Protocol decoder:rfm12

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rfm12
RFM12.png
Name RFM12 control protocol
Description HopeRF RFM12 wireless transceiver control protocol
Status supported
License GPLv2+
Source code decoders/rfm12
Input spi
Output rfm12
Probes
Optional probes
Options

The rfm12 decoder supports the control protocol for the HopeRF RFM12 transceiver chip.

Hardware

RFM12B is a single chip, low power, multi-channel FSK transceiver designed for use in applications requiring FCC or ETSI conformance for unlicensed use in the 433MHz, 868MHz and 915MHz bands.

These modules come in three different form factors, DIP package (shown on the photo in the upper right) and two SMD packages: S1 with normal crystal and S2 with low-profile crystal.

Pins:

Name Function
nINT/VDI Interrupt input (active low) / valid data indicator
VDD Positive power supply
SDI SPI data input
SCK SPI clock input
nSEL Chip select (active low)
SDO SPI data output
nIRQ Interrupt request output (active low)
FSK/DATA/nFFS Transmit FSK data input / received data output (FIFO not used) / FIFO select
DCLK/CFIL/FFIT Clock output (no FIFO) / external filter capacitor (analog mode) / FIFO interrupts (active high)
CLK Clock output for external microcontroller
nRES Reset output (active low)
GND Power ground

Protocol

In minimal configuration the chip uses the standard SPI protocol on pins SDI, SDO, SCK and nSEL. You can optionally connect nIRQ which will be pulled low by the transceiver to trigger interrupt requests. There is also an option to transmit and receive the data without the SPI protocol overhead using the dedicated DATA and DCLK pins.

SPI communication happens in a fixed length of 16-bit chunks. During each exchange the microcontroller first sends the command and then receives the response.

Decoder

The rfm12 decoder stacks on top of the SPI decoder and decodes the SPI exchanges. It shows what commands were sent to the chip and decodes the responses. It also interprets the commands and shows what happened to the chip.

Some decoded commands in PulseView:

Resources