BGM13P Bluetooth® 5 Module

By Silicon Labs 107

BGM13P Bluetooth® 5 Module

Silicon Labs' BGM13P is a PCB module for Bluetooth 5 LE and Bluetooth Mesh connectivity built around the EFR32BG13 Blue Gecko SoC. It delivers robust RF performance, low energy consumption, regulatory compliance certifications, a wide selection of MCU peripherals, and a simplified development experience, all in a small 12.9 mm x 15 mm form factor.

Minimizing the engineering efforts and development costs associated with adding Bluetooth connectivity to any design, the BGM13P helps accelerate the time-to-market of products for end applications like IoT end-node devices and gateways, sports and wellness, home and building automation, beacons, industrial automation, and others.

Resources

  • Bluetooth 5 Learning Center
  • Bluetooth Mesh
Module Benefits
  • Quickly and easily adds Bluetooth 5 LE or Bluetooth Mesh connectivity to any design
  • Supports high throughput, long range, and regular Bluetooth LE PHYs
  • Eliminates need for RF design expertise
  • Contains all necessary external components, including antenna
  • Comes with regulatory RF compliance certifications
  • Works with industry-proven, certified stacks and development tools from Silicon Labs
  • Supports stand-alone and network co-processor (NCP) operation
  • Provides easy migration path to discrete Blue Gecko SoC if applicable
  • Enables rapid time-to-market
  • Achieves 200 m line-of-sight range at +8 dBm TX and 700 m at +19 dBm TX
Features
  • Rich analog and digital peripherals
    • Up to 25 GPIO
    • 12-bit ADC
    • Voltage DACs
    • Operational amplifiers
    • Low energy sensor interface
    • Multi-channel capacitive sense interface
    • Analog comparators
    • Low energy UART
    • USARTs (UART, SPI, IrDA, I2S)
    • I2C
    • Timers
  • Dimensions
    • 12.9 mm x 15 mm x 2.0 mm
  • MCU and memory options
    • 40 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M4
    • Low active mode current: 70 µA/MHz
    • 512 kB Flash
    • 64 kB RAM
  • Security
    • AES256/128 hardware crypto accelerator with ECC, SHA-1, SHA-2
    • TRNG
  • Bluetooth 5 radio
    • 2.4 GHz GFSK
    • Up to +8 dBm programmable output power
    • 9.5 mA RX current
    • 9.5 mA active mode TX at 0 dBm
Applications
  • Consumer applications
    • Smart watches, garage door openers, smart tags, and baby monitors
  • Commercial applications
    • Beacons, electronic shelf labels, proximity sensors, and asset management
  • Home CE devices
    • Remote controls, gaming controllers, and 3D glasses
  • Sports and fitness
    • Activity monitors, heart rate monitors, and pedometers
  • Industrial applications
    • Environment monitoring, public venues, and public transportation

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