TIDA-00358 Reference Design

Texas Instruments

Small Form Factor Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Reference Design

Description

This design showcases the CC254x family of Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) + a meandered F antenna in a compact form factor that can be soldered to an existing PCB. This reference design provides access to all I/Os of the BLE wireless MCU allowing the evaluation of BLE connectivity in existing systems. This design is compatible with Texas Instrumentss royalty-free BLE stack that include example applications for faster evaluation.

Features
  • Automotive-qualified CC2541-Q1 available (Note: There is a slight pinout change from CC2541)Provides reference design for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) antenna design- leveraging low cost trace antennaAntenna performance provided in the test data22 Pin Functions are available2 SPI ports/ UART portsI2C port2 GPIO ports with 20mA drive capability21 multiplex GPIOs8 ADC channels32 KHz-based sleep timerBLE firmware and iOS app software is free of charge when used with TI radios or similar to help customers get to market faster
Applications
  • Merchant battery charger
  • Position sensor
Product Categories
  • Low-power 2.4-GHz products

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Schematic

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Other Documents

Title Updated Type Size (KB)
TIDA-00358 Gerber 11 Dec 2014 ZIP 304
TIDA-00358 BOM 11 Dec 2014 PDF 219
TIDA-00358 Schematic 11 Dec 2014 PDF 182