STMicroelectronics | AEK-COM-BLEV1

The AEK-COM-BLEV1 evaluation board is based on the BlueNRG-1 low power Bluetooth® smart system on chip, compliant with the Bluetooth® specification.  The evaluation board can be connected to a microcontroller via a 12-pin or alternative 9-pin male connector for SPI, serial interface or I²C communication. The BlueNRG-1 device is supplied with the network processor software loaded and ready to process Bluetooth commands. The software image (DTM_UART.hex) is available in the BlueNRG design kit. The STSW-AEKBLE firmware provides a straightforward demonstration of the AEK-COM-BLEV1 board functionality used in conjunction with the AEK-MCU-C4MLIT1 evaluation board with microcontroller.

Features

◦Based on the BlueNRG-1 Bluetooth low energy system on chip
◦Associated STSW-BLUENRG-DK (BlueNRG-1 development kit software package) including firmware and documentation
◦Up to +8 dBm available output power (at antenna connector)
◦Excellent receiver sensitivity (-88 dBm)
◦Very low power consumption: 7.7 mA RX and 8.2 mA TX at +0 dBm
◦Bluetooth® low energy compliant: supports master, slave and simultaneous master-and-slave roles
◦New integrated balun BALF-NRG-02D3 which integrates a matching network and harmonics filter

◦3 user LEDs
◦JTAG debug connector
◦Pre-programmed as network processor
◦Board size: 60 x 40 mm.
◦Part of the AutoDevKit™ initiative
◦RoHS and WEEE compliant