For RC1740 you can tune the output power from +15 dBm to typ -10 dBm. TX current will be reduced if ourtput power is reduced. At 0 dBm it will be typ 35 mA.
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January 25, 2017 2799 RC232 Q&A
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- [RC232] Can we have the power consumption on RX mode (standby mode, waiting for any RX to come) be as low as 2-3 mA? (On the spec it is 24mA)
- [RC232] “We are drawing a new board which used your module RC1180. We are in a final phase. For the interface with the our µC, we connected only the pins : – RxD & TxD for module configuration and normal use for communication – Pin Reset, Pin 19, Pin 20 : for future programming (case of firmware update) Also, we connected the pin Vcc and ground with recommandations described in your data sheet. I would like to know, if we can use functions of test carrier transmit, modulation transmit and permanent receipt with only the pins RxD and TxD (RTS, CTS and config not connected to our µC but available on test pads). Do you have a procedure to put this module in test mode. For a firmware upgrade, could you confirm us that we need only Pin 19, 20 and reset ? “
- [RC232] When the MAC layer has a packet to send, it will use a carrier-sense-multiple-access (CSMA) protocol to determine if another module is already transmitting. If another module is transmitting, the module will receive that data before attempting to transmit its data again. If, during this process, the UART receive buffer gets full, the CTS line will go high to prevent the host UART from over-running the receive buffer. The CSMA mechanism introduces a variable delay to the transmission channel. This delay is the sum of a random period and a weighted period that is dependent on the number of times that the module has tried and failed to acquire the channel. For applications that guarantee that only one module will be transmitting at any given time, the CSMA mechanism can be turned off to avoid this delay.