nRF24L01+ Fake?

RE: nRF24L01+ Fake?

bjorn-spockeli — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 06:00:04 GMT

The chips needs to be sent to our Quality Assurance(QA) department for analysis. I kindly ask you to create a support ticket in our Mypage system (just put my name in the description and it will be assigned to me) and then I'll transfer it to the QA guys. .The QA guys will provide you with instructions and shipping address.

RE: nRF24L01+ Fake?

Raphael Motta — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:32:01 GMT

Hi Bjørn,

The image is from one of the chips we were worried about being fake. We have a batch of boards using nRF24L01p in field having the same issues and the tracecodes are different.

We started suspecting about the fakeness after looking at this post from hackaday: hackaday.com/.../

It would be very important for us to find out if the ICs we are using are fake or not. To where and for whom should I send the chips for analysis?

Thanks in advance, Raphael Motta

RE: nRF24L01+ Fake?

bjorn-spockeli — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 08:54:47 GMT

Hi Raphael,

I have checked the chip markings agains our production database and the tracecode exist and corresponds to a nRF24L01p, indicating that its an authentic Nordic chip.

However, the chip markings may have been copied from an authentic chip, so if you want to be 100% sure you will have to send the chip to us.

Best regards

Bjørn