nrf52832 ESB Fix for PAN 106

[ECEJeff]

The nRF52832 Errata v1.6 PAN 106 describes problems with CRC errors for certain addresses. It says that the SoftDevice now has code to detect these addresses and only apply the fix to those addresses that need them. The SDK v14.0.0 ESB library, on the other hand, applies the correction indiscriminately.

What is the algorithm that the SoftDevice uses to find these addresses? I have a proprietary radio protocol where I generate an address at random which is then used for the lifetime of the device, and I could easily check the address against some algorithm in a loop, rather than suffer the -3dB sensitivity of the ESB library's fix.

[epower]

Hi,

Sorry to revive an old thread, but I had the same question and I don't fully understand the answer here. nrf_esb_set_address_length I see the following address check for PAN 107

/*
    Workaround for nRF52832 Rev 1 Errata 107
    Check if pipe 0 or pipe 1-7 has a 'zero address'.
    Avoid using access addresses in the following pattern (where X is don't care):
    ADDRLEN=5
    BASE0 = 0x0000XXXX, PREFIX0 = 0xXXXXXX00
    BASE1 = 0x0000XXXX, PREFIX0 = 0xXXXX00XX
    BASE1 = 0x0000XXXX, PREFIX0 = 0xXX00XXXX
    BASE1 = 0x0000XXXX, PREFIX0 = 0x00XXXXXX
    BASE1 = 0x0000XXXX, PREFIX1 = 0xXXXXXX00
    BASE1 = 0x0000XXXX, PREFIX1 = 0xXXXX00XX
    BASE1 = 0x0000XXXX, PREFIX1 = 0xXX00XXXX
    BASE1 = 0x0000XXXX, PREFIX1 = 0x00XXXXXX

    ADDRLEN=4
    BASE0 = 0x00XXXXXX, PREFIX0 = 0xXXXXXX00
    BASE1 = 0x00XXXXXX, PREFIX0 = 0xXXXX00XX
    BASE1 = 0x00XXXXXX, PREFIX0 = 0xXX00XXXX
    BASE1 = 0x00XXXXXX, PREFIX0 = 0x00XXXXXX
    BASE1 = 0x00XXXXXX, PREFIX1 = 0xXXXXXX00
    BASE1 = 0x00XXXXXX, PREFIX1 = 0xXXXX00XX
    BASE1 = 0x00XXXXXX, PREFIX1 = 0xXX00XXXX
    BASE1 = 0x00XXXXXX, PREFIX1 = 0x00XXXXXX
    */

But I see no mention of PAN 106.

Are the address criteria for 106 and 107 the same?

Thanks!