Silicon Labs BGM13S Blue Gecko BLUETOOTH® Mesh SiP Modules

Silicon Labs BGM13S Blue Gecko BLUETOOTH® Mesh SiP Modules offer a turnkey BLUETOOTH 5 system in a compact System-in-Package (SiP) form factor. Based on the Silicon Labs EFR32BG13 Blue Gecko SoC (System on Chip), BGM13S SiP modules feature an Arm® Cortex-M4 core with 512kB Flash and up to +18dBm output power. These fully-certified SiP modules integrate all components required (BLUETOOTH wireless SoC, RF antenna, and BLUETOOTH 5 compliant BLUETOOTH stack) to provide a complete, pre-certified, plug-and-play BLUETOOTH 5/Mesh solution. This integration accelerates time-to-market and saves months of engineering effort and development costs. In addition, common software and development tools enable seamless migration between Modules, SIPs, and SoC-based designs

Applications

  • IoT end-node devices and gateways
  • Wearables
  • Health, sports, and wellness devices
  • Industrial, home, and building automation
  • Smartphone, tablet, and PC accessories
  • Beacons

Specifications

  • I2C and UART interface types
  • 8dBm or 18dBm output power options
  • 2Mb/s data rate
  • -90.2dBm receiver sensitivity
  • 2.44GHz frequency
  • 1.8V to 3.8V supply range
  • Supply currents
    • 9.7mA receiving
    • 8.9mA transmitting
  • -40°C to +85°C operating temperature range
  • 6.5mm2 x 1.4mm in dimension

Bluetooth Direction Finding

The BLUETOOTH 5.1 specification enhances location services with a direction-finding feature that makes it possible to detect the direction of a BLUETOOTH signal. With BLUETOOTH direction finding, developers can bring products to market that understand device direction and achieve sub-meter location accuracy.

BLUETOOTH Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD) are the technologies that establish a standardized framework for indoor locationing. With these technologies, the fundamental problem of locationing comes down to solving the arrival and departure angles of radio frequency signals.

Videos

AoA & AoD

Silicon Labs BGM13S Blue Gecko BLUETOOTH® Mesh SiP Modules

More about BLUETOOTH Direction Finding

• Whitepaper: BLUETOOTH Angle Estimation for Real-Time Locationing

Publicado: 2018-09-24 | Actualizado: 2025-08-06