Hi, I wanted to get some opinions on using te C1000 from Texas Instruments (RF Transceiver smd chip) and an atmega328 smd chip on a board together to make a home automation system. This system paired with a relay board that I have designed in eagle to turn devices on and off. The transceiver board would have the atmega328 and the c1000. The atmega328 with optiboot would be programmed to check for data, read it, and execute some command.
These CC1000 is a "dumb" transceiver; it has no standard like Bluetooth, WiFi, ZigBee... it's not anything. There's A LOT of effort to be done to make it send or receive any useful signal.
I really wanted a chip on a pcb, so it could be smaller. Do you have any recommendations for a super simple to use single chip transceiver. Or I can work with a separate trans and rec. Thanks!