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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019

BluNor BM833/A are powerful, highly flexible, ultra low power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) modules using

Nordic nRF52 SoC. With an ARMCortex

M4(F) MCU, up to 512KB flash, 128KB RAM, embedded 2.4GHz

multi-protocol transceiver, and an integrated PCB trace antenna or an u.FL for external antenna. It allows

faster time to market with reduced development cost.

BM833A/AF are designed to minimize PCB cost and to maximize efficiency in production line dedicated for

Bluetooth modules. The cost of using BM833A module can be lower than designing-

in SoC at any quantity. At low cost, BM833A are full feature modules. Inductors for

DCDC converter are integrated. All 32 GPIOs are accessible.

BM833/F/E, an nRF52833 module has compatible footprint for upgrading. It offers

more GPIOs, more memories, +8 dBm TX.

Array antenna will be supported in BT833 Series modules.

BM833A Specifications:

Nordic nRF52 with ARM Cortex M4 at 64 MHz.

Supported data rate:

BLE 5.1: 2Mbps, 1Mbps, 500kbps, 125kbps

Angle-of-Arrival (AoA) and Angle-of-Departure

(AoD) direction finding using Bluetooth.

RSSI, 1 dB resolution

Serial Wire Debug (SWD)

Nordic SoftDevice Ready

Over-the-Air (OTA) firmware update

Flash/RAM: 192KB/24KB

32 General purpose I/O pins

12 bit/200KSPS ADC, 8 configurable channels with

programmable gain.

2X SPI Master/Slave (8Mbps)

4-channel pulse width modulator (PWM)

Low power comparator

2-wire Master/Slave (I

C compatible)

Digital microphone interface (PDM)

UART (with CTS/RTS and DMA)

20 channel CPU independent Programmable

Peripheral Interconnect (PPI).

Quadrature Demodulator (QDEC)

AES HW encryption

3 x 32 bit timer with counter mode

2x realtime counter

SoC receiver Sensitivity: -97 dBm at 1Mbps; -104

dBm at 125 kbps

SoC TX power: +/- 0 dBm; programmable 4 dBm to -

20dBm in 4 dB steps.

Hybrid pins: 16 castellated and 24 LGA.

Operation voltage: 1.7V to 3.6V

4.6 mA peak current at RX or +0dBm TX.

Integrated DC-DC converter.

Embedded inductors for DCDC converter

Operation temperature: - 4 0 ° C t o + 8 5 ° C

Major BM833 Enhancement

Cortex M4F at 64 MHz

Max SoC TX power: +8 dBm.

Secure boot ready

1.7V to 5.5V supply voltage

USB 2.0 full speed controller (12 Mbps)

Operation temperature -40°C to +105°C

Model Summaries

module

BM833A

BM833AF BM833 BM833F

BM833E

SoC

nRF52811 QFAA

nRF52811 QFAA nRF52833 QIAA nRF52833 QIAA

nRF52833 QIAA

Flash/RAM

512KB/64KB

192KB/24KB 512KB/128KB 512KB/128KB

512KB/128KB

Size

10.2x15x1.9mm

15x20.6x1.9mm 10.2x15x1.9mm 15x20.6x1.9mm

10.2x15x1.9mm

GPIO

32 42 42

Antenna

PCB trace PCB trace PCB trace PCB trace

u.FL

Antenna Gain

0.01dBi

-0.88dBi -0.56dB 0.51dBi

6dBi

Summary of content (37 pages)

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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 BluNor BM833/A are powerful, highly flexible, ultra low power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) modules using Nordic nRF52 SoC. With an ARMCortexTM M4(F) MCU, up to 512KB flash, 128KB RAM, embedded 2.4GHz multi-protocol transceiver, and an integrated PCB trace antenna or an u.FL for external antenna. It allows faster time to market with reduced development cost.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Table Of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. BM833A Specifications: ................................................................................................................................. 1 Major BM833 Enhancement............................................................................................................................ 1 Model Summaries ..............................................................................................................
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 ............................. 28 Evaluation Board Schematic.......................................................................................................................... 29 Suggestion for Battery Power Application .................................................................................................... 30 5. Miscellaneous .......................................................................................................................
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 1. Introduction BluNor BM833 is powerful, highly flexible, ultra low power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) modules using Nordic nRF52 SoCs. With an ARMCortexTM M4F MCU, available 512KB flash, 128KB RAM, embedded 2.4GHz multiprotocol transceiver, and an integrated antenna or an u.FL connector for external antenna, it allows faster time to market with reduced development cost. The following is a block diagram of BM833. Antenna circuit and main clock are integrated.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June • Size: 10.2x15x1.9 mm BM833F BM833 offers the same features as BM833 except: • High performance PCB trace antenna • Size: 10.2 (15mm antenna area) x20.6x1.9mm BM833E BM833E offers the same features as BM833 excepts: • An u.FL connector for external antenna • Size: 10.2 x20.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June • Size: 10.2x15x1.9mm • Bluetooth 5.1 radio protocols. • Does not support NFC • Up to + 4 dBm TX • Support CODED PHY at 125 Kbps for longer range BM833AF • Size: 10.2 (15 antenn area) x20.6x1.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 2. Codes Development Using Nordic Tools Development tools by Nordic and other third party development tools recommended by Nordic should be used . Easy, fast and safe code development Nordic development environment for nRF52 offers a clean separation between application code development and embedded protocol stacks. This means compile, link and run time dependencies with the embedded stack and associated debugging challenges are removed.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 3. Product Overview Nordic nRF52811 SoC For full description of the SoC, please download data sheets from Nordic Semiconductor website. https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-low-energy The following is a block diagram of Nordic nRF52811 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) SoC.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 The 32 bit ARM Cortex M4F MCU with hardware supports for DSP instructions and floating point operations, code density and execution speed are higher than other Cortex M MCU. The Programmable Peripheral Interconnect (PPI) system provides a 20-channel bus for direct and autonomous system peripheral communication without CPU intervention.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Mechanical Drawings BM833A The followings are mechanical drawings of BM833A, top view. Size of module is 10.2x15.0x1.9mm. X-axis and Y-axis coordinate of each pin is shown in table. BM833 drawings are on the following page. If you can use BM833 footprint for BM833A, your host board is upgradeable to an nRF52833 module.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Mechanical Drawings BM833 The followings are mechanical drawings of BM833, top view. X-axis and Y-axis coordinate of each pin is shown in table.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Mechanical Drawings BM833E The following is mechanical drawings of B833E. Its footprint is the same as that of BM833.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Library components for PADS and EAGLE can be downloaded from http://www.fanstel.com/download-document/ For other PCB layout tools, please download evaluation Gerber files and extract library component.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 BM833A Pin Functions The followings are BM833A pin assignment. Pin functions are in a table below. Please refer to Nordic nRF52811 Product Specifications for detailed descriptions and features supported. https://www.nordicsemi.com/?sc_itemid=%7B7CBDF55C-9745-4A7D-A491-5B66AE9454B6%7D You may develop your host board using BM833 footprint described in next section. Your host board will then upgradable to BM833 module for more memories and higher TX power.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June BM833A nRF52811 pin# pin# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pin name GND GND GND GND GND P025 P026 P027 pin name 45 VSS 2019 Descriptions 37 P0.25 38 P0.26 39 P0.27 Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground GPIO GPIO GPIO 9 P028 40 P0.28/AIN4 GPIO, Analog input 10 P029 41 P0.29/AIN5 GPIO, Analog input 11 P030 42 P0.30/AIN6 GPIO, Analog input 12 P031 43 P0.31/AIN7 GPIO, Analog input 13 GND 14 VDD 15 GND Ground 36 VDD DC supply 1.7V to 3.6V Ground 16 P000 2 P0.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 30 GND 31 P011 14 P0.11 GPIO, used as UART RX on evaluation board 32 P012 15 P0.12 GPIO, used as UART TX on evaluation board 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 P014 P013 P015 P016 P017 P018 P019 17 16 18 19 20 21 22 GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO GPIO 40 P021/RST 24 P0.21/RST GPIO, configurable as RESET pin 41 P020 23 P0.20 GPIO 42 SWDCLK 25 SWDCLK Serial Wire Debug clock input 43 SWDIO 26 SWDIO Serial Wire Debug I/O 44 P022 27 P0.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 BM833 Pin Functions BM833 uses an nRF52833 QIAA, Nordic Product Specifications: http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/pdf/nRF52840_PS_v1.0.pdf Pin assignments are below. Pins 1 to 47 are exactly at the same locations as those of BM833A. Pins 48 to 68 as shown in solid square are for BM833 only. •For BM833 exclusive pins, names are in green color. •For shares pins,BM833 pin names are in red color. •BM833A pin names are in blue color.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 BM833A (BM833AF), BM833 (BM833F, BM833E) Pin Functions: BM833A 5281 1 pin# pin # name BM833 52833 pin# pin# 1 B7 pin Descriptions VSS Ground 1 45 GND 2 GND 2 Ground 3 GND 3 Ground 4 GND 4 Ground 5 GND 5 Ground 6 37 P025 6 NC 7 38 P026 7 G1 P0.26 GPIO 8 39 P027 8 H2 P0.27 GPIO 9 40 P028 9 B11 P0.28/AIN4 GPIO, Analog input 10 41 P029 10 A10 P0.29/AIN5 GPIO, Analog input 11 42 P030 11 B9 P0.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 20 5 P003 20 B13 P0.03/AIN1 GPIO, Analog input 21 6 P004 21 J1 P0.04/AIN2 GPIO, Analog input 22 4 P002 22 A12 P0.02/AIN0 GPIO, Analog input 23 7 P005 23 K2 P0.05/AIN3 GPIO, Analog input 24 9 P007 24 M2 P0.07 GPIO 25 8 P006 25 L1 P0.06 GPIO 26 11 P009 26 L24 P0.09 GPIO 27 10 P008 27 N1 P0.08 GPIO VDD 28 VDD DC supply 1.7V to 3.6V P010 29 J24 P0.10 GPIO GND 30 28 29 12 30 Ground 31 14 P011 31 Y23 P1.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 37 20 P017 37 AD12 P0.17 GPIO 38 21 P018 38 AD22 P1.00 GPIO 39 22 P019 39 40 24 P021/RST 40 AC13 P0.18/RST GPIO, configurable as RESET pin 41 23 P013 41 AD8 P0.13 GPIO 42 25 SWDCLK 42 AA24 SWDCLK Serial Wire Debug clock input 43 26 SWDIO 43 AC24 SWDIO Serial Wire Debug I/O 44 27 P022 44 AD18 P0.22 GPIO GND 45 Ground NC 45 NC 46 28 P023 46 47 29 P024 47 AD20 P0.24 GPIO 48 A14 P0.19 GPIO 49 B15 P1.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 54 P2 P1.08 GPIO 55 A20 P0.25 GPIO 56 Y2 VDDH High voltage power supply 57 58 AD2 NC VBUS 5V input for USB3.3V regulator 59 V2 NC 60 AC17 P0.21 GPIO 61 U24 P1.04 GPIO 62 AD16 P0.20 GPIO 63 NC 64 U1 P0.12 GPIO 65 R24 P1.06 GPIO 66 P23 P1.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Mounting BM833 on the Host PCB The following figure shows recommended mounting of BM833 module on the host PCB. • For the best Bluetooth range performance, the antenna area of module shall extend 11.2 mm outside the edge of host PCB board, or 11.2 mm outside the edge of a ground plane. • The next choice is to place a module on a corner of host PCB, the antenna area shall extend 11.2 mm from the edge of ground plane.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 4. Evaluation Board An evaluation board can be used to evaluate performance of module and to develop and test your firmware before an application-specific host board is developed. Nordic Development Environment Nordic Semiconductor provides a complete range of hardware and software development tools for the nRF52 Series devices. nRF52 DK board is recommended for firmware development.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 • Connect a DC power source to micro or mini USB port ofevaluation board.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Check COM Port Connection After connecting nRF52DK and an nRF52 sensor/evaluation board, you can see You canJ-Link device and COM port on the PC control panel Device Manager. Starting Nordic nRFgo Open nRFgo Studio. 1. Click Segger 682990549 as in the example below. 2. Erase all if needed 3. Browse for Bootloader and program. After programming bootloader, you can use OTA for firmware update. 4. Browse for theSoftDevice and program. 5.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Suggestion for Battery Power Application Standby current consumption is important for battery-powered product. We suggest adding a 32.768 kHz crystal and 2 capacitors as shown in the upper left corner of the evaluation board schematics. The 32MHz main clock won’t be active at idle state to save power. Two inductors required for DCDC converter are inside BM832 module. You can enable DCDC to lower power consumption. 5.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 (5) Avoid assembly and use of the target equipment in conditions where the products' temperature may exceed the maximum tolerance. (6) The supply voltage should not be exceedingly high or reversed. It should not carry noise and/or spikes. (7) this product away from other high frequency circuits. Notes on Antenna and PCB Layout (1) Don’t use a module with internal antenna inside a metal case.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 (7) These products are intended for general purpose and standard use in general electronic equipment, such as home appliances, office equipment, informationand communication equipment. Storage Notes (1)The module should not be stressed mechanically during storage.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 • In direct sunlight, outdoors, or in a dusty environment • In an environment where condensation occurs. • In an environment with a high concentration of harmful gas. (6) If an abnormal voltage is applied due to a problem occurring in other componentsor circuits, replace these products with new products because they may not beable to provide normal performance even if their electronic characteristics and appearances appear satisfactory.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June Revision History • Sep. 2019, Ver. 0.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June Contact Us United States: Fanstel Corp. 7466 E. Monte Ctisto Ave. Scottsdale AZ 85260 Tel. 1 480-948-4928 Fax. 1-480-948-5459 Email: module@fanstel.com Website: www.fanstel.com Taiwan: Fanstel Corp. 10F-10, 79 Xintai Wu Road Xizhu, New Taipei City, Taiwan 22101 泛世公司臺灣省新北市汐止區新臺五路 79 號 10 樓之 10, 22101 Tel. 886-2-2698-9328 Fax. 886-2-2698-4813 Email: tp@fanstel.com Website: www.fanstel.com China: Fanstel Technologies Corp.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
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BLE 5.1 Modules BM833/F/EVer 0.50 June 2019 Canada, avis d’Industry Canada (IC) Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes: (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement.