
NXP Semiconductors
UM10955
JN5179-USB-Dongle User Manual
UM10955
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User manual
Rev. 1.1 — 24 February 2016
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1.2 Features
The dongle has the following features:
USB 2.0 Full-Speed Compatible Interface
IEEE 802.15.4-based wireless microcontroller (JN5179) with the following radio
characteristics:
o
Transmit power: 8.5 dBm (typ.), can be increased to 10 dBm (typ.)
o
Transmit current: 19.6 mA (typ) at 8.5 dBm / 23.3 mA (typ.) at 10 dBm
o
Receive
sensitivity:
96dBm (typ.)
o
Receive current: 13 mA (typ.)
Integrated printed RF antenna
General-purpose LEDs (one green, one orange)
Serial Flash memory device (4 Mbits)
32-kHz crystal oscillator
2. Hardware
overview
2.1 Dongle
layout
Fig 2.
OM15021 board layout
aaa-021252
USB
30 mm
16 mm
SPI flash
antenna
JN5179
LEDs
FT230XS