https://dev.codewrite.co.uk/categories/nrf24l01/Recent content in Nrf24l01 on Codewrite Dev DocHugoen-usSun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://dev.codewrite.co.uk/posts/2020-06-07-raspberrypinrf24l01/Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://dev.codewrite.co.uk/posts/2020-06-07-raspberrypinrf24l01/<p>OK, so just for the record, I&rsquo;ve tried using the NRF24L01 on the Raspberry Pi (via tha GPIO SPI pins) and I don&rsquo;t recommend it.</p> <p>So the following is just a record of what I did, in case I ever change my mind :).</p> <p><img src="https://dev.codewrite.co.uk/images/RPI-NRF24L01/wiring-photo.jpg" alt="RPI NRF Board Wiring" /></p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>NRF24L01 Side Wire Raspberry Pi Side ------------- ---- ----------------- MISO White GPIO 9 (SPI_MISO) SCK Grey GPIO 11 (SPI_SCLK) CE Orange GPIO 25 GND Black GND (PIN 20) IRQ Brown GPIO 22 MOSI Purple GPIO 10 (SPI_MOSI) CSN Yellow GPIO 8 (SPI_CE0) VCC Red 3.3V (PIN 1)</code></pre><p>The Raspberry Pi code consisted of two python files which had to be in the same folder:</p>