Wire things up

Use the dupont cables and follow the table below to connect the nRF24L01 to your Arduino board.

For more information about the radio chip, have a look here:
​http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/2.4GHz-RF/nRF24L01

For a more comprehensive guide how to connect radio chip (use RF24 library setup):
​http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/Nrf24L01-2.4GHz-HowTo

Signal	nRF24L01 pin (RF24)	Cable color(*)	Arduino pin
GND	1	Brown	GND
VCC	2	Red	3.3V
CE	3	Orange	9
CSN	4	Yellow	10
SCK	5	Green	13
MOSI	6	Blue	11
MISO	7	Violet	12
IRQ	8	Gray	2

(*) optional

Bottom view of nRF24L01