{"id":12522,"date":"2016-11-10T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T16:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/?p=12522"},"modified":"2016-11-10T11:50:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T16:50:56","slug":"silabs-bgm12x-worlds-smallest-bluetooth-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/silabs-bgm12x-worlds-smallest-bluetooth-module\/","title":{"rendered":"SiLabs BGM12x is the World\u2019s Smallest Bluetooth Module"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Silicon Labs introduces <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/community.silabs.com\/t5\/Official-Blog-of-Silicon-Labs\/Make-it-Small-Make-it-Fast-Make-it-First-Introducing-the-World-s\/ba-p\/182220\" target=\"_blank\">BGM12x<\/a><\/strong>, the industry\u2019s smallest Bluetooth low-energy SiP module with an integrated antenna,\u00a0offering a complete, cost-effective connectivity solution with no compromises in performance. Available in a tiny 6.5 mm x 6.5 mm package, the BGM12x Blue Gecko SiP module enables developers to miniaturize IoT designs by minimizing the PCB footprint including the antenna clearance area to 51 mm2 . Applications for this ultra-small, high-performance Bluetooth module include sports and fitness wearables, smartwatches, personal medical devices, wireless sensor nodes and other space-constrained connected devices.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12523\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bgm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12523\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12523\" src=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bgm.jpg\" alt=\"BGM12x: The World's Smallest Bluetooth SiP Module \" width=\"800\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bgm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bgm-580x335.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BGM12x: The World&#8217;s Smallest Bluetooth SiP Module<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>BGM12x Features Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best-in-class SiP module size: 6.5 mm x 6.5 mm x 1.5 mm<\/li>\n<li>Integrated chip antenna with exceptional RF performance (70% antenna efficiency) and an RF pad option for connecting to an external antenna<\/li>\n<li>Output power: +3 dBm to +8 dBm supporting ranges from 10 meters to 200 meters<\/li>\n<li>Based on Silicon Labs\u2019 Blue Gecko SoC combining a 2.4 GHz transceiver with a 40 MHz ARM Cortex-M4 processor core and 256 kB flash and 32 kB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Energy-efficient Bluetooth solution consuming 9.0 mA (peak receive mode) and 8.2 mA @ 0 dBm (peak transmit mode)<\/li>\n<li>Hardware cryptography accelerator supporting advanced AES, ECC and SHA algorithms<\/li>\n<li>Industry-proven Silicon Labs Bluetooth 4.2 stack with frequent feature enhancements<\/li>\n<li>Rapid time to market with global RF certifications<\/li>\n<li>Easy-to-use development tools: Simplicity Studio, Energy Profiler, BGScript<\/li>\n<li>Worldwide application engineering support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/community.silabs.com\/t5\/Official-Blog-of-Silicon-Labs\/Make-it-Small-Make-it-Fast-Make-it-First-Introducing-the-World-s\/ba-p\/182220\" target=\"_blank\">Silicon Labs Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicon Labs introduces BGM12x, the industry\u2019s smallest Bluetooth low-energy SiP module with an integrated antenna,\u00a0offering a complete, cost-effective connectivity solution with no compromises in performance. Available in a tiny 6.5 mm x 6.5 mm package, the BGM12x Blue Gecko SiP module enables developers to miniaturize IoT designs by minimizing the PCB footprint including the antenna clearance area to 51 mm2 . Applications for this ultra-small, high-performance Bluetooth module include sports and fitness wearables, smartwatches, personal medical devices, wireless sensor nodes and other space-constrained connected devices. BGM12x Features Overview: Best-in-class SiP module size: 6.5 mm x 6.5 mm x 1.5 mm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[1557,1558],"class_list":["post-12522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bgm12x","tag-ble-module"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12525,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12522\/revisions\/12525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}