Saturday, April 12, 2014

2.4 GHz Module Channel Selection - nRF24L01 – RF_CH Register

ChannelFrequency (Mhz)Description
0 to 822400 to 2482Legal, but noisy (conflicts with wireless LAN, Bluetooth, etc.)
83 to 992483 to 2499Not legal for mobile
1002500Licensed in BC to Inukshuk Wireless
101 to 1192501 to 2519Legal
120 to 1252520 to 2525National and regional systems (Department of Defence, Telus)

I have discovered that not all the channels this module is capable of using are legal, not to mention suitable. Noise, traffic (blue tooth, wifi, cordless phones, etc.), play a vital role when picking channels to use. According to this page nRF24L01 – RF_CH Register the suitable channel range is 101-119. This cuts options down quite a bit considering that each pair will need a channel. Still, 18 pairs/links is more than enough for what I am doing, for now anyway. If this pool size looks like it will be breached, I will have to get creative on channel assignments.

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