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.

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 coverage of BLE software stack. See 1.3 Profile & Service Information.

• BLE & RF transmission switching helps products fit all operation system and most hardware.

Specification

• 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 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 up to 256 bytes

• Flexible and configurable 32 pin GPIO

• Simple ON / OFF global power mode

• Full set of digital interface 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 certification such as FCC (USA), CE (Europe), IC (Canada), TELEC (Japan), KCC (Korea), SRRC (China), and NCC (Taiwan)

• RoHS and REACH compliant

Application

IoT

• Home automation

• Sensor networks

• Building automation

Personal Area Networks

• Health / fitness sensor and monitor device

• Medical devices

• Key-fobs and wrist watches

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

Part List

1 x MDBT42Q BLE module

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