Product Overview
The Silicon Labs Blue Gecko BGM111 Bluetooth Smart module integrates our next generation wireless SoC with a complete Bluetooth Smart software stack and antenna to provide a complete, pre-certified plug-and-play Bluetooth Smart solution. It solves one of the major customer roadblocks for fast time-to-market as it integrates antenna, software and RF certifications, saving months of engineering effort and testing.
Key Benefits
Integrated Bluetooth Radio and Antenna:
- Excellent RF performance
- Integrated high performance antenna
- Fast time-to-market and low R&D costs
Bluetooth and regulatory certifications:
- Minimal end product certification
- Faster time-to-market
- Proven platform
Pre-assembled and pre-tested platform:
- Modules are pre-assembled
- Radio is pre-tested
- Firmware is pre-installed
Specifications
Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth 4.2 compliant
- Central and peripheral roles
Radio:
- Configurable TX power up to +8 dBm
- Integrated high performance chip antenna
- Range up to 200 meters
Microcontroller:
- ARM Cortex M4 with FPU up to 38.4 MHz
- 32 kB RAM and 256 kB Flash
- Advanced cryptography support
Flexible Peripheral Interfaces:
- UART, SPI and I2C serial interfaces
- PWM, GPIO with Interrupts
- 12-bit ADC and DAC
- 32-bit RTCC
- Watchdog timer
Low Current Consumption:
- RX peak: 8.7 mA
- TX peak: 8.8 mA @ 0 dBm
- MCU: 63 uA/MHz
- MCU sleep: 2.4 uA down to 200 nA
Dimensions:
- 13 mm x 15 mm x 2.2 mm
Environmental & Qualifications:
- Temperature range: -40 C to +85 C
- Bluetooth qualified
- CE
- FCC and IC
- Japan and South-Korea
Integrated Bluetooth® Smart Software:
- Up to 8 simultaneous connections
- Any GATT based Bluetooth Smart profile
- Flexible, easy-to-use APIs
- Free Software Development Kit
- Field Upgradable
Documentation and Software
Download data sheets, SDKs / software releases, app notes, example applications, reference designs training material, user guides, reference designs, videos and more. Download our side-by-side product comparison guide.
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| BLE Update Tool v1.3.6 (Windows XP,7,8 and 10) | 7.39 MB | ||
Learn |
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| BGM111 Bluetooth Smart Module Documentation | |||
The Blue Gecko Bluetooth Smart Module Wireless Starter Kit is the easiest and fastest way to start evaluation and development of your own Bluetooth Smart applications. The wireless starter kit comes with the Bluetooth Smart module radio board, a main board with coin-cell battery holder, USB and Ethernet connections, display and connections to all the modules peripheral interfaces as well an extension board with additional peripherals like an accelerometer.
With the kit you also get Silicon Labs’ Bluetooth Smart software SDK, with example applications, documentation and other resources to get started with your own development.
