Announcing the RN4020

Bluetooth® Low Energy Module

Dave Richkas

Bluetooth Product Line Manager

Wireless Products Division

June 24th, 2014

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Announcing at Sensors Expo

RN4020 Bluetooth® Low Energy Module

– Stack-onboard style module

– Simple ASCII Command interface

– Flexible Bluetooth SIG profile support

– MLDP (Microchip Low-energy Data Profile)

– Scripting for standalone operation

– Field upgradable

PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board for development

– RN4020 paired with an eXtreme Low Power PIC® MCU

– Multiple options for programming and experimentation

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Microchip’s Bluetooth® Portfolio

RN41 / 41N RN42 / RN42N RN52 RN4020

Type Class 1

Bluetooth 2.1

Class 2

Bluetooth 2.1

Class 2

Bluetooth 3.0 Bluetooth LE

Interfaces UART / USB

Analog spk and mic,

i2S, SPDIF, PCM,

UART

UART

Profiles SPP / HID / iAP / HCI

A2DP / ARVCP /

HSP / HFP / SPP /

iAP

GATT, Health,

Fitness, Proximity,

etc.; Custom data

Power 3.3 VDC

Antenna ceramic on board PCB

Size (mm) 13.4 x 25.8 x 2.0 13.4 x 30 x 3.0 11.5 x 19.5 x2.5

Certifications BT SIG / FCC / CE / ICS

New

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Target Markets

Applications Description

Wireless Pulse

Sensors

Chest strap or home medical monitoring; low-power, battery-

operated with long coin cell battery life.

“Find Me” Tags,

Key FOBs, Toys,

etc.

Bluetooth® LE Sensor sounds off when find-me application on

phone triggers it.

Proximity-Sensor

Applications

Home-entry doors that automatically unlock upon approach.

Pet doors that unlock when pet is approaching. Instant-pay

applications.

Clinical

Applications

Pulse oximeters, thermometers, scales, blood-pressure cuffs,

blood-glucose sensors, urinalysis, etc.

Consumer

Appliances/

Home Automation

Support for Bluetooth LE in this space allows the smartphone to

communicate simple “remote control” commands in Low Energy

mode vs. Classic mode.

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RN4020 Block Diagram

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Features and Benefits

A complete “stack-onboard” solution – Enables use with any MCU with a UART, or standalone

Bluetooth® 4.1 compliant / Bluetooth SIG certified – Standards based for compatibility

– All standard profiles are onboard

Regulatory approvals – Worldwide regulatory certification enables broad market deployment.

– FCC, IC, CE, etc.

ASCII Command set over UART – Enables easy integration into embedded designs, with or without a

Microcontroller

Unique No-Compile scripting – Scripts can be written using the ASCII commands, and do not require

special tools or compiling of code

– Enables the module to collect data and communicate over BTLE in standalone mode

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Features and Benefits, Continued…

Unique MLDP for Custom data streaming – Microchip’s Low-energy Data Profile enables developers to stream data

over an BTLE connection

– Preloaded on the module

Compact size of 11.5 x 19.5 x 2.5 mm – Easily integrates into designs

Field Upgradable – Easily update Profiles over BTLE or the UART Interface

Flexible RN4020 Development Board – PICtail™ interface enables code development, leveraging investments

in Microchip PIC® development boards

– Develop code via a terminal program on your PC, interfaced over the available USB port

– The onboard PIC18 MCU can be custom programmed via the available PICkit™ serial programmer / debugger interface

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RN4020 BTLE Dev. Board

– RN4020 BTLE Module

– Bluetooth® 4.1 Compliant with

7 dBm output power

– Connection and data status LEDs

– USB to UART Interface, to quickly

get started (backside)

– PICtail™ and PICtail Plus

interfaces for connection to

Microchip development boards

– eXtreme Low Power PIC18F25K50

MCU onboard (backside)

Part# RN-4020-PICtail Price: $49

– PICkit™ serial programmer

/ debugger interface to

PIC18 MCU

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Bluetooth® Low Energy RN4020 Module

• Complete solution - Stack onboard

- All standard BT SIG profiles + Microchip’s

Low-energy Data Profile (MLDP)

- Built-in antenna

• Transmit Power: 7.0 dBm typical

• RX Sensitivity: -92.5 dBm

• UART command interface

• Bluetooth® 4.1 compliant

• Bluetooth SIG certified

• International regulatory certifications

• Compact size: 11.5 x 19.5 x 2.5 mm

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Find out more at:

www.microchip.com/RN4020

Note: The Microchip name and logo, and PIC are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated

in the U.S.A. and other countries. PICtail, and PICkit are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. in the U.S.A.

and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.

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Backup Slide

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BTLE Services Supported

Service Bitmap Used in Profiles Device Information 0x80000000 Blood Pressure, Cycling Speed Cadence, Glucose, Health

Thermometer, Heart Rate, Running Speed Cadence

Battery 0x40000000

Heart Rate 0x20000000 Heart Rate

Health Thermometer 0x10000000 Health Thermometer

Glucose 0x08000000 Glucose

Blood Pressure 0x04000000 Blood Pressure

Running Speed Cadence 0x02000000 Running Speed Cadence

Cycling Speed Cadence 0x01000000 Cycling Speed Cadence

Current Time 0x00800000 Time

Next DST Change 0x00400000 Time

Reference Time Update 0x00200000 Time

Link Loss 0x00100000 Proximity

Immediate Alert 0x00080000 Find Me, Proximity

TX Power 0x00040000 Proximity

Alert Notification 0x00020000 Alert Notification

Phone Alert Status 0x00010000 Phone Alert Status

Scan Parameters 0x00004000 Scan Parameters

Location & Navigation 0x00001000 Location & Navigation

User Defined Private Service 0x00000001 User Defined Private Profile