STMicroelectronics STEVAL-IDB008V1M BLE evaluation platform

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STMicroelectronics’ STEVAL-IDB008V1M Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 (BLE) evaluation platform is designed to accelerate application development with modules featuring BlueNRG-2, the company’s second-generation BLE system-on-chip (SoC).

BlueNRG-2 supports the Bluetooth 5.0 certification, which allows enhanced security with LE Secure Connections, power-efficient privacy with Link Layer Privacy 1.2 and up to 2.6 times higher throughput with LE Data Length Extension. The SoC contains an Arm Cortex-M0 core operating at up to 32 MHz to handle the Bluetooth stack and application processing, and integrates features including a 32 kHz ring oscillator, 24 KB RAM and 256 KB Flash program memory. Reduced standby power is a further advantage, drawing just 0.9 µA in sleep mode with active Bluetooth stack and full RAM retention.

The STEVAL-IDB008V1M plug-and-play kit enables rapid evaluation and product development leveraging the BlueNRG-M2SA module. The board combines the BlueNRG-M2 module with sensors including a MEMS pressure and temperature sensor and motion sensors suitable for 9-axis sensor-fusion library. There is also a low-latency, low-power ADPCM codec, ready to use with BlueVoice middleware for voice over BLE streaming. Arduino R3 connectors are provided, which allow access to all the module’s peripherals and enable users to further extend functionality by adding expansion shields. The associated development-software package, STSW-BLUENRG1-DK, contains a simple and intuitive BlueNRG-Navigator GUI that lets users bring their applications to life without an external programmer or hardware.

The kit also simplifies integration of the BlueNRG-M2SA module with ST’s STSW-BNRG-MESH software to explore emerging application opportunities in industrial and smart-building markets. The software implements the Bluetooth SIG Mesh Profile v1.0 to allow true two-way communication and range-extending mesh networks, with cybersecurity leveraging integrated features of the BlueNRG-2 SoC.

For more information: www.st.com/steval-idb008v1m-pr.