Bluetooth® Low Energy Beacon Reference Design

BLUETOOTH-BEACON

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The Bluetooth low energy beacon reference design is a compact form factor, open source design, which can be used with the popular beacon profiles such as iBeacon, Eddystone, and custom NXP® beacon profile. The Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon reference design is powered by the KW30Z system on-chip (SoC), which includes an Arm® Cortex™-M0+ processor together with a 2.4 GHz radio for Bluetooth Low Energy.

Note: QN9090/30 is preferred for any new Bluetooth LE design. No new software releases planned

Block Diagram

Bluetooth Beacon

BLE Beacon Reference Design Block Diagram
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Supported Devices

Wireless Connectivity

Bluetooth Low Energy

  • KW30Z: Kinetis® KW30Z-2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy 4.1 Microcontroller based on Arm® Cortex®-M0+

Features

Compatibility

  • Complete suite of software with the firmware for Bluetooth low energy stack, iBeacon and custom beacon firmware, Android™ and iOS apps

Buy Options

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  • USB-KW40Z
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  • USB Dongle, Kinetis W MCU, KW40Z, KW30Z, KW20Z.

  • Kit contains:

    • USB-KW40Z packet sniffer/dongle
    • Quick Start Guide
  • $103.50 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
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  • FRDM-KW40Z
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  • Freedom Development boards for Kinetis KW20Z, KW30Z and KW40Z MCUs.

  • Kit contains:

    • 2 FRDM-KW40Z Freedom development boards
    • Quick Reference Card
    • 2 USB cables
  • $224.25 USD
  • For a quantity of 1
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