/NRF24-demodulator

Sniff NRF24L01 (and clones) packets and veiw bit-level structure using GNU Radio

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NRF24-demodulator

Sniff NRF24L01 (and clones) packets and view bit-level structure using GNU Radio.
GRC flow inspired from here: https://wiki.bitcraze.io/misc:hacks:hackrf

Hardware setup

Inspired from http://blog.cyberexplorer.me/2014/01/sniffing-and-decoding-nrf24l01-and.html
Have a NRF24L01+ sending something on channel 80 (2480MHz), at 1Mbps
The RF signal is picked-up using a MMDS down converter
(I use one with LO = 1838MHz and input frequency 2500 to 2700MHz)
The resulting frequency is 642MHz
The 642MHz signal goes to a SDR dongle (820T2), and the GRC reads it.
The MMDS down converter is powered using 12V DC
MMDS powering diagram

Software setup

After the hardware is ready, open the GRC file
Change the downconverter_lo and nrf_channel if needed
Click execute
The scope should appear on screen.
Go to Channel Options -> Trig and increase the trigger level by clicking on +
Then move T Offset to the right
Now you should see something like this:
NRF24L01 packet waveform

Related project:
https://github.com/roboremo/NRF24-total-control