CC2430
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Electrical Specifications
Measured on Texas Instruments CC2430 EM reference design with TA=25°C and VDD=3.0V
unless stated otherwise.
Table 4: Electrical Specifications
Parameter
Min Typ Max
Unit
Condition
Current Consumption
Digital regulator on. 16 MHz RCOSC running. No radio,
crystals, or peripherals active.
Low MCU activity: no flash access (i.e. only cache hit),
no RAM access.
MCU Active Mode, 16 MHz,
low MCU activity
4.3
5.1
5.7
mA
mA
mA
Digital regulator on. 16 MHz RCOSC running. No radio,
crystals, or peripherals active.
MCU Active Mode, 16 MHz,
medium MCU activity
Medium MCU activity: normal flash access1, minor RAM
access.
Digital regulator on. 16 MHz RCOSC running. No radio,
crystals, or peripherals active.
MCU Active Mode, 16 MHz,
high MCU activity
High MCU activity: normal flash access1, extensive RAM
access and heavy CPU load.
32 MHz XOSC running. No radio or peripherals active.
Low MCU activity : no flash access (i.e. only cache hit),
no RAM access
MCU Active Mode, 32 MHz,
low MCU activity
9.5
mA
mA
mA
mA
mA
µA
32 MHz XOSC running. No radio or peripherals active.
Medium MCU activity: normal flash access1, minor RAM
access.
MCU Active Mode, 32 MHz,
medium MCU activity
10.5
12.3
26.7
26.9
190
32 MHz XOSC running. No radio or peripherals active.
High MCU activity: normal flash access1, extensive RAM
access and heavy CPU load.
MCU Active Mode, 32 MHz,
high MCU activity
MCU running at full speed (32MHz), 32MHz XOSC
running, radio in RX mode, -50 dBm input power. No
peripherals active. Low MCU activity.
MCU Active and RX Mode
MCU Active and TX Mode, 0dBm
Power mode 1
MCU running at full speed (32MHz), 32MHz XOSC
running, radio in TX mode, 0dBm output power. No
peripherals active. Low MCU activity.
Digital regulator on, 16 MHz RCOSC and 32 MHz crystal
oscillator off. 32.768 kHz XOSC, POR and ST active.
RAM retention.
Digital regulator off, 16 MHz RCOSC and 32 MHz crystal
oscillator off. 32.768 kHz XOSC, POR and ST active.
RAM retention.
Power mode 2
Power mode 3
0.5
0.3
µA
µA
No clocks. RAM retention. POR active.
Peripheral Current
Consumption
Adds to the figures above if the peripheral unit is
activated
Timer running, 32MHz XOSC used.
Timer running, 32MHz XOSC used.
Timer running, 32MHz XOSC used.
Timer running, 32MHz XOSC used.
Including 32.753 kHz RCOSC.
When converting.
Timer 1
150
230
50
50
0.2
1.2
3
µA
µA
µA
µA
µA
mA
mA
mA
Timer 2
Timer 3
Timer 4
Sleep Timer
ADC
Flash write
Flash erase
Estimated value
3
Estimated value
1 Normal Flash access means that the code used exceeds the cache storage (see last paragraph
in section 11.2.3 Flash memory) so cache misses will happen frequently.
CC2430 Data Sheet (rev. 2.1) SWRS036F
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