
5.3 Serial Flash
The BRD4104A radio board is equipped with an 8 Mbit Macronix MX25R SPI flash that is connected directly to the EFR32.
Figure
5.3 Radio Board Serial Flash on page 14
shows how the serial flash is connected to the EFR32.
PC8 (US1_CLK#11)
PC6 (US1_TX#11)
PC7 (US1_RX#11)
PA4 (US1_CS#1)
EFR32
MX25R8035F
SCLK
MOSI
MISO
SCS
VMCU
VDD
8 Mbit
Figure 5.3. Radio Board Serial Flash
The MX25R series are ultra low power serial flash devices, so there is no need for a separate enable switch to keep current consump-
tion down. However, it is important that the flash is always put in deep power down mode when not used. This is done by issuing a
command over the SPI interface. In deep power down, the MX25R typically adds approximately 100 nA to the radio board current con-
sumption.
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