Hi
I am quite new to the RF world and wanted to know some (hopefully) basic stuff about the wireless capability of the CC1101 modules. I am planning to design a wireless system with multiple nodes to communicate to a central hub. I have been prototyping with Arduino and XBEE / XRF modules which has been successful but I am now looking into reducing the power consumption of the system.
I am planning to use a TI MSP430 micro controller with a CC1101 radio for communicating but wanted to know a few bits before I choose this setup, I am ultimately looking to use the CC430F5xxx module which features both devices in one.
I was wondering if the TI modules allow multiple networks like on the XBEE "PAN" setup, ie in that a device will only communicate with other devices on the same network, thus multiple networks can be created o the same frequency, I have been looking around the datasheet and other documents but not finding much info on this. If this is not supported on the CC1101 module are there any other wireless modules which can be implemented to the MSP430 eg via SPI or UART etc?
It this is possible can the devices be setup to only communicate with a certain RF module, thus one node would not wake another node to save power consumption etc?
Many thanks in advance.
Darren
