/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. rf24ping85.ino by tong67 ( https://github.com/tong67 ) This is an example of how to use the RF24 class to communicate with ATtiny85 and other node. Write this sketch to an ATtiny85. It will act like the 'transmit' mode of GettingStarted.ino Write GettingStarted.ino sketch to UNO (or other board or RPi) and put the node in 'receiver' mode. The ATtiny85 will transmit a counting number every second starting from 1. The ATtiny85 uses the tiny-core by CodingBadly (https://code.google.com/p/arduino-tiny/) When direct use of 3v3 does not work (UNO boards have bad 3v3 line) use 5v with LED (1.8V ~ 2.2V drop) For low power consumption solutions floating pins (SCK and MOSI) should be pulled high or low with eg. 10K ** Hardware configuration ** ATtiny25/45/85 Pin map with CE_PIN 3 and CSN_PIN 4 +-\/-+ NC PB5 1|o |8 Vcc --- nRF24L01 VCC, pin2 --- LED --- 5V nRF24L01 CE, pin3 --- PB3 2| |7 PB2 --- nRF24L01 SCK, pin5 nRF24L01 CSN, pin4 --- PB4 3| |6 PB1 --- nRF24L01 MOSI, pin7 nRF24L01 GND, pin1 --- GND 4| |5 PB0 --- nRF24L01 MISO, pin6 +----+ ATtiny25/45/85 Pin map with CE_PIN 3 and CSN_PIN 3 => PB3 and PB4 are free to use for application Circuit idea from http://nerdralph.blogspot.ca/2014/01/nrf24l01-control-with-3-attiny85-pins.html Original RC combination was 1K/100nF. 22K/10nF combination worked better. For best settletime delay value in RF24::csn() the timingSearch3pin.ino scatch can be used. This configuration is enabled when CE_PIN and CSN_PIN are equal, e.g. both 3 Because CE is always high the power consumption is higher than for 5 pins solution ^^ +-\/-+ nRF24L01 CE, pin3 ------| // PB5 1|o |8 Vcc --- nRF24L01 VCC, pin2 ------x----------x--|<|-- 5V NC PB3 2| |7 PB2 --- nRF24L01 SCK, pin5 --|<|---x-[22k]--| LED NC PB4 3| |6 PB1 --- nRF24L01 MOSI, pin6 1n4148 | nRF24L01 GND, pin1 -x- GND 4| |5 PB0 --- nRF24L01 MISO, pin7 | | +----+ | |-----------------------------------------------||----x-- nRF24L01 CSN, pin4 10nF ATtiny24/44/84 Pin map with CE_PIN 8 and CSN_PIN 7 Schematic provided and successfully tested by Carmine Pastore (https://github.com/Carminepz) +-\/-+ nRF24L01 VCC, pin2 --- VCC 1|o |14 GND --- nRF24L01 GND, pin1 PB0 2| |13 AREF PB1 3| |12 PA1 PB3 4| |11 PA2 --- nRF24L01 CE, pin3 PB2 5| |10 PA3 --- nRF24L01 CSN, pin4 PA7 6| |9 PA4 --- nRF24L01 SCK, pin5 nRF24L01 MOSI, pin7 --- PA6 7| |8 PA5 --- nRF24L01 MISO, pin6 +----+ */ // CE and CSN are configurable, specified values for ATtiny85 as connected above #define CE_PIN 3 #define CSN_PIN 4 //#define CSN_PIN 3 // uncomment for ATtiny85 3 pins solution #include "RF24.h" RF24 radio(CE_PIN, CSN_PIN); byte addresses[][6] = { "1Node","2Node"}; unsigned long payload = 0; void setup() { // Setup and configure rf radio radio.begin(); // Start up the radio radio.setAutoAck(1); // Ensure autoACK is enabled radio.setRetries(15,15); // Max delay between retries & number of retries radio.openWritingPipe(addresses[1]); // Write to device address '2Node' radio.openReadingPipe(1,addresses[0]); // Read on pipe 1 for device address '1Node' radio.startListening(); // Start listening } void loop(void){ radio.stopListening(); // First, stop listening so we can talk. payload++; radio.write( &payload, sizeof(unsigned long) ); radio.startListening(); // Now, continue listening unsigned long started_waiting_at = micros(); // Set up a timeout period, get the current microseconds boolean timeout = false; // Set up a variable to indicate if a response was received or not while ( !radio.available() ){ // While nothing is received if (micros() - started_waiting_at > 200000 ){ // If waited longer than 200ms, indicate timeout and exit while loop timeout = true; break; } } if ( !timeout ){ // Describe the results unsigned long got_time; // Grab the response, compare, and send to debugging spew radio.read( &got_time, sizeof(unsigned long) ); } // Try again 1s later delay(1000); }