Key Enhancements

• Supports programmable SoftDevice protocol stacks for easy access to new features and improvements
  • S210 ANT 8-channel stack
  • S310 ANT / Bluetooth low energy peripheral stack
• ANT Burst transfer rate up to 60Kbps (true data throughput)
• Up to 8 public, managed and/or private ANT network keys
• AES-128 data encryption option for ANT data transfers

Advanced ANT Features:

•  Individual output power control per channel
• Channel ID management – improve device pairing efficiency
• Low priority search – does not impact existing channels
• Scanning mode – extremely low latency for asynchronous applications such as remote control
• Proximity search
• Frequency agility
• High density node support – up to 300 nodes at 1 Hz Tx rate in same RF space

ANT Basics:

• 78 selectable RF channels
• Up to 8 independent ANT channels
• Broadcast, acknowledged or burst data transfer
• 8 byte data payload per message
• Minimum message rate per ANT channel 0.5Hz
• ANT channel combined message rate up to 190Hz (TBD)

Hardware Features
 

• Single chip, highly flexible, 2.4GHz multi-protocol device
• 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 CPU core
• 256KB or 128KB flash options; 16KB RAM
• Thread-safe and run-time protected
• +4dBm to -20dBm output power
• PPI system for maximum power-efficient applications and code simplification
• Flexible power management features
• Configurable I/O mapping for analog and digital I/O

Ultra low power consumption

• 6.3mA - TX at -4dBm (3V using on-chip DC-DC)
• 8.1mA - TX at 0dBm (3V using on-chip DC-DC)
• 9.5mA – RX (3V using on-chip DC-DC)
• 8mA - TX at -4dBm(No DCDC)
• 10.5mA - TX at 0dBm(No DC-DC)
• 13mA - RX at 1Mbps
• 420nA - Sleep, no RAM retention
• 530nA - 8k RAM retention
• 2µA - All peripherals in idle mode

2.4GHz Radio

• +4dBm to -20dBm output power
• -96dBm RX sensitivity at 250kbs
• -90dBm RX sensitivity at 1Mbps
• -85dBm RX sensitivity at 2Mbps
• 2Mbps/1Mbps/250kbps programmable on air data rate
• Excellent co-existence performance
• Compatible with 16MHz ± 40ppm crystal

CPU

• 32-bit ARM® Cortex™ M0 32-bit CPU

Memory

• 256KB / 128KB embedded flash options
• 16KB RAM

System Peripherals

• 3 x 16/24-bit timers with counter mode
• 16 channel CPU independent Programmable Peripheral Interconnect (PPI)
• Encryption -128-bit AES ECB/CCM/AAR co-processor
• RNG
• RTC
• Temperature sensor

GPIO

• Flexible GPIO pin configuration
• 31 GPIO
• Up to 4 PWM

Digital I/O

• Digital interfaces -SPI Master, 2-wire, UART
• Quadrature decoder

Analog I/O

• 8/9/10 bit ADC - 8 configurable channels

Oscillators

• 16MHz XO
• 16MHz RCOSC
• 32HHx XO
• 32kHz RCOSC

Power Management

• Wide supply voltage range (1.8v to 3.6V)
• Flexible power management scheme
• On-chip DC/DC converter
• 420nA @ 3V OFF mode
• 2.5µA @ 3V ON mode, all blocks in idle mode
• 530nA @ 3V OFF mode + 1 region RAM retention

 

Discuss the product at ANT Forum.

 

For the Nordic Semiconductor's product specification, reference design and other technical documents, please download from here. 

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Title	Date Modified	Version	File Size
ANT Message Protocol and Usage	Mar 27, 2025	5.1	3 MB
ANTware II	Nov 12, 2013	4.1.00	1 MB
ANTware II Users Guide	Mar 27, 2025	1.2	2 MB

1. Initial Setup

ANT Product Select One AP1 chip or module AT3 chipset or module AP2 chip or module CC257x chip or module nRF51422 SoC nRF52832 SoC

EXT32K?

Serial Mode Select One Asynchronous Synchronous

Deep Sleep?

Encyption Mode Not Encrypted Encrypted

DC/DC?

Baud Rate

Mode Byte Bit

2. Channel Data

Number of Channels Select One

3. Battery Information

Typical Batteries Select One 2032 Coin Cell 2430 Coin Cell 2450 Coin Cell AAA Alkaline AA Alkaline 9V Alkaline

Capacity

mAh

Avail. capacity for Ant

%

ANT Usage

hrs per day

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