Bluetooth 5.3 SoC: The Future of Wireless Connectivity

Description

The BlueNRG-LPS is an ultra-low power programmable Bluetooth Low Energy wireless system-on-chip (SoC) solution from STMicroelectronics. It includes highly optimized 2.4 GHz radio IPs for excellent radio performance and minimal power consumption, allowing for exceptional battery life. The BlueNRG-LPS supports Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3, enabling point-to-point connections and Bluetooth Mesh networking to reliably establish large device networks. It can also be used for proprietary 2.4 GHz wireless communication requiring ultra-low latency.

The BlueNRG-LPS contains an Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller that operates up to 64 MHz and a dedicated Bluetooth Low Energy core coprocessor for handling timing-critical operations via DMA. It supports key Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 features such as 2 Mbps data rate, long-range coded PHY, advertising extensions, channel selection algorithm #2, GATT caching, direction finding, simultaneous connections in multiple roles, extended packet length, LE Ping procedure, periodic advertising, and more.

The BlueNRG-LPS offers enhanced security with hardware true random number generation, AES encryption up to 128-bit, public key accelerator (PKA), CRC calculation, unique 64-bit ID, and flash memory protection. The PKA supports modular arithmetic and scalar multiplication for elliptic curves up to specified sizes.

The BlueNRG-LPS can function as a standalone device managing the application and Bluetooth stack, or as a network processor. It contains high-speed memory types such as 192 KB flash, 24 KB RAM, 1 KB OTP ROM, and 7 KB system ROM. Direct data transfer between memory and peripherals is enabled via eight DMA channels. Additional features include a 12-bit ADC, low-power RTC, timers, SPI/I2S, UART, I2C, and standard communication interfaces.

The BlueNRG-LPS operates from -40 to +105°C on a 1.7V to 3.6V supply. Comprehensive power saving modes allow low-power design. An integrated switching regulator and power dropout circuit generate resets when VDD drops below 1.65V. Package options provide up to 20 I/Os.

 


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