The Renesas DA14594 is a multi-core wireless microcontroller that combines an Arm® Cortex®-M33 application processor, a floating-point unit, advanced power management functionality, a cryptographic security engine, analog and digital peripherals, and a software configurable protocol engine with a radio that is compliant with the Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 standard.
The DA14594 has been optimized for low power consumption, including radio, active power, and hibernation. It also offers Locationing 2.0, the lowest power and lowest cost SoC for implementing ATLAS AoA Tags and WiRa™ phase-based ranging responders.
Features
- Bluetooth 5.3 SoC
- Flexible processing with 32-bit Arm Cortex-M33 up to 64 MHz
- Configurable Bluetooth MAC engine based on Arm Cortex-M0+
- 256 kB of embedded Flash memory
- 96 kB RAM and 288 kB ROM
- QSPI for external RAM or Flash expansion
- Clockless hibernation mode <100 nA
- Single 32 MHz crystal operation
Applications
- Real-time locationing (supports Locationing 2.0)
- Cold chain and asset tracking
- Connected medical (e.g., CGM/BGM)
- IoT – home, retail, and industrial