#include <SPI.

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Poor Man's Wireless 2.4GHz Scanner

uses an nRF24L01p connected to an Arduino
Cables are:
SS
MOSI
MISO
SCK

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and CE

-> 9

10
11
12
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created March 2011 by Rolf Henkel

#define CE 9
// Array to hold Channel data
#define CHANNELS 64
int channel[CHANNELS];
// greyscale mapping
int line;
char grey[] = " .:-=+*aRW";
// nRF24L01P registers we
#define _NRF24_CONFIG
#define _NRF24_EN_AA
#define _NRF24_RF_CH
#define _NRF24_RF_SETUP
#define _NRF24_RPD

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0x00
0x01
0x05
0x06
0x09

// get the value of a nRF24L01p register

byte getRegister(byte r)
{
byte c;
PORTB &=~_BV(2);
c = SPI.transfer(r&0x1F);
c = SPI.transfer(0);
PORTB |= _BV(2);
return(c);
}
// set the value of a nRF24L01p register
void setRegister(byte r, byte v)
{
PORTB &=~_BV(2);
SPI.transfer((r&0x1F)|0x20);
SPI.transfer(v);
PORTB |= _BV(2);
}
// power up the nRF24L01p chip
void powerUp(void)
{
setRegister(_NRF24_CONFIG,getRegister(_NRF24_CONFIG)|0x02);

delayMicroseconds(130);
}
// switch nRF24L01p off
void powerDown(void)
{
setRegister(_NRF24_CONFIG,getRegister(_NRF24_CONFIG)&~0x02);
}
// enable RX
void enable(void)
{
PORTB |= _BV(1);
}
// disable RX
void disable(void)
{
PORTB &=~_BV(1);
}
// setup RX-Mode of nRF24L01p
void setRX(void)
{
setRegister(_NRF24_CONFIG,getRegister(_NRF24_CONFIG)|0x01);
enable();
// this is slightly shorter than
// the recommended delay of 130 usec
// - but it works for me and speeds things up a little...
delayMicroseconds(100);
}
// scanning all channels in the 2.4GHz band
void scanChannels(void)
{
disable();
for( int j=0 ; j<200 ; j++)
{
for( int i=0 ; i<CHANNELS ; i++)
{
// select a new channel
setRegister(_NRF24_RF_CH,(128*i)/CHANNELS);
// switch on RX
setRX();
// wait enough for RX-things to settle
delayMicroseconds(40);
// this is actually the point where the RPD-flag
// is set, when CE goes low
disable();
// read out RPD flag; set to 1 if
// received power > -64dBm
if( getRegister(_NRF24_RPD)>0 ) channel[i]++;
}
}
}

// outputs channel data as a simple grey map

void outputChannels(void)
{
int norm = 0;
// find the maximal count in channel array
for( int i=0 ; i<CHANNELS ; i++)
if( channel[i]>norm ) norm = channel[i];
// now output the data
Serial.print('|');
for( int i=0 ; i<CHANNELS ; i++)
{
int pos;
// calculate grey value position
if( norm!=0 ) pos = (channel[i]*10)/norm;
else
pos = 0;
// boost low values
if( pos==0 && channel[i]>0 ) pos++;
// clamp large values
if( pos>9 ) pos = 9;
// print it out
Serial.print(grey[pos]);
channel[i] = 0;
}
// indicate overall power
Serial.print("| ");
Serial.println(norm);
}
// give a visual reference between WLAN-channels and displayed data
void printChannels(void)
{
// output approximate positions of WLAN-channels
Serial.println(">
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
<");
}
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(57600);
Serial.println("Starting Poor Man's Wireless 2.4GHz Scanner ...");
Serial.println();
// Channel Layout
// 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
// 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
//
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
|
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Serial.println("Channel Layout");
printChannels();
// Setup SPI
SPI.begin();

SPI.setDataMode(SPI_MODE0);
SPI.setClockDivider(SPI_CLOCK_DIV2);
SPI.setBitOrder(MSBFIRST);
// Activate Chip Enable
pinMode(CE,OUTPUT);
disable();
// now start receiver
powerUp();
// switch off Shockburst
setRegister(_NRF24_EN_AA,0x0);
// make sure RF-section is set properly
// - just write default value...
setRegister(_NRF24_RF_SETUP,0x0F);
// reset line counter
line = 0;
}
void loop()
{
// do the scan
scanChannels();
// output the result
outputChannels();
// output WLAN-channel reference every 12th line
if( line++>12 )
{
printChannels();
line = 0;
}
}