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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver0.91,July2020

BluNor BC833 Series module is a powerful, highly flexible, ultra low power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) using

Nordic nRF52833 Series SoC. With an ARM

Cortex

M4F MCU, 512KB flash, 128 KB RAM, embedded

2.4GHz BLE transceiver, and an integrated PCB trace antenna. It allows faster time to

market with reduced development cost.

• Small Host PCB Area: Size of BC833 is 10x14.3mm. It includes inductors required for

DCDC converter, 32MHz main crystal, 32.768KHz (20 PPM) sleep crystal and load

capacitors. No external component is required.

• Operating temperature: -40

C to +105

• Larger Pads, Easy Production: BC833M/E has 24 LGA pins with larger pads.

Specifications:

nRF52833, ARM Cortex M4F, 64 MHz

Complete RF solution with integrated antenna

BLE 5 data: 1Mbps, 125kbps

Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure

(AoD) directional finding using Bluetooth.

DC-DC converter, inductors on board.

Direct powered by Lithium batteries or USB supply

(up to 5.5V)

4.9 mA peak current at 0 dBm TX.

4.7 mA peak current at RX.

32 MHz main crystal on board.

32.768 KHz sleep crystal on board

Serial Wire Debug (SWD)

Nordic SoftDevice Ready

Over-the-Air (OTA) firmware update

Flash/RAM: 512KB/128KB.

18 General purpose I/O pins

USB 2.0 full speed (12 Mbps) controller

Programmable peripheral interconnect (PPI)

12 bit/200 Ksps ADC

64 level comparator

15 level comparator with wake-up from OFF mode

Temperature sensor

4 x 32 bit timers with counter mode

Up to 2x SPI masters/slaves

Up to 2x I2C compatible 2-wire masters/slaves

1x UART (CTS/RTS)

Quadrature Demodulator (QDEC)

2x real time counters (RTC)

128-bit AES/ECB/CCM/AAR co-processor (on the

fly packet encryption)

SoC Receiver Sensitivity: -95 dBm at 1Mbps

SoC TX power: programmable 9.75dBm to 7.75dBm.

LGA, 24 pins.

Integrated PCB trace antenna or u.FLconnector

Operation voltage: 1.7V to 5.5V

Operation temperature: - 4 0 ° C t o + 1 0 5 ° C

QDID:

FCC ID:

IC IC:

CE:

Japan TELEC:

Australia RCM:

Model Summaries

module BC833M BC833E

MCU nRF52833 QDAA nRf52833 QDAA

Flash/RAM 512KB/128KB 512KB/128KB

Size, mm 10x14.3x1.9 10x14.3

BT Antenna PCB trace dipole

BT range,1 Mbps, LMPI 1150 meters, est.

BT range, 1Mbps, 1.52m

850 meters, est.

BT range, 125 Kbps, LMPI. 1400 meters, est. 3400 meters, est

BT range, 125 kBps, 1.52m

1400 meters, est

Availability Sample Sample

Summary of content (26 pages)

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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 BluNor BC833 Series module is a powerful, highly flexible, ultra low power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) using Nordic nRF52833 Series SoC. With an ARM CortexTM M4F MCU, 512KB flash, 128 KB RAM, embedded 2.4GHz BLE transceiver, and an integrated PCB trace antenna. It allows faster time to market with reduced development cost. • Small Host PCB Area: Size of BC833 is 10x14.3mm. It includes inductors required for DCDC converter, 32MHz main crystal, 32.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Table Of Contents Specifications: ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 Model Summaries ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1. Introduction ............................................................................................
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 1. Introduction BluNor BC833 Series are powerful, highly flexible, ultra low power wireless modules using Nordic nRF52833 SoCs. With an ARM CortexTM M4F MCU, 512KB flash, 128KB RAM, embedded 2.4GHz BLE transceiver, and an integrated antenna, it allows faster time to market with reduced development cost. Antenna circuit, main clock, and sleep clock are integrated. All 18 GPIOs of nRF52833 QDAA can be accessed from main board.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 • Size 10x14.3mm • Bluetooth range with ANT060: 3400 meters at 125 Kbps, estimated.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 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 BC820 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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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 3. Product Descriptions Brief description of nRF52820/833 SoC is provided. For full description of the SoC, please download from Nordic Semiconductor website. https://www.nordicsemi.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Block Diagram of nRF52833 The following is a block diagram of Nordic nRF52833 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) SoC. Arrows with white heads indicate signals that share physical pins with other signals. The 32 bit ARM Cortex M4 MCU with hardware supports for DSP instructions, code density and execution speed are higher than other Cortex M MCU.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 brings predictable latency times for peripheral to peripheral interaction and power saving benefits associated with leaving CPU idle. The device has 2 global power modes ON/OFF, but all system blocks and peripherals have individual power management control which allows for an automatic switching RUN/IDLE for system blocks based only on those required/not required to achieve particular tasks. The radio supports Bluetooth low energy and ANT.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Mechanical Drawings The followings are mechanical drawings of BC833M/E. Size is 10x14.3mm.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Pin Assignments of BC833M The followings are BC833M pin assignment. Pin functions are in a table in next section. Please refer to Nordic nRF52833 Product Specifications for detailed descriptions and features supported.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Pin Function 11 Ver 0.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Mounting BC833M on the Host PCB The following figure shows recommended mounting of BC833M module on the host PCB. • For the best Bluetooth range performance, the antenna area of BC833M module shall extend 4.4 mm outside the edge of host PCB board, or 4.4 mm outside the edge of a ground plane. • The next choice is to place BC833M on a corner of host PCB, the antenna area shall extend 4.4 mm from the edge of ground plane.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 4. Bluetooth Range Measurements Bluetooth range measurement hex codes can be downloaded from Bluetooth Range Measurements section of this webpage. http://www.fanstel.com/download-document/ Description of measurement site, measurement methods, and range raw data are available at: https://www.fanstel.com/testreport/ Estimated Measurement Results Bluetooth ranges are measured for antennas at two heights. • 1.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 5. BC833M Evaluation Board An evaluation board consists of the followings: • Mini USB cable • Evaluation board • 10-conductor cable for connection to Nordic nRF52 DK (DK is not included) Nordic Development Tools A Nordic nRF52840 DK is recommended for programming this evaluation board. Nordic development tools can be downloaded from: https://www.nordicsemi.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Android OS Apps The following Android OS apps are available for download from Google Play Store: BlueNor nrf5x: to use with Bluetooth 5 stacks, AT commands, or Slave firmware. Master firmware does not connect to a smartphone. Source codes can be downloaded from http://www.fanstel.com/download-document/ BlueNor Mesh: to use with BlueNor mesh firmware to send command to any node in a mesh. Node number is displayed when acknowledgement is received.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 BC833M EvaluationBoard Schematics Evaluation board can be used as a reference design for using modules. Suggestion for Battery Power Application Standby current consumption is important for battery-powered product. Both 32 MHz main crystal, 32.768 kHz sleep crystal and load capacitors are inside module. Two inductors required for on-board DC to DC converter are inside BC833M/BC833E. You can enable DCDC converter to have lower power consumption.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 6. Production Preloaded Firmware Production testing codes are not erased before shipping from factory. To load your firmware, please erase the entire chip and re-program using instruction below. //program BT840 Bootloader+Softdevice+Application hex nrfjprog -f NRF52 --program BT840_AT_3in1PC181113.hex --chiperase --reset //The file BT840_AT_3in1PC181113.hex = softdevice S140v6.1.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Soldering Temperature-Time Profile for Re-Flow Soldering Maximum number of cycles for re-flow is 2. No opposite side re-flow is allowed due to module weight. Cautions, Design Notes, and Installation Notes Failure to follow the guidelines set forth in this document may result in degrading of the product’s functions and damage to the product.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 (2) For PCB layout: • • • Avoid running any signal line below module whenever possible, No ground plane below antenna, If possible, cut-off the portion of main board PCB below antenna. Installation Notes (1) Reflow soldering is possible twice based on the time-temperature profile in this data sheets. Set up the temperature at the soldering portion of this product according to this reflow profile.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Storage Notes (1)The module should not be stressed mechanically during storage. (2)Do not store these products in the following conditions or the performance characteristics of the product, such as RF performance will be adversely affected: • Storage in salty air or in an environment with a high concentration of corrosive gas. • Storage in direct sunlight • Storage in an environment where the temperature may be outside the range specified.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 • In liquid, such as water, salt water, oil, alkali, or organic solvent, or in places where liquid may splash. • 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.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Revision History • July 2020, Ver. 0.91: Initial draft release 22 Ver 0.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module 1. 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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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 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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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Industry Canada (IC) Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
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BC833M/E Compact BLE 5.2 Module Ver 0.91, July 2020 Information for the OEM and Integrators The following statement must be included with all versions of this document supplied to an OEM or integrator, but should not be distributed to the end user. (1) This device is intended for OEM integrators only. (2) Please see the full Grant of Equipment document for other restrictions. BC833M: PCB Antenna, -0.