To test the received signal I get my NRF24 tester taht is made with an Arduino. This will print on the screen the throttle and yaw channels and also control an LED with a PWM signal according to the throttle channel. I've also connected that pin to my oscilloscope and see the signal, and it works. Uplaod the code below and make sure you ahve the same pipeIn value and change the CE and CSN pins for the Arduino NANO as in the schematic below.
#include <SPI.h>
#include <nRF24L01.h> //Downlaod it here: https://www.electronoobs.com/eng_arduino_NRF24.php
#include <RF24.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h> //download here: https://www.electronoobs.com/eng_arduino_Adafruit_GFX.php
#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h> //downlaod here: https://www.electronoobs.com/eng_arduino_Adafruit_SSD1306.php
#define OLED_RESET 6
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(OLED_RESET);
const uint64_t pipeIn = 0xE8E8F0F0E1LL; //Remember that this code is the same as in the transmitter
RF24 radio(9, 10); //CE and CSN pins (Arduino NANO)
int max_received = 4096;
int prev_throttle;
int prev_yaw;
int prev_roll;
int prev_pitch;
//We could use up to 32 channels
struct MyData {
long throttle;
long yaw;
long pitch;
long roll;
bool AUX1; //This is a digital channel (1000 or 2000), so we don't need precision
bool AUX2;
};
MyData data;
void resetData()
{
//We define the inicial value of each data input
//3 potenciometers will be in the middle position so 127 is the middle from 254
data.throttle = 0;
data.yaw = 2048;
data.pitch = 2048;
data.roll = 2048;
data.AUX1 = 0;
data.AUX2 = 0;
}
void setup()
{
pinMode(5,OUTPUT);
display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C); // initialize with the I2C addr 0x3C (for the 128x32 or 64 from eBay)
delay(100);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setTextSize(2);
display.setTextColor(WHITE);
display.display();
delay(100);
Serial.begin(9600); //Set the speed to 9600 bauds if you want.
//You should always have the same speed selected in the serial monitor
resetData();
radio.begin();
radio.setAutoAck(false); // Ensure autoACK is enabled
radio.setChannel(0x2F);
radio.setDataRate(RF24_2MBPS);
radio.openReadingPipe(1,pipeIn);
//we start the radio comunication
radio.startListening();
}
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unsigned long lastRecvTime = 0;
void recvData()
{
while ( radio.available() ) {
radio.read(&data, sizeof(MyData));
lastRecvTime = millis(); //here we receive the data
}
}
/**************************************************/
void loop()
{
recvData();
unsigned long now = millis();
//Here we check if we've lost signal, if we did we reset the values
if ( now - lastRecvTime > 1000 ) {
// Signal lost?
resetData();
}
int throttle = data.throttle;
int yaw = data.yaw;
int roll = data.roll;
int pitch = data.pitch;
bool aux_1 = data.AUX1;
bool aux_2 = data.AUX2;
if(throttle > max_received){
throttle = prev_throttle;
}
if(yaw > max_received){
yaw = prev_yaw;
}
if(roll > max_received){
roll = prev_roll;
}
if(pitch > max_received){
pitch = prev_pitch;
}
Serial.print("t");
Serial.print(throttle); Serial.print(" y ");
Serial.print(yaw); Serial.print(" r ");
Serial.print(roll); Serial.print(" p ");
Serial.print(pitch); Serial.print(" A1 ");
Serial.print(aux_1); Serial.print(" A2 ");
Serial.println(aux_2);
delay(1);
if(pitch>0 && roll>0){
int val = map(pitch,0,4096,255,0);
analogWrite(5,val);
display.clearDisplay();
display.setCursor(0,0);
display.print("THR: ");
display.println(4096-pitch);
display.print("YAW: ");
display.println(4096-roll);
display.display();//Finally display the created image
}
prev_throttle = throttle;
prev_yaw = yaw;
prev_roll = roll;
prev_pitch = pitch;
}
/**************************************************/