2 register description – Rainbow Electronics AT86RF231 User Manual
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11.6.2
Register Description
Register 0x04 (TRX_CTRL_1):
Register 0x04 (TRX_CTRL_1) is a multi purpose register to control various operating modes and
settings of the radio transceiver.
• Bit 7 - PA_EXT_EN
Section 11.5 “RX/TX Indicator” on page 147
.
• Bit 6 - IRQ_2_EXT_EN
If this register bit is set the RX Frame Time Stamping Mode is enabled. An incoming frame with
a valid PHR is signaled via pin 10 (DIG2). The pin remains at high level until the end of the frame
receive procedure, see
Do not enable RX Frame Time Stamping (IRQ_2_EXT_EN = 1) and Antenna Diversity
(ANT_EXT_SW_EN = 1) at the same time, see
Section 11.4 “Antenna Diversity” on page 142
• Bit 5 - TX_AUTO_CRC_ON
Section 8.2 “Frame Check Sequence (FCS)” on page 85
.
• Bit 4 - RX_BL_CTRL
Section 11.7 “Frame Buffer Empty Indicator” on page 152
• Bit [3:2] - SPI_CMD_MODE
Section 6.3 “Radio Transceiver Status information” on page 24
• Bit 1 - IRQ_MASK_MODE
Section 6.6 “Interrupt Logic” on page 29
• Bit 0 - IRQ_POLARITY
Section 6.6 “Interrupt Logic” on page 29
Bit
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
+0x04
PA_EXT_EN
IRQ_2_EXT_EN
TX_AUTO_CRC_ON
RX_BL_CTRL
SPI_CMD_MODE
IRQ_MASK_MODE
IRQ_POLARITY
TRX_CTRL_1
Read/Write
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
Reset Value
0
0
1
0
0
0
0