sub-1GHz only device in this family is the CC1310. The device is a highly integrated, true single-chip solution incorporating a complete RF system and an on-chip DC-DC converter. Sensors can be handled in a very low-power manner by a dedicated autonomous ultra-low-power MCU that can be configured to handle analog and digital sensors; thus the main MCU (Cortex-M3) can maximise sleep time. The power and clock management and radio systems require specific configuration and handling by software to operate correctly, which has been implemented in the TI-RTOS. TI recommends using this software framework for all application development on the device. The complete TI-RTOS and device drivers are offered in source code free of charge.