PC peripherals - At the heart of our computing experience

Today's PC peripherals are becoming an ever more integrated and important part of our computing experience and increasingly employ the convenience of wireless connectivity. Product examples range from professional productivity (e.g. wireless keyboards and mice) through to entertainment (RF controllers for multi-media centers).

Nordic Semiconductor's ultra low power (ULP) wireless solutions enable you to build everything from mainstream consumer products through to the most advanced and innovate 'game-changing' wireless devices – while meeting or exceeding end users' expectations in terms of features, performance, and pricing:

• Class-leading battery lifetimes – Up to years running from regular AA or AAA cells
• Ease-of-use – Works 'out-of-the-box' without complex pairing procedures
• Robust wireless connectivity – Excellent co-existence performance with other popular 2.4GHz wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• Attractive price point – Single chip solutions with low cost external Bill-of-Materials (BoM) supporting entry-level product pricing

Ultra low power RF ICs

Nordic's nRF24L Series of 2.4GHz RF System-on-Chips (SoCs) – currently the market leading solution for wireless PC peripherals – include the following products:

nRF24LE1 – System-on-Chip (SoC) solution with 2Mbps 2.4GHz transceiver, 8-bit CPU, and on-chip Flash memory, ideally suited for:

• Mice
• Keyboards
• Remote controls
• Trackpads
• Presenters
• 3D glasses

nRF24LU1+ – System-on-Chip (SoC) solution with 2Mbps 2.4GHz transceiver, 8-bit CPU, on-chip Flash memory and full-speed USB device controller providing a true single chip solution for USB dongles.

nRF24LE1 OTP and nRF24LU1+ OTP are lower cost, drop-in compatible variants of the above SoCs, ideally suited to lower cost, entry-level wireless products.

Reference Designs

Nordic’s nRFready Desktop is a complete reference design for a mouse, keyboard, remote control, and USB dongle combo. The reference design is based on Nordic’s nRF24L Series of 2.4GHz RF SoCs and Gazell™ protocol stack.