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A9129
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General Description
A9129 is a high performance and low cost Sub1GHz ISM band system-on-chip (SoC) wireless transceiver. This device integrates high speed pipeline 8051 MCU, 16KBytes In-system programmable flash memory, 4KB SRAM, various powerful functions and excellent performance of Sub1GHz GFSK/FSK transceiver. A9129 has various operating modes, making it highly suited for systems where ultra-low power consumption is required. A9129 has an 8bit ADC for RSSI and 8 channel 12bit ADC for general purpose. Three kinds of serial communication port (SPI, I2C and UART) can interact with other device(s).

A9129 is one of AMICCOM sub1GHz family. It integrates AMICCOM sub1GHz transceiver well and offers a low cost solution with advanced radio features such as high output power amplifier up to 13 dBm (433MHz band, excluding LPF and HPF) and low noise receiver (-110dBm @50Kbps). Therefore, A9129 is very suitable for long LOS (line-of-sight) applications without the need to add an external LNA or PA.

The on-chip data rate divider supports programmable on-air data rates from 2K to 250Kbps to satisfy different system requirements. For a battery powered system, A9129 supports fast settling time to reduce average power consumption.
RF
 Frequency band: 315/433/470/868/915 MHz.
 FSK and GFSK modulation.
 High RX sensitivity 868MHz.
 -109dBm at 50Kbps on-air data rate.
 -106dBm at 100Kbps on-air data rate.
 -105dBm at 150Kbps on-air data rate.
 -102dBm at 250Kbps on-air data rate.
 Programmable data rate from 2Kbps to 250Kbps.
 In-System programming/ In-Application programming
 Fast PLL settling time for frequency hopping system.
 Full range VCO and Fractional-N PLL synthesizer.
 Support low cost crystal (12.8 MHz /16 MHz /19.2MHz).
 Support RTC clock 32.768KHz
 On chip regulator, support input voltage 2.0 ~ 3.6 V.
 Easy to use.
 9-bits Digital RSSI and Auto RSSI measurement.
 On-chip low power RC oscillator for WOR (Wake on RX) function.
 Auto Calibrations.
 AFC (Auto Frequency Compensation) for frequency drift due to Xtal aging.
 Auto CRC and Filtering.
 Separated 64 bytes FIFO for RX and TX.
Low Power
 RX Current consumption (AGC Off) 868MHz: 8.0mA.
 TX Current consumption 868MHz: 28mA @ 10dBm.
 PM3 mode without Sleep timer ( 1.8 uA ).
Microcontroller
 High performance pipeline complicated 8051
 16KB Flash memory, 4KB SRAM
Peripherals
 Operation clock: 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 of crystal oscillator.
 8 channel 12bit SAR ADC
 Programmable threshold of carrier detect.
 32 GPIO
 UART, I2C, SPI serial communication
 Three 16/8-bit counter/timers
 Two channel PWM
 Watchdog timer
 Sleep timer
 In-Circuit Debugger
 One channel 8 bit ADC for RSSI and battery detect
 HW AES128 to support CCM* security.
 Built-in Battery Detect, Thermal Sensor and Crystal load capacitors.
Layout
 Small Package size (QFN6 X6, 48 pins).
 Wireless sensor networks
 Industrial monitoring and control
 Wireless alarm and security system
 Wireless ISM band data communication
 Remote control
 Home and building automation
Datasheet
Application Note
Reference circuit design (Module)
Reference code
Evaluation kit (EK)
Development Board (DVP)
ICE tool
Flash/OTP programming tool
Production test tool
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