DW1000 User Manual
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Field
Description of fields within Register file: 0x1F – Channel Control
DWSFD
reg:1F:00
bit:17
This bit enables a non-standard Decawave proprietary SFD sequence. When DWSFD is 0, and
TNSSFD and RNSSFD are deasserted low, then the SFD sequence used by the DW1000 will be
the one prescribed by the IEEE 802.15.4-2011 standard.
When DWSFD is set a special Decawave-defined SFD sequence will be employed in the
transmitter and looked for in the receiver. For the 110 kbps this SFD is 64 symbols long (as
normal), but for 850 kbps the SFD may be either 8 or 16 symbols long, this is selected by the
SFD length field within
Register file: 0x21 – User defined SFD sequence
. Other length values are
invalid and should not be used. (For 6.8 Mbps the standard 8-symbol SFD).
The Decawave-defined SFD sequences are as follows:
SFD
Sequence
8-symbol
----+-00
16-symbol
----+-+--++--+00
64-symbol
−−−−−−−+−+−−−−−−+−−+−+−−+−−+−−+−−−++−−−+++−+−+−+−−−+−−+−−−−+++00
For more details please refer to
Register file: 0x21 – User defined SFD sequence
, and see
21: Recommended SFD sequence configurations for best performance
When the DW1000 is operating at
6.8 Mbps, this programming
selects the standard IEEE 8-
symbol
robustness since the data is
already the weakest part of the
frame.
removes the weakness making
the
This programming selects a
Decawave defined non-standard
64-symbol
robust than standard IEEE 64-
symbol
sequence programming options. Note: The selection of
sequences other than the IEEE 802.15.4-2011 UWB standard compliant SFD sequence may