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nBlue Bluetooth 5.0 Module User’s Guide
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nBlueTM Bluetooth® 5.0
Module User’s Guide
BR-LE5.0-S1A Single Mode Low Energy Module
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................... |
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SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................................... |
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BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................................... |
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PIN VOLTAGE LEVELS ........................................................................................................................................................ |
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FIRMWARE UPDATES, NBOOT BOOTLOADER AND IEEE ADDRESS ........................................................................................ |
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RELATED DOCUMENTS ....................................................................................................................................................... |
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MODULE HARDWARE DETAILS ........................................................................................................................................ |
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DIMENSIONS ...................................................................................................................................................................... |
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STANDARD LAND DIMENSIONS........................................................................................................................................... |
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HARDWARE DETAILS ......................................................................................................................................................... |
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POWER-UP AND RESET ................................................................................................................................................... |
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UART........................................................................................................................................................................... |
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USB INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................................................ |
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PIO_14 FIRMWARE UPDATE MODE TRIGGER .................................................................................................................. |
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OPERATING CONDITIONS SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. |
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2.3.6 SLEEP MODE CONSUMPTION SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... |
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CPU CURRENT CONSUMPTION SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... |
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2.3.8 RADIO CURRENT CONSUMPTION SUMMARY.................................................................................................................. |
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2.3.9 AT.S CURRENT CONSUMPTION SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... |
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RF SPECIFICATIONS SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ |
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PINOUT ................................................................................................................................................................... |
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PIN DESCRIPTIONS / PIO MAP .................................................................................................................................. |
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POWER MODES ........................................................................................................................................................ |
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NBLUE PROGRAMMER ...................................................................................................................................................... |
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DEBUGGING ..................................................................................................................................................................... |
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EVALUATION BOARDS................................................................................................................................................... |
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BR-MUSB-LE5.0 MINI DONGLE...................................................................................................................................... |
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BR-DEV-LE5.0 DEVELOPMENT BOARD ........................................................................................................................... |
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REGULATORY INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................................... |
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UNITED STATES (FCC) NOTICES....................................................................................................................................... |
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5.1.1 FCC RF EXPOSURE GUIDANCE..................................................................................................................................... |
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CANADA (IC) NOTICES..................................................................................................................................................... |
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5.2.1 USER MANUAL NOTICE FOR LICENCE EXEMPT RADIO APPARATUS ............................................................................... |
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5.2.2 ISED RF EXPOSURE GUIDANCE ................................................................................................................................... |
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Revision History
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1.002/04/2019 Initial Document
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▪ Added regulatory information and notices |
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Introduction
“Our clients buy our products because they are reliable and easy to integrate, enabling them to quickly deploy cost-effective wireless solutions.”
Mark J. Kramer – CEO of BlueRadios®
1.1 Scope
This document along with the BlueRadios® nBlue™ Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) evaluation kit was created to enable developers and integrators an opportunity to evaluate wireless networks using BLE technology. The goal is to make the transition to BLE as seamless and as easy as possible for our clients. This document will provide module hardware details.
1.2 Background
Bluetooth low energy was designed to enable the development of low complexity, low cost wireless devices that require minimal power consumption, such as sensors and watches. These devices typically transmit very small data packets at a time, while consuming as little power as possible. Bluetooth Version 5.0 Single-mode chips implement the low energy specification and consume just a fraction of the power of classic Bluetooth (BR/EDR), allowing the short-range wireless standard to extend to coin cell battery applications.
The BlueRadios® embedded device with a wide range
nBlue™ modules are Bluetooth Version 5.0 compliant. The modules are designed to be built into an and to provide a simple, reliable, and low cost API interface. The module is designed to integrate of applications and platforms.
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Important Notes – Please Read Prior To Continuing
1.3Pin Voltage Levels
▪The maximum voltage level on any pin should not exceed 3.9V. The I/O is NOT 5V tolerant.
▪Applying VDD to a PIO set to an output may permanently damage the module.
1.4Firmware Updates, nBoot Bootloader and IEEE Address
All nBlue modules come programmed with a bootloader (nBoot), to enable firmware updates via nBlue Programmer (nBP), and a BlueRadios IEEE address. These elements are stored in flash and can be accidentally erased using a debugger. Once they have been erased they cannot be reprogrammed by a client, it is a factory process only. When the BlueRadios IEEE address is erased, the Nordic IEEE address stored in ROM will be used.
To protect BlueRadios IP, any firmware distributed by BlueRadios or firmware built using libraries distributed by BlueRadios will not run without the presence of the nBoot bootloader. This means BlueRadios firmware will no longer run once the bootloader has been erased. At this point the module can only be programmed with custom firmware.
For security purposes, after the bootloader is programmed into BR-LE5.0-S1A modules during production the debug interface is locked. In order to program a module using a J-Link Debugger it will then need to be unlocked, which will erase the entire flash including the module’s bootloader and IEEE address, making it incapable of performing firmware updates using nBP. For this reason, single mode BR-LE5.0-S1A firmware updates should only be performed using nBP, not a J-Link Debugger. Custom software can still be flashed using nBP, see the nBlue
Programmer User’s Guide for more information.
1.5Related Documents
▪nBlue AT.s Command Set
▪nBlue BR-EVAL-5.0-S1A Quick Start Guide
▪nBlue Programmer User’s Guide
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2 Module Hardware Details
The BR-LE5.0-S1A footprint is backwards compatible to the BR-LE4.0-S2A footprint with the following exceptions:
•Power must be connected to the new VDDH pin C4. This is a required change that must be done. If a single layer board is being used a 7 mil trace can be run in between the other circular pads on the bottom of the module to connect VDD to VDDH when using normal voltage mode.
•The USB pins have been relocated from pins 15-18 to pins A4, A5, B5 and C5. Pins 15-18 are now PIOs.
•The programming/debugging pins have been relocated from pins 28 and 29 to pins F3 and F4.
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