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| Texas Instruments CC2531 is a 2.4 GHz transceiver (datasheet, user's guide). The 2.4 GHz frequency is used by ZigBee, WiFi, Bluetooth, baby monitors, cordless phones, speakers, microphones, microwave ovens and probably other stuff. As such, the chip has a lot of uses, especially in IoT! The downside of course is you get to program it. The good news is, a lot of folks have already done it for you making it fairly easy. The USB dongles can be found under $10 and kits under $30 on Amazon and other places. (watch out for shipping charges!)  |  |
To flash software into the chip and debug programs from a PC you'll also need the CC Debugger:
To flash the board, plug the CC Dbugger's 10 pin cable into the dongle's debugger port (match up pin 1, the red stripe). Plug both into a USB port on your computer, then run the Flash Programmer to transfer the image.
The CC Debugger isn't strictly necessary, you could also do it from something like an Arduino.
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