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Keeping Radio in IDLE in between Transmissions - ESB Mode

Christopher

Could someone offer some guidance in how it is possible to keep the radio within IDLE mode between transmissions when operating in ESB mode? I have a sequence of transmissions that will occur, and I do not need to ramp up (140 us) each time I need to transmit. I believe from the data sheet I can get it down to 40 us.

Thanks for the help.

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    Hi

    To retain backwards compatibility with older ESB implementations in the nRF51 and nRF24 series the nrf_esb library keeps using the standard 130us start up time. This doesn't really affect the average current much, since the radio is kept in a disabled state for the additional 90 microseconds (compared to the fast 40us startup), but it means you won't be able to utilize the higher startup speed to send packets more quickly.

    Best regards
    Torbjørn

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