STMicroelectronics – BlueNRG USB Dongle
Try out ST’s Bluetooth low-energy hosted by a convenient USB dongle
The STEVAL-IDB003V1 is an evaluation board based on BlueNRG, a Bluetooth® 4.0 compliant wireless network processor able to support both master and slave functions. The STEVAL-IDB003V1 main controller is an ultra-low-power STM32L MCU able to interface with BlueNRG but also available for custom application development through a JTAG connector that can be soldered on the on-board footprint. The STEVAL-IDB003V1 has a USB connector for PC GUI interaction and firmware updates. Its maximum transmission power reaches +8 dBm. Specific dedicated apps are available on both iTunes and Google Play online stores.
Key Features of STEVAL-IDB003V1:
- BlueNRG based Bluetooth®Smart USB dongle based for direct PC connection
- Maximum transmission power +8 dBm.
- Low power STM32L host microcontroller
- Major Features of BlueNRG: 7.3mA (RX mode), 8.2mA (TX mode at 0dBm) maximum peak current, programmable output power from -18dBm to +8dBm, up to 96dB RF link budget
- USB Interface
- Bluetooth® low energy 4.0 compliant, supports both master and slave roles.
- JTAG footprint connector for custom firmware development (JTAG connector not mounted)
- ITunes app available (app name: BlueNRG)
- Google Play app available (app name: BlueNRG)
- RoHS compliant
Key Features of the BlueNRG:
- Bluetooth specification v4.0 compliant master and slave single-mode Bluetooth low energy network processor
- Embedded Bluetooth low energy protocol stack: GAP, GATT, SM, L2CAP, LL, RF-PHY
- Bluetooth low energy profiles provided separately
- Operating supply voltage: from 2.0 to 3.6 V
- 8.2 mA maximum TX current (@0 dBm, 3.0 V)
- Down to 1.7 μA current consumption with active BLE stack
- Integrated linear regulator and DC-DC step-down converter
- Up to +8 dBm available output power (at antenna connector)
- Excellent RF link budget (up to 96 dB)
- Accurate RSSI to allow power control
- Proprietary application controller interface (ACI), SPI based, allows interfacing with an external host application microcontroller
- Full link controller and host security
- High performance, ultra-low power Cortex-M0 32-bit based architecture core
- On-chip non-volatile Flash memory
- AES security co-processor
- Low power modes
- 16 or 32 MHz crystal oscillator
- 12 MHz ring oscillator
- 32 kHz crystal oscillator
- 32 kHz ring oscillator
- Battery voltage monitor and temperature sensor
- Compliant with the following radio frequency regulations: ETSI EN 300 328, EN 300 440, FCC CFR47 Part 15, ARIB STD-T66
- Available in QFN32 (5 x 5 mm) and WLCSP34 (2.66 x 2.56 mm) packages
- Operating temperature range: -40 °C to 85 °C
