I am at my wits end. I've been trying to get this to work for over a week, I've read every tutorial and forum post I can find and nothing that's been suggested has worked. I apologize in advance if I post something improperly, this is my first post and if something needs to be posted differently please tell me.
I can't get the Simple one way transmission to work from "Simple nRF24L01+ 2.4GHz transceiver demo". I have the nrf24L01+ transceivers hooked up to Nanos. The Nanos are being powered via USB from my computer and the nrf24L01s are being powered from independent 3.3V voltage regulators which are being powered from a separate USB cable also hooked up to my computer. There are 10uF capacitors from 3.3V to ground on the outputs of the voltage regulators. I've checked out all of the connections with my multimeter (and measured all of the voltages) and everything is going where it's supposed to be going and getting the voltage it's supposed to be getting. I've also tried several different nRF24L01s on both the transmitting and receiving sides and I even tried different Nanos, wires, cables, capacitors, and voltage regulators. Here's a picture (the USB cable for the Nano isn't in the picture but that's how the Nanos are being powered):
I have version 1.1.7 of RF24 by TMRh20 installed
I uploaded the following code:
Receiver:
// SimpleRx - the slave or the receiver
#include <SPI.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h>
#include <RF24.h>
#define CE_PIN 9
#define CSN_PIN 10
const byte thisSlaveAddress[5] = {'R','x','A','A','A'};
RF24 radio(CE_PIN, CSN_PIN);
char dataReceived[10]; // this must match dataToSend in the TX
bool newData = false;
//===========
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("SimpleRx Starting");
radio.begin();
radio.setDataRate( RF24_250KBPS );
radio.openReadingPipe(1, thisSlaveAddress);
radio.startListening();
}
//=============
void loop() {
getData();
showData();
}
//==============
void getData() {
if ( radio.available() ) {
radio.read( &dataReceived, sizeof(dataReceived) );
newData = true;
}
}
void showData() {
if (newData == true) {
Serial.print("Data received ");
Serial.println(dataReceived);
newData = false;
}
}
Transmitter:
// SimpleTx - the master or the transmitter
#include <SPI.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h>
#include <RF24.h>
#define CE_PIN 9
#define CSN_PIN 10
const byte slaveAddress[5] = {'R','x','A','A','A'};
RF24 radio(CE_PIN, CSN_PIN); // Create a Radio
char dataToSend[10] = "Message 0";
char txNum = '0';
unsigned long currentMillis;
unsigned long prevMillis;
unsigned long txIntervalMillis = 1000; // send once per second
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("SimpleTx Starting");
radio.begin();
radio.setDataRate( RF24_250KBPS );
radio.setRetries(3,5); // delay, count
radio.openWritingPipe(slaveAddress);
}
//====================
void loop() {
currentMillis = millis();
if (currentMillis - prevMillis >= txIntervalMillis) {
send();
prevMillis = millis();
}
}
//====================
void send() {
bool rslt;
rslt = radio.write( &dataToSend, sizeof(dataToSend) );
// Always use sizeof() as it gives the size as the number of bytes.
// For example if dataToSend was an int sizeof() would correctly return 2
Serial.print("Data Sent ");
Serial.print(dataToSend);
if (rslt) {
Serial.println(" Acknowledge received");
updateMessage();
}
else {
Serial.println(" Tx failed");
}
}
//================
void updateMessage() {
// so you can see that new data is being sent
txNum += 1;
if (txNum > '9') {
txNum = '0';
}
dataToSend[8] = txNum;
}
In the serial monitor the transmitter keeps spitting out "Data Sent Message 0 Tx failed" repeatedly and the receiver just sits at "SimpleRx Starting". I uploaded the following code to see if the nRF24L01s were connecting to the Nanos:
// 18 Mar 2018 - simple program to verify connection between Arduino
// and nRF24L01+
// This program does NOT attempt any communication with another nRF24
#include <SPI.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h>
#include <RF24.h>
#include <printf.h>
#define CE_PIN 9
#define CSN_PIN 10
const byte thisSlaveAddress[5] = {'R','x','A','A','A'};
RF24 radio(CE_PIN, CSN_PIN);
char dataReceived[10]; // this must match dataToSend in the TX
bool newData = false;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
printf_begin();
Serial.println("CheckConnection Starting");
Serial.println();
Serial.println("FIRST WITH THE DEFAULT ADDRESSES after power on");
Serial.println(" Note that RF24 does NOT reset when Arduino resets - only when power is removed");
Serial.println(" If the numbers are mostly 0x00 or 0xff it means that the Arduino is not");
Serial.println(" communicating with the nRF24");
Serial.println();
radio.begin();
radio.printDetails();
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.println("AND NOW WITH ADDRESS AAAxR 0x41 41 41 78 52 ON P1");
Serial.println(" and 250KBPS data rate");
Serial.println();
radio.openReadingPipe(1, thisSlaveAddress);
radio.setDataRate( RF24_250KBPS );
radio.printDetails();
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
}
void loop() {
}
Here's what I got for the receiver:
FIRST WITH THE DEFAULT ADDRESSES after power on
Note that RF24 does NOT reset when Arduino resets - only when power is removed
If the numbers are mostly 0x00 or 0xff it means that the Arduino is not
communicating with the nRF24
STATUS = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
RX_ADDR_P0-1 = 0xe7e7e7e7e7 0x4141417852
RX_ADDR_P2-5 = 0xc3 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
TX_ADDR = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
RX_PW_P0-6 = 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
EN_AA = 0x3f
EN_RXADDR = 0x03
RF_CH = 0x4c
RF_SETUP = 0x07
CONFIG = 0x0e
DYNPD/FEATURE = 0x00 0x00
Data Rate = 1MBPS
Model = nRF24L01+
CRC Length = 16 bits
PA Power = PA_MAX
AND NOW WITH ADDRESS AAAxR 0x41 41 41 78 52 ON P1
and 250KBPS data rate
STATUS = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
RX_ADDR_P0-1 = 0xe7e7e7e7e7 0x4141417852
RX_ADDR_P2-5 = 0xc3 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
TX_ADDR = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
RX_PW_P0-6 = 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
EN_AA = 0x3f
EN_RXADDR = 0x03
RF_CH = 0x4c
RF_SETUP = 0x27
CONFIG = 0x0e
DYNPD/FEATURE = 0x00 0x00
Data Rate = 250KBPS
Model = nRF24L01+
CRC Length = 16 bits
PA Power = PA_MAX
And here's what I got for the transmitter:
FIRST WITH THE DEFAULT ADDRESSES after power on
Note that RF24 does NOT reset when Arduino resets - only when power is removed
If the numbers are mostly 0x00 or 0xff it means that the Arduino is not
communicating with the nRF24
STATUS = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
RX_ADDR_P0-1 = 0xe7e7e7e7e7 0x4141417852
RX_ADDR_P2-5 = 0xc3 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
TX_ADDR = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
RX_PW_P0-6 = 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
EN_AA = 0x3f
EN_RXADDR = 0x03
RF_CH = 0x4c
RF_SETUP = 0x07
CONFIG = 0x0e
DYNPD/FEATURE = 0x00 0x00
Data Rate = 1MBPS
Model = nRF24L01+
CRC Length = 16 bits
PA Power = PA_MAX
AND NOW WITH ADDRESS AAAxR 0x41 41 41 78 52 ON P1
and 250KBPS data rate
STATUS = 0x0e RX_DR=0 TX_DS=0 MAX_RT=0 RX_P_NO=7 TX_FULL=0
RX_ADDR_P0-1 = 0xe7e7e7e7e7 0x4141417852
RX_ADDR_P2-5 = 0xc3 0xc4 0xc5 0xc6
TX_ADDR = 0xe7e7e7e7e7
RX_PW_P0-6 = 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
EN_AA = 0x3f
EN_RXADDR = 0x03
RF_CH = 0x4c
RF_SETUP = 0x27
CONFIG = 0x0e
DYNPD/FEATURE = 0x00 0x00
Data Rate = 250KBPS
Model = nRF24L01+
CRC Length = 16 bits
PA Power = PA_MAX
From what I understand both of the nRFs are connecting to their Nanos. I've run out of things to try and would appreciate any help or suggestions.
