Horizon Hobby WACO1T User Manual

Waco RF Module User Manual

Pin #

Name

Description

1

RESET

Reset line. Has a 100K pull-up to its regulated 3.0V
rail. Pull to GND for a reset.

2

NC

Do not connect

3

GND

Ground

4

NC

Do not connect

5

BIND / SPI_CS

Bind signal line. 100K pull-up to regulated 3.0V rail.
Pull to GND for a Bind command.

6

VRAW

Power supply for module. 5.5V MAX

7

GND

Ground

8

OUT5 / SPI_MISO

PWM CH5

9

OUT4 / SPI_MOSI

PWM CH4

10

VBATT

Battery voltage telemetry input 12V MAX

11

OUT3 / SPI_SCK

PWM CH3

12

LED

RF/Bind Status LED signal. 5mA MAX

13

GND

Ground

Horizon Hobby, LLC

2904 Research Rd.

Champaign, IL 61822

1. Features

 Operates in the unlicensed worldwide ISM band (2.4 GHz to 2.483.5GHz) band
 Fully integrated power regulation with input unregulated operating range 3V to 5.5V
 Fully integrated local oscillator and 24MHz 10ppm reference crystal
 400mA operating current
 Receive sensitivity up to -95dBm
 DSSS data rates up to 1Mbps
 1 mile control operating range
 Full packet assembling and disassembling
 PWM output mode
 SPI, UART bidirectional interfaces

2. Pin description

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14

GND

Ground

15

OUT2

PWM CH2

16

OUT1 / SRXL

PWM CH1; SRXL TX/RX Pin

Parameter

Value

Units

Storage Temp

-65 to 105

Degrees Celsius

VDD

2.4 to 3.6

Volts

Receive Sensitivity

-95

dBm

Transmit power (conducted)

5

dBm MAX

Transmit power (radiated)

5

dBm MAX

Idle current

5

mA

Receive current

22

mA

Transmit current

30

mA

3. Specifications

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