Wireless environmental sensor

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Wireless environmental sensor

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Overview

Our integrated circuits and reference designs demonstrate how to monitor various climate factors and wirelessly communicate with heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and other intelligent building management systems, while significantly decreasing maintenance costs.

Design requirements

Wireless environmental sensor designs require:

  • Nano-amp quiescent current, high light-load efficient power topologies to enable 10+ years battery life.
  • Nano-power sensing and signal chain to measure temperature, humidity, ambient light and air quality.
  • Ultra-low-power wireless MCUs to enable communication with 2.4-GHz and Sub-1-GHz networks.

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Temperature & humidity sensor

Point of Load (P.O.L.) Point of Load (P.O.L.) Battery-Powered Option Battery-Powered Option Energy Harvesting Option Energy Harvesting Option Button Button Motion Detector Motion Detector Comparators or ADC Comparators or ADC PIR Sensor PIR Sensor Amps Amps Non-Isolated DC/DC Power Supply Non-Isolated DC/DC Power Supply Battery Battery Boost, Buck, or LDO Boost, Buck, or LDO Load Switch Load Switch Nano Timer Nano Timer MOSFET (Reverse Polarity Protection) MOSFET (Reverse Polarity Protection) Energy Storage Energy Storage Solar Cell Solar Cell Super Cap Super Cap Backup Battery Backup Battery Energy Harvesting Energy Harvesting Load Switch Load Switch Temperature Sensor Temperature Sensor Temperature Sensor Temperature Sensor Thermistor Thermistor OR OR Humidity Sensor Humidity Sensor Amp Amp Ambient Light Sensor Ambient Light Sensor Ambient Light Sensor Ambient Light Sensor Comparator or ADC Comparator or ADC Light Dependent Resistor Light Dependent Resistor OR OR Amp Amp Signal Input/Output Protection Signal Input/Output Protection ESD Protection ESDProtection Digital Processing Digital Processing MCU or Wireless MCU (With Integrated Radio) MCUorWireless MCU(With Integrated Radio) Buffer/ Driver Buffer/Driver Voltage Translator Voltage Translator Logic Gate LogicGate Voltage Reference Voltage Reference Self-Diagnostics/Monitoring Self-Diagnostics/Monitoring Voltage Supervisor, RESET, Watchdog Timer Voltage Supervisor, RESET, Watchdog Timer Wireless Interface Wireless Interface Radio (Sub-1GHz, BLE, or ZigBee) Radio(Sub-1GHz, BLE, or ZigBee)

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A system-on-chip solution which integrates a microcontroller and radio allows designs to run the application layer and wireless protocol stack on one chip. A microcontroller with dedicated RF radio topology allows designs to separate the wireless protocol stack from the application layer.

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Wireless connectivity (22)
Low-power 2.4-GHz products
  • CC2652P7SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M4F multiprotocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU, 704-kB Flash, integrated power amp
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC2651R3SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4 single-protocol 2.4-GHz wireless MCU with 352-kB flash
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC2540Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with USB
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC2642RSimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 352kB Flash
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC2640SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless MCU with 128kB Flash
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC2630SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Zigbee and 6LoWPAN wireless MCU with 128kB Flash
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Sub-1 GHz transceivers
  • CC1101Low-power Sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC1120High performance Sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver for narrowband systems
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC110LValue line Sub-1 GHz wireless transceiver
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Sub-1 GHz wireless MCUs
  • CC1312RSimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 352kB Flash
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC1352PSimpleLink™ Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz & 2.4 GHz wireless MCU integrated power amplifier
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC1350SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz & 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with 128kB Flash
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC1352RSimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F multiprotocol Sub-1 GHz & 2.4 GHz wireless MCU with 352kB Flash
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC1314R10SimpleLink™ Arm® Cortex®-M33 Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 1-MB flash and up to 296 kB of SRAM
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Other wireless products
  • TRF7970AMulti-Protocol Fully Integrated 13.56-MHz NFC / RFID Transceiver IC
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC2500Low Cost, Low-Power 2.4 GHz RF Transceiver Designed for Low-Power Wireless Apps in the 2.4 GHz ISM B
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC2530-RF4CEZigbee, IEEE 802.15.4 and RF4CE wireless MCU with 256kB Flash and 8kB RAM
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC25922.4 GHz range extender with up to +22 dBm output power
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC2620SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Zigbee® RF4CE wireless MCU with 128kB Flash
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Wi-Fi products
  • CC3220SSimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 Wi-Fi® wireless MCU with secure boot and 256kB RAM
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC3220SFSimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 Wi-Fi® wireless MCU with 1MB Flash and 256kB RAM
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC3230SSimpleLink™ Arm Cortex-M4 Wi-Fi® MCU with 256kB RAM, coexistence, WPA3, 16 TLS sockets, secure boot
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Logic & voltage translation (3)
Fixed-direction voltage translators
  • SN74LV1T34Single Power Supply BUFFER Logic Level Shifter (no enable)
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Auto-direction voltage translators
  • TXS0108EEight-bit bidirectional voltage-level shifter for open-drain and push-pull applications
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Direction-controlled voltage translators
  • SN74LVC1T45Single-Bit Dual-Supply Bus Transceiver with Configurable Voltage-Level Shifting and 3-State Outputs
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • CC-ANTENNA-DK-RDSub-1 GHz and 2.4 GHz Antenna Reference Designs
    Schematic: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-00100Indoor Light Energy Harvesting Reference Design for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacon Subsystem
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-00374Humidity & Temp Sensor Node for Star Networks Enabling 10+ Year Coin Cell Battery Life Ref Design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-00484Humidity & Temp Sensor Node for Sub-1GHz Star Networks Enabling 10+ Year Coin Cell Battery Life
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-00488Energy Harvesting Ambient Light and Environment Sensor Node for Sub-1GHz Networks Reference Design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-00489Low Power Wireless PIR Motion Detector Reference Design Enabling 10 Year Coin Cell Battery Life
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-00758Interrupt-based environmental sensor node with ambient light for Sub-1 GHz networks reference design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-00759Low-Power PIR Motion Detector With Bluetooth Smart & 10-Year Coin Cell Battery Life Reference Design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDA-01477Humidity & Temperature Sensor Node Reference Design Enabling Sub-1 GHz and Sensor-to-Cloud Networks
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDC-01002SimpleLink™ Sub-1 GHz Sensor to Cloud Gateway Reference Design for TI-RTOS Systems
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDC-CC2650-CC2592-EMKSimpleLink™ CC2650 Wireless MCU and CC2592 Range Extender Reference Design - 122dB Link Budget
    Test report: PDF Schematic: PDF
  • TIDC-CC2650STK-SENSORTAGSimpleLink™ multi-standard CC2650 SensorTag™ kit reference design
    Schematic: PDF
  • TIDM-LPBP-WIRELESSNODELow-Power Sub-1 GHz Wireless Transceiver
    Schematic: PDF

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