Hi!
I have some trouble with getting nRF24L01 modules (version with external antenna and PA) to work. The transmitter is hooked up to the Arduino Nano and the receiver is connected to Arduino Mega.
Code for transmitter:
/*
* Arduino Wireless Communication Tutorial
* Example 1 - Transmitter Code
*
* by Dejan Nedelkovski, www.HowToMechatronics.com
*
* Library: TMRh20/RF24, https://github.com/tmrh20/RF24/
*/
#include <SPI.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h>
#include <RF24.h>
RF24 radio(7, 8); // CNS, CE
const byte address[6] = "00001";
void setup() {
radio.begin();
radio.openWritingPipe(address);
radio.setPALevel(RF24_PA_MIN);
radio.stopListening();
}
void loop() {
const char text[] = "Hello World";
radio.write(&text, sizeof(text));
delay(1000);
}
Code for receiver:
/*
* Arduino Wireless Communication Tutorial
* Example 1 - Receiver Code
*
* by Dejan Nedelkovski, www.HowToMechatronics.com
*
* Library: TMRh20/RF24, https://github.com/tmrh20/RF24/
*/
#include <SPI.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h>
#include <RF24.h>
RF24 radio(7, 8); // CNS, CE
const byte address[6] = "00001";
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
radio.begin();
radio.openReadingPipe(0, address);
radio.setPALevel(RF24_PA_MIN);
radio.startListening();
}
void loop() {
if (radio.available()) {
char text[32] = "";
radio.read(&text, sizeof(text));
Serial.println(text);
} else {
Serial.println("unavailable.");
}
}
When I try to run this, the receiver outputs "unavailable". Can someone please tell me what can be wrong?
There are decoupling caps installed on the 3V3 lines of the arduino, so I don't think that is the problem.