ATSAMB11 Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) 4.1 Fami

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ATSAMB11 Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) 4.1 Fami

The SmartConnect SAM B11 family of products from Microchip Technology are ultra-low power, fully certified Bluetooth SMART (BLE 4.1) SoC and SiP devices, integrated with a 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), transceiver, modem, MAC, PA, TR switch, and power management unit (PMU). The SAM B11 uses an innovative radio and DSP architecture that delivers extremely low power consumption along with high performance. It is a standalone applications processor with 256 KB of Flash memory and embedded BLE connectivity. The SAM B11 SiP products also provide an embedded 26 MHz crystal oscillator and single-wire antenna connection in an even smaller form factor. The qualified BLE 4.1 protocol stack is stored in dedicated ROM and includes L2CAP service layer protocol, security manager, attribute protocol (ATT), generic attribute profile (GATT), and the generic access profile (GAP). Application profiles such as proximity, thermometer, heart rate, blood pressure, and many others are supported and included in the protocol stack. BluSDK Smart supports application profiles such as proximity, thermometer, heart rate, blood pressure, and many others for medical applications. The SAM B11 has the lowest power consumption currently available in the market.

Features
  • Power architecture and consumption:
    • TX peak current: <3 mA @ 3.6 V, 0 dBm POUT
    • RX peak current: <4 mA @ 3.6 V
    • Sleep current: <1 µA with 8 KB RAM retention and RTC
    • Advertise: >4-year battery life with CR2032 coin-cell battery when advertising every one second as a beacon
  • BLE4.1 SoC with fully embedded stack (link and host layer, including ATT/GATT/ GAP) in ROM (128 KB)
  • UART host interface
  • Cortex® M0-based MCU with 128 KB RAM and 256 KB Flash (stacked die with SPI)
  • On-board ADC 11-bit and PWM generator and general-purpose timers
  • Superior sensitivity (-96 dBm) and range [TX POUT = 4 dBm (max.)]
  • Ultra-low power consumption in advertising and connection scanning modes
  • Integrated PMU with buck DC/DC allows for a VBAT range of 2.3 V to 3.6 V
SoC Applications
  • Wearable devices with health and fitness sensors
  • Security and proximity tags
  • Smartphone accessories
  • Smart appliances
  • Home automation

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