MDBT42Q is a BT 4.0, BT 4.1, and BT 4.2 stack (Bluetooth low energy or BLE) module designed based on Nordic nRF52832 SoC solution, which incorporates: GPIO, SPI, UART, I2C, I2S, PWM, and ADC interfaces for connecting peripherals and sensors.

Highlighted Features

• Dual Transmission mode of BLE & 2.4 GHz RF upon customer preference.
• Long working distance: over 80 meters in open space
• Compact size with (L) 16 x (W) 10 x (H) 2.2 mm.
• Low power requirements, ultra-low peak, average, and idle mode power consumption.
• Be compatible with a large installed base of mobile phones, tablets, and computers.
• Fully covered with BLE software stack. See 1.3 Profile & Service Information.
• BLE & RF transmission switching helps products fit all operation systems and most hardware.

Applications

IoT

• Home automation

• Sensor networks

• Building automation

Personal Area Networks

• Health/fitness sensor and monitor device

• Medical devices

• Key-fobs and wristwatches

Interactive entertainment devices

• Remote control

• Gaming controller

Beacons

• A4WP wireless chargers and devices

• Remote control toys

Computer peripherals and I/O devices

• Mouse

• Keyboard

• Multi-touch trackpad

Specifications

• Multi-protocol 2.4GHz radio

• 32-bit ARM Cortex – M4F processor

• 512KB flash programmed memory and 64KB RAM

• Software stacks available as downloads

• Application development independent from the protocol stack

• On-air compatible with nRF51, nRF24AP and nRF24L series

• Programmable output power from +4dBm to -20dBm

• RAM-mapped FIFOs using EasyDMA

• Dynamic on-air payload length of up to 256 bytes

• Flexible and configurable 32-pin GPIO

• Simple ON / OFF global power mode

• Full set of digital interfaces all with Easy DMA including:

• 3 x Hardware SPI master ; 3 x Hardware SPI slave

• 2 x two-wire master ; 2 x two-wire slave

• 1 x UART (CTS / RTS)

• PDM for digital microphone

• I2S for audio

• 12-bit / 200KSPS ADC

• 128-bit AES ECB / CCM / AAR co-processor

• Lowe cost external crystal 32MHz ± 40ppm for Bluetooth ; ± 50ppm for ANT Plus

• Lowe power 32MHz crystal and RC oscillators

• Wide supply voltage range 1.7V to 3.6V

• On-chip DC/DC buck converter

• Individual power management for all peripherals

• Timer counter

• 5 x 32-bit

• 3 x 24-bit RTC

• NFC-A tag interface for OOB pairing

• Granted main regional certifications such as FCC (USA), CE (Europe), IC (Canada), TELEC (Japan), KCC (Korea), SRRC (China), and NCC (Taiwan)

• RoHS and REACH compliant

Documentation