ZigBee and IEEE802.15.4 Wireless Microcontroller with 256 KB Flash, 32 KB RAM

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Note: JN5189/88T is preferred for any new new Zigbee^®, Thread design. No new software releases planned

The JN5168 is an ultra low power, high performance wireless microcontroller supporting ZigBee and IEEE802.15.4 networking stacks to facilitate the development of Smart Energy, Home Automation, Smart Lighting and wireless sensor applications. It features an enhanced 32-bit RISC processor with 256 kB embedded Flash, 32 kB RAM and 4 kB EEPROM memory, offering high coding efficiency through variable width instructions, a multi-stage instruction pipeline and low power operation with programmable clock speeds. It also includes a 2.4 GHz IEEE802.15.4 compliant transceiver and a comprehensive mix of analogue and digital peripherals. The very low operating current of 15 mA, with a 0.6 μA sleep timer mode, gives excellent battery life allowing operation direct from a coin cell.

The peripherals support a wide range of applications. They include a 2-wire I²C, and SPI ports which can operate as either leader or follower, a four channel ADC with battery and a temperature sensor. It can support a large switch matrix of up to 100 elements, or alternatively a 20 key capacitive touch pad.

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Features

Single chip device to runstack and application
Very low current solution forlong battery life – over 10 years
Supports multiple networkstacks
Highly featured 32-bit RISCCPU for high performanceand low power
System BOM is low incomponent count and cost
Flexible sensor interfacingoptions

2.4 GHz IEEE802.15.4 compliant
128-bit AES security processor
MAC accelerator with packetformatting, CRCs, address check,auto-acks, timers
Integrated ultra low power sleeposcillator - 0.6 μA
2.0 V to 3.6 V battery operation
Deep sleep current 0.12 μA (Wake-upfrom IO)
< $0.15 external component cost
RX current 17 mA , TX 15 mA
Receiver sensitivity -95 dBm
Transmit power 2.5 dBm
Time of Flight engine for ranging
Antenna Diversity (Auto RX)

32-bit RISC CPU, 1 to 32 MHz clockspeed
Variable instruction width for highcoding efficiency
Multi-stage instruction pipeline
Flash: 256 kB
RAM: 32 kB
EEPROM: 4 kB
Data EEPROM with guaranteed 100kwrite operations
2-wire I²C compatible serial interface.Can operate as either controller or target
5 x PWM (4x timer and 1 timer/counter)
2 low power sleep counters
2 x UART
SPI Leader and Follower port, 3 selects
Supply voltage monitor with 8programmable thresholds
4-input 10-bit ADC, comparator
Battery and temperature sensors
Watchdog and Brown Out Reset
Up to 20 Digital IO Pins (DIO)
Infra-red remote control transmitter
Temperature range (-40 °C to +125 °C)6 x 6 mm 40-lead
Lead-free and RoHS compliant

Part numbers include: JN5168.

Target Applications

Home Automation devices
Home Security devices
Smart Lighting devices
Smart Energy devices
Energy Harvesting devices
Toys and gaming peripherals

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^{Data Sheet}
IEEE802.15.4 Wireless Microcontroller

PDFRev 1.3Jun 19, 20131.0 MBJN516XEnglish
^{Application Note}
Calculating 802.15.4 Data Rates

PDFRev 1.4Apr 28, 2020385.9 KBJN-AN-1035English
^{Application Note}
Multiple Image Support on JN51xx

ZIPRev 1.1Nov 15, 20162.3 MBJN-AN-1228English
^{Application Note}
JN516x and JN517x Temperature-Dependent Operating Guidelines

PDFRev 1.1Nov 1, 2016240.4 KBJN-AN-1186English
^{Application Note}
Calculating JN516x Power Consumption

PDFRev 1.6Jul 8, 2016165.2 KBJN-AN-1001English
^{Application Note}
Wireless Network Deployment Guidelines

PDFRev 1.2Jul 8, 2016451.2 KBJN-AN-1059English
^{Application Note}
JN51xx Boot Loader Operation

PDFRev 1.913Jul 7, 2016302.9 KBJN-AN-1003English
^{Application Note}
High-performance PCB antennas for ZigBee networks

PDFRev 1.0May 25, 20161.3 MBAN11662English
^{Application Note}
Smart Lamp Drivers

ZIPRev 1.2May 17, 2016755.5 KBJN-AN-1166English
^{Application Note}
DR1154 Capacitive Touch Remote Control

PDFRev 1.1May 17, 20161.1 MBJN-AN-1170_1English
^{Application Note}
Co-existence of IEEE 802.15.4 at 2.4 GHz

PDFRev 1.1May 17, 2016296.3 KBJN-AN-1079English
^{User Guide}
JN516x/7x AES Coprocessor API

PDFRev 2.0Feb 14, 2017138.1 KBJN-RM-2013English
^{User Guide}
JN51xx Production Flash Programmer User Guide

PDFRev 1.1Sep 12, 2016350.7 KBJN-UG-3099English
^{User Guide}
Production Test API Reference Manual

PDFRev 1.6Sep 2, 2016238.6 KBJN-RM-2027English
^{User Guide}
LPRF Board API User Guide

PDFRev 2.3Sep 2, 2016215.1 KBJN-RM-2003English
^{User Guide}
JN516x-EK004 Evaluation Kit User Guide

PDFRev 2.0Aug 24, 20161.6 MBJN-UG-3108English
^{User Guide}
JN516x Integrated Peripherals API User Guide

PDFRev 1.4May 17, 20161.2 MBJN-UG-3087English
^{User Guide}
JN516x-EK001 Evaluation Kit User Guide

PDFRev 1.5Feb 17, 20151.5 MBJN-UG-3093English
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^Brochure
JenNet-IP wireless network protocol

PDFRev 1.0Apr 24, 2013855.0 KB75017394English
^Brochure
JN516x wireless microcontrollers and modules

PDFRev 2.0Apr 19, 2013635.0 KB75017375English
^{Package Information}
plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads; 40 terminals

PDFRev 1.2Apr 21, 2016228.0 KBSOT618-7English
^{Packing Information}
HVQFN40; Reel dry pack, SMD, 13" Q1/T1 standard product orientation Orderable part number ending ,518 or Y Ordering code (12NC) ending 518

PDFRev 2.0Apr 10, 2015203.0 KBSOT618-7_518English

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Carrier and Expansion Boards

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JN5168-RD6040 Internet of Things (IoT) Gateway

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Zigbee Smart Energy SDK

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Zigbee Remote Control (RF4CE)

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Zigbee Light Link SDK

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Zigbee Home Automation SDK

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Zigbee 3.0 SDK

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