This is a work in progress for an NRF2401P

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About

This is a simple library to drive the nRF24l01+.

Hardware

This uses the commonly available breakout. The connections are shown below /media/uploads/epgmdm/nrf24l01pinout.png

Software

Use case: For a simple transmitter

tx code snipet

#include "NRF2401P.h"
int main() {
*
*  long long addr1=0xAB00CD; // setup address - any 5 byte number - same as RX
*  int channel =0x12;  // [0-126] setup channel, must be same as RX
*  bool txOK;
*  char msg[32];
*  char ackData[32];
*  char len;
*
*  // Setup 
*  NRF2401P nrf1(PTD6,PTD7, PTD5,PTD4, PTC12); //mosi, miso, sclk, csn, ce)
*  nrf1.quickTxSetup(channel, addr1); // sets nrf24l01+ as transmitter
*
*  // transmit
*  strcpy (msg, "Hello"); 
*  txOK= nrf1.transmitData(msg,strlen(msg));
*
*  // read ack data if available
*  if (nrf1.isAckData()) { 
*      len= nrf1.getRxData(ackData); // len is number of bytes in ackData
*   }
*}

Use case: For a simple receiver

rx code snipet

#include "NRF2401P.h"
*int main(){
*        
*  long long addr1=0xAB00CD; // setup address - any 5 byte number - same as TX
*  int channel =0x12;  // [0-126] setup channel, must be same as TX
*  bool txOK;
*  char msg[32];
*  char ackData[32];
*  char len;
*
*  // Setup 
*  NRF2401P nrf1(PTD6,PTD7, PTD5,PTD4, PTC12); //mosi, miso, sclk, csn, ce)
*  nrf1.quickRxSetup(channel, addr1); // sets nrf24l01+ as  receiver, using pipe 1
*
*  // set ack data
*  sprintf(ackData,"Ack data");
*  nrf1.acknowledgeData(ackData, strlen(ackData),1); // ack for pipe 1
*    
*  // receive
*  while (! nrf1.isRxData()); // note this blocks until RX data
*  len= nrf1.getRxData(msg); // gets the message, len is length of msg
*
*}
Revision:
11:07f76589f00a
Parent:
10:8a217441c38e
Child:
12:ea1345de6478
--- a/NRF2401P.cpp	Sat Jul 11 11:18:37 2015 +0000
+++ b/NRF2401P.cpp	Sat Jul 11 14:56:17 2015 +0000
@@ -695,46 +695,57 @@
     return msg;
 }
 
-void NRF2401P::printDetails()
+void NRF2401P::printReg(char* name, char address, bool newline)
 {
     char data;
-    char addr[addressWidth];
+    readReg(address, &data);
+    printf("%s = 0x%02x", name,  data);
+    if (newline) {
+        printf("\r\n");
+    }
+}   
+    
+void NRF2401P::printReg(char* name, char address, char width, bool newline)
+{
+    char data[width];
+    readReg(address, data, width);
+    printf("%s = 0x", name);
+    for (int i=width-1; i>=0; i--) {
+        printf("%02x", data[i]);
+    }
+    if (newline) {
+        printf("\r\n");
+    }
+}
+
+void NRF2401P::printDetails() {
     char status = checkStatus();
-    printf("STATUS\t\t = 0x%02x RX_DR=%x TX_DS=%x MAX_RT=%x RX_P_NO=%x TX_FULL=%x\r\n", status,
+    printf("STATUS = 0x%02x RX_DR=%x TX_DS=%x MAX_RT=%x RX_P_NO=%x TX_FULL=%x\r\n", status,
            (status & (1<<MASK_RX_DR))?1:0,
            (status & (1<<MASK_TX_DS))?1:0,
            (status & (1<<MASK_MAX_RT))?1:0,
            (status >> RX_P_NO) & 7,
            (status & (1<<TX_FULL))?1:0 );
 
-    readReg(RX_ADDR_P0, addr, addressWidth); printf("RX_ADDR_P0\t = 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\r\n", addr[4],addr[3],addr[2],addr[1],addr[0]);
-    readReg(RX_ADDR_P1, addr, addressWidth); printf("RX_ADDR_P1\t = 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\r\n", addr[4],addr[3],addr[2],addr[1],addr[0]);
-    readReg(RX_ADDR_P2, addr, addressWidth); printf("RX_ADDR_P2\t = 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\r\n", addr[4],addr[3],addr[2],addr[1],addr[0]);
-    readReg(RX_ADDR_P3, addr, addressWidth); printf("RX_ADDR_P3\t = 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\r\n", addr[4],addr[3],addr[2],addr[1],addr[0]);
-    readReg(RX_ADDR_P4, addr, addressWidth); printf("RX_ADDR_P4\t = 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\r\n", addr[4],addr[3],addr[2],addr[1],addr[0]);
-    readReg(RX_ADDR_P5, addr, addressWidth); printf("RX_ADDR_P5\t = 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\r\n", addr[4],addr[3],addr[2],addr[1],addr[0]);
-    readReg(TX_ADDR, addr, addressWidth); printf("TX_ADDR\t\t = 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\r\n", addr[4],addr[3],addr[2],addr[1],addr[0]);
+    printReg("RX_ADDR_P0", RX_ADDR_P0, addressWidth);
+    printReg("RX_ADDR_P1", RX_ADDR_P1, addressWidth);
+    printReg("RX_ADDR_P2", RX_ADDR_P2, addressWidth);
+    printReg("RX_ADDR_P3", RX_ADDR_P3, addressWidth);
+    printReg("RX_ADDR_P4", RX_ADDR_P4, addressWidth);
+    printReg("RX_ADDR_P5", RX_ADDR_P5, addressWidth);
+    printReg("TX_ADDR", TX_ADDR, addressWidth);
 
-    printf("RX_PW_P0-5\t = ");
-    readReg(RX_PW_P0, &data); printf("0x%02x ", data);
-    readReg(RX_PW_P1, &data); printf("0x%02x ", data);
-    readReg(RX_PW_P2, &data); printf("0x%02x ", data);
-    readReg(RX_PW_P3, &data); printf("0x%02x ", data);
-    readReg(RX_PW_P4, &data); printf("0x%02x ", data);
-    readReg(RX_PW_P5, &data); printf("0x%02x ", data);
-    printf("\r\n");
-    readReg(EN_AA, &data);          
-    printf("EN_AA\t\t = 0x%02x\r\n", data);
-    readReg(EN_RXADDR, &data);          
-    printf("EN_RXADDR\t = 0x%02x\r\n", data);
-    readReg(RF_CH, &data);
-    printf("RF_CH\t\t = 0x%02x\r\n", data);
-    readReg(RF_SETUP, &data);
-    printf("RF_SETUP\t = 0x%02x\r\n", data);
-    readReg(CONFIG, &data);
-    printf("CONFIG\t\t = 0x%02x\r\n", data);
-    readReg(DYNPD, &data);
-    printf("DYNPD\t\t = 0x%02x\r\n", data);
-    readReg(FEATURE, &data);
-    printf("FEATURE\t\t = 0x%02x\r\n", data);
+    printReg("RX_PW_P0", RX_PW_P0, false);      // false for no newline, save some space
+    printReg("   RX_PW_P1", RX_PW_P1, false);
+    printReg("   RX_PW_P2", RX_PW_P2);
+    printReg("RX_PW_P3", RX_PW_P3, false);
+    printReg("   RX_PW_P4", RX_PW_P4, false);
+    printReg("   RX_PW_P5", RX_PW_P5);
+
+    printReg("EN_AA", EN_AA);
+    printReg("EN_RXADDR", EN_RXADDR);
+    printReg("RF_CH", RF_CH);
+    printReg("RF_SETUP", RF_SETUP);
+    printReg("DYNPD", DYNPD);
+    printReg("FEATURE", FEATURE);
 }
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