NXP’s QN902x Bluetooth SoCs and development kit

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking QN902x ultra-low-power Bluetooth systems-on-chips (SoCs) and the QN9020 Bluetooth development kit from NXP Semiconductors. QN902x SoCs are highly integrated ultra-low-power, high-performance Bluetooth v4.0 Low Energy (BLE) solutions for Bluetooth Smart applications such as sports and fitness wearables, human interface devices, and app-enabled smart accessories.

NXP QN902x SoCs, available from Mouser Electronics, integrate a high-performance 2.4GHz radio frequency (RF) transceiver with a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller, 128 kBytes of flash memory, and 64 kBytes of system memory, providing additional signal processing and room to run applications for a true single-chip Bluetooth Smart solution. In addition to the BLE radio and microcontroller, QN902x SoCs incorporate the BLE protocol stack and profile software on a single chip, providing a flexible and easy-to-use BLE SoC solution. The SoCs include a four-channel 10-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC), two analog comparators, and up to 31 general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins. QN902x SoCs operate from a power supply range of 2.4 V to 3.6 V and have very low power consumption in all modes, enabling long lifetimes in battery-operated systems while maintaining excellent RF performance. In addition, engineers can use the QN902x as a network processor to add Bluetooth Smart connectivity to almost any product by connecting the SoC to an application processor via UART or SPI.

The NXP QN9020 Bluetooth development kit provides easy-to-access buttons, a piezo buzzer, and LEDs, allowing engineers to evaluate the onboard QN9020 SoC. The development board features a USB port for UART communications, a JLink debug interface, and a GPIO or optional sensor board connector is also included. The kit includes USB Bluetooth dongle, which works with the board as a pair for evaluation and debugging, and aUSB cable for power and data transfer.