BlueNRG-1 combines excellent power efficiency with powerful wireless performance

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it is now stocking the BlueNRG-1 Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless system-on-chip (SoC) from STMicroelectronics (ST).

The BlueNRG-1 combines superior power efficiency with robust wireless performance, making it ideal for the high-volume demands of the rapidly growing Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth Smart) market. BlueNRG-1's ability to rapidly transition between sleep and active modes extends battery life from months to years in low-power smart sensors and connected devices, such as wearables, retail beacons, keyless entry systems, smart remotes, asset trackers, and industrial and medical monitors.

Available from Mouser, ST's BlueNRG-1 wireless SoC features a 32MHz 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M0 core and delivers the performance and efficiency required for target applications. This wireless SoC includes 160KBytes of on-chip flash memory, allowing designers to embed the Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2 protocol stack and application code, 24KBytes of retention SRAM (two banks of 12KBytes) and support for SPI, UART, and I2C standard communication interface peripherals.

The device features an ultra-low-power design, including rapid transitions between wake-up and sleep modes and a standby current of less than 1µA. It also offers an outstanding link budget of up to 96dB, and its RF output power can be boosted up to +8dBm for optimal efficiency, ensuring clear and stable communications even in noisy environments. The BlueNRG-1 SoC complies with various RF regulations, including ETSI EN 300 328, EN 300 440, FCC CFR47 Part 15, and ARIB STD-T66.

Mouser also offers the STEVAL-IDB007V1 evaluation platform, which includes the onboard BlueNRG-1 SoC. The board features an accelerometer, gyroscope, MEMS pressure and temperature sensors, a debug connector, and three power options, enabling engineers to develop solutions for a variety of applications.