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nRF24L01+ Product Specification
7.5 Enhanced ShockBurst flowcharts
This section contains flowcharts outlining PTX and PRX operation in Enhanced ShockBurst™. 
7.5.1  PTX operation
The flowchart in Figure 10. outlines how a nRF24L01+ configured as a PTX behaves after entering 
standby-I mode. 
Note: ShockBurst™ operation is outlined with a dashed square.
 Figure 10. PTX operations in Enhanced ShockBurst™
Start Primary TX
Standby-I mode
Standby-II mode
CE=1
Packet in TX 
FIFO?
Transmit Packet
Is Auto Re-
Transmit 
enabled?
RX mode and 
packet 
disassembly
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Packet in TX 
FIFO?
No
Is an ACK 
received?
Timeout?
Has ARD 
elapsed?
Yes
Standby-II mode
TX mode
Retransmit last 
packet
TX Settling and 
packet assembly
Packet in TX 
FIFO?
Yes
Is CE =1?
No
Is CE =1?
No
Yes
No
YesNo
Yes
TX Settling
Number of 
retries = ARC?
No
RX Settling
Set MAX_RT IRQ
No
No
Yes
Set TX_DS IRQ
Yes
Has the ACK 
payload?
Put payload in RX 
FIFO.
Set TX_DS IRQ 
and RX_DR IRQ
Set TX_DS IRQ
Yes
No
No_ACK?
No
Yes
NoYes
ShockBurst operation










