CSR announces that Microchip Technology has launched its new Bluetooth® Smart module based on the CSR1012™ solution. Microchip is a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions and has developed the BLE RN4020 module, an easy and complete turnkey solution, which takes CSR’s industry proven and highly flexible Bluetooth Smart ICs to a wider range of customers.
The FCC and ETSI compliant module gives developers access to CSR’s market-leading Bluetooth Smart technology. The module is supported by Microchip’s MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment, which provides developers with access to a large library of example Bluetooth Smart development code. This eases and accelerates prototype production and enables developers to get their products to market quicker.
Microchip chose CSR as a Bluetooth Smart chip supplier due to CSR’s strong reputation for Bluetooth technology and because the two companies share an established history of supporting customers through to the end of a product’s lifecycle.
CSR1012 provides a smaller form factor package ensuring that the module has minimal impact on size constrained designs. Measuring 11.5 × 19.5 × 2.5 mm, the RN4020 module has a built-in PCB antenna with 7 dBm transmit power and a receive sensitivity of -92.5 dBm, enabling operation over 100 metres.
