STEVAL-IDB012V1 BLE Evaluation Platform

STMicroelectronics' evaluation platform helps develop and test BLE applications using the low-power BlueNRG-LPS system on chip (SoC), combined with inertial and environmental MEMS sensors, a digital MEMS microphone, and various interface buttons and LEDs.

The BlueNRG-LPS features a 64 MHz, 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core, 192 KB programmable Flash memory, 24 KB SRAM, MPU, and extensive peripherals (4x PWM, I²C, SPI/I2S, SPI, USART, LPUART, and 12-bit ADC SAR). It is compliant with the BLE specification and supports primary, secondary, simultaneous primary-and-secondary roles, data length extension, 2 Mbps, long range, extended advertising and scanning, channel selection algorithm #2, GATT caching, LE ping procedure, LE power control and path loss monitoring, and direction finding (angle of arrival/departure).

Serial communication with a PC and three power options (USB only, battery only, and external power supply) allow complex application development and testing flexibility.

Features

• BLE evaluation board based on the BlueNRG-LPS SoC in QFN32 package that supports:
  • Primary, secondary, and simultaneous primary-and-secondary roles
  • Long range, 2 Mbps data rate
  • Direction finding with angle of arrival (AoA) and angle of departure (AoD)
  • BLE data length extension, extended advertising and scanning, channel selection algorithm #2, GATT caching, LE ping procedure, LE power control, and path loss monitoring
• Uncompromised low-power radio performances:
  • Up to +8 dBm programmable output power (at antenna connector)
  • Excellent receiver sensitivity (-96 dBm at 1 Mbps, -103 dBm at 125 bps long range)
  • Very low power consumption: 3.4 mA Rx @ sensitivity level, and 4.3 mA Tx at +0 dBm
• Integrated PCB antenna, UFL connector for measuring equipment, and Arduino R3 connectors
• Three power options: USB cable, battery, and external power supply
• Associated BlueNRG-LPS development kit software package (STSW-BNRGLP-DK), including firmware and documentation
• Three user LEDs and two user buttons
• MEMS digital accelerometer/gyroscope
• MEMS digital pressure/temperature sensor
• Embedded CMSIS-DAP debugger and drag and drop programming support
• RoHS compliant