BLYST Nano

The arrival of Bluetooth 5 was a significant leap forward for the IoT developer community, especially with its new Bluetooth Mesh functionality, which connects more devices and more sensors. Nearly four billion devices are expected to be shipped with Bluetooth technology in 2018. Bluetooth is driving innovation and creating new markets for wireless audio, wearables, tracking assets, building automation, lighting, sensor farms, etc… With a design based on the Nordic nRF52832 SoC, combining a low power 64 MHz ARM Cortex-M4F and the 2.4 GHz radio in a single chip, the BLYST Nano SoM (System on Module) is the perfect way to catch this new Bluetooth IoT wave driven by both Bluetooth 5 and Bluetooth Mesh.

The BLYST Nano is low power and small enough, at 10 x 7 x 1.6 mm, for wearable and sensor applications.
With 30 programmable I/O pins, it's versatile enough to fit any control and automation application.
With a hardware floating point unit, algorithms can be directly implemented on the device, allowing more realtime sensor fusion processing.
It is a complete System on Module with all required components (crystals, coils, DC/DC, etc.) built-in and ready to use. So you don't need to take up more board space with add-on components needed to support a given module.

BLYST Nano Module Features

Built-in ceramic antenna
Built-in coils for low power DC/DC mode
Built-in 32 MHz & 32.768 MHz crystal for low power
Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.6 mm
No extra PCB spaces or any external components required on users' application board
All I/O pins of the nRF52832 are exposed to pads around the edges of the module to take full advantage of the nRF52832 and for easy assembly without compromise
FCC & CE certified

nRF52832 Features

Single chip, highly flexible, 2.4 GHz multi-protocol SoC
32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F Processor
1.7 V to 3.6 V operation
512 kB flash + 64 kB RAM
Supports concurrent Bluetooth low energy/ANT protocol operation
On-chip NFC tag for Out-of-Band (OOB) pairing
Up to +4 dBm output power
-96 dBm sensitivity, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Thread safe and run-time protected
Event driven API
On air compatible with nRF24L and nRF24AP series
2 data rates (2 Mbps/1 Mbps)
PPI - maximum flexibility for power-efficient applications and code simplification
Automated power management system with automatic power management of each peripheral
Configurable I/O mapping for analog and digital I/O
3 x Master/Slave SPI
2 x Two-wire interface (I²C)
UART (RTS/CTS)
3 x PWM
AES HW encryption
12-bit ADC
Real Time Counter (RTC)
Digital microphone interface (PDM)

Processing Power

The nRF52832 incorporates a powerful Cortex-M4F processor enabling the most demanding applications with complex arithmetic requirements to be realized in a single chip solution. The IC supports DSP instructions, a Floating Point Unit (FPU), single-cycle multiply and accumulate, and hardware divide for energy-efficient processing of computationally complex operations.

Multiprotocol Radio

The 2.4 GHz radio supports multiple protocols including Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT, and 2.4 GHz proprietary. The radio has high definition RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) and highly automated functionality, including EasyDMA for direct memory access during packet send and retrieve. Nordic provides protocol stacks for Bluetooth Low Energy. ANT protocol stacks are available directly from ANT.

Power Efficiency

The nRF52832 SoC is an extremely power efficient device that can run from a supply that provides 1.7 V to 3.6 V. All individual peripherals and clocks can flexibly power down when not required for task operation, thus minimizing power consumption. The IC has a comprehensive system of automated and adaptive power management features. These features range across the entire IC’s operation, from power supply switching to peripheral bus/EasyDMA memory management, to automated shut down of all but the absolute essential peripherals required to perform a task.

On-chip NFC Tag

NFC™-A tag support is included on-chip. Out-of-Band (OOB) pairing using NFC simplifies the process of authenticated pairing between two Bluetooth devices by exchanging authentication information over an NFC link.

Sensor Board

The Sensor Board pledge level

The Sensor Board is a 34 mm diameter round board pre-assembled with a BLYST Nano module. It has a suite of sensors on-board including: temperature, humidity, pressure, air quality, and motion sensing. And it has all the components you’d need to run a stand-alone sensor node with data logging.

Features

BLYST Nano comes assembled on the board
Bosch BME680 - Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Gas (Air Quality index)
ICM-20948 - 9 axis IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) for acceleration, gyroscope, and compass sensors with on-chip digital motion processor to offload computation of motion processing algorithms
Breakout pins for NFC, I/O, UART, a buzzer
EEPROM
Flash memory
RGB LED
Two pushbuttons
Battery retainer for CR2450

Breakout Board

The Breakout Board pledge level

The Breakout Board is designed to make it easy for you to build prototypes by breaking out all 30 I/O pins and adding some LED indicators and easy pushbuttons.

BLYST Nano comes assembled to the board
Two user-defined pushbuttons
Three user-defined LEDs
Pads for a coin-cell battery holder (not included) - using ML-621S batteries
Standard 2.54 mm (.100 inch) holes for headers (not included)

IDAP-Link CMSIS-DAP Debug JTAG

The IDAP-LinkTM is a low cost CMSIS-DAP JTAG debug probe with enhanced features. It does a lot more than just debugging. The unit appears as a USB disk drive on the host computer. This allows firmware flashing easily by copying the firmware file over without requiring any special flashing software and will work instantly with Windows, Linux & OSX operating systems. It provides a UART to USB bridge for communication between the target device and the PC. It also provides regulated 3.3 V power to directly power the target device over USB without an additional power source.

Features

Supports both SWD & JTAG mode
Debug compatibility with most IDEs such as Keil, CrossWorks, Eclipse, etc..
Onboard 3.3 V regulator to power the target device
UART to USB bridge for communication between target and PC up to three MBaud
Firmware flashing by simple drag & drop file copy
microSD slot for flash programming without a PC

Flashing software for Nordic nRF5x series

Parallel flashing software for gang programming
Full support readback protection
Flashing Softdevice + App + DFU without requiring mergehex

Download IDAP-Link software & documentation

BLYST Nano Software Development Resources

How BLYST Nano Compares

Model	BLYST Nano	Taiyo Yuden EYSHCNZWZ	Raytec MDBT42	Murata MBN52832	InsightSIP ISP1507	Rigado BMD-350	Fanstel BC832
Dimensions (mm)	10 x 7 x 1.6	12.9 x 9.6 x 2.0	13.8 x 8.8 x 1.9	7.4 x 7 x 1.0	8 x 8 x 1.0	8.7 x 6.4 x 1.5	7.8 x 8.8 x 1.3
Antenna	Yes	Yes	Yes	Requires external components	Yes	Yes	Yes
Requires extra PCB space for supporting components	No	No	For crystal & DC/DC	For crystal & antenna	18 mm min antenna keep out	For crystal	For crystal & DC/DC
Builtin low power DC/DC	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Builtin low power crystal	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
I/O	30	30	30	18	30	30	30
Hand-assembly prototyping	Easy pads - edge only	Difficult bottom pads	Intermediate bottom pads	Difficult bottom pads	Very difficult LGA pads	Difficult bottom pads	Very difficult LGA pads

Fulfillment Schedule & Shipping Details

The products are ready for production. The lead time for production is approximately six weeks, and we’ll start production as soon as the campaign ends and funds are transferred.

Crowd Supply will be shipping all orders from their warehouse in Portland, Oregon. For more information on shipping and fulfillment logistics, see The Crowd Supply Guide. You can see the status of your order by logging in to your Crowd Supply account.