CC256x
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SWRS121B –JULY 2012–REVISED MAY 2013
Bluetooth® and Dual Mode Controller
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• Single-Chip Bluetooth Smart Ready Solution
Integrating Bluetooth Basic Rate
• Advanced Power Management for Extended
Battery Life and Ease of Design:
(BR)/Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)/Low Energy
(LE) Features Fully Compliant With the
Bluetooth 4.0 Specification Up to the HCI Layer
– On-Chip Power Management, Including
Direct Connection to Battery
– Low Power Consumption for Active,
Standby, and Scan Bluetooth Modes
– Shutdown and Sleep Modes to Minimize
Power Consumption
• BR/EDR Features Include:
– Up to 7 Active Devices
– Scatternet: Up to 3 Piconets Simultaneously,
1 as Master and 2 as Slaves
• Physical Interfaces:
– Up to 2 SCO Links on the Same or Different
Piconets
– Standard HCI Over H4 UART With Maximum
Rate of 4 Mbps
– Support for All Voice Air-Coding –
– Fully Programmable Digital PCM-I2S™
Codec Interface
• CC256x Bluetooth Hardware Evaluation Tool:
PC-Based Application to Evaluate RF
Performance of the Device and Configure
Service Pack
Continuously Variable Slope Delta (CVSD),
A-Law, μ-Law, and Transparent (Uncoded)
• LE Features Include:
– Supports Up to 6 Simultaneous Connections
– Multiple Sniff Instances that are Tightly
Coupled to Achieve Minimum Power
Consumption
– Independent Buffering for LE Allows Large
Numbers of Multiple Connections Without
Affecting BR/EDR Performance.
– Includes Built-In Coexistence and
Prioritization Handling for BR/EDR and LE
• Flexibility for Easy Stack Integration and
Validation into Various Microcontrollers, Such
as MSP430™ and Other MCUs
• Highly Optimized for Low-Cost Designs:
– Single-Ended 50-Ω RF Interface
– Package Footprint: 76 Pins, 0.6-mm Pitch,
8.10- x 7.83-mm mrQFN
• Best-in-class Bluetooth (RF) performance (TX
power, RX sensitivity, blocking)
– Class 1.5" TX Power Up to +12 dBm
– Internal Temperature Detection and
Compensation to Ensure Minimal Variation
in RF Performance Over Temperature, No
External Calibration Required
– Improved Adaptive Frequency Hopping
(AFH) Algorithm With Minimum Adaptation
Time
– Provides Longer Range, Including 2x Range
Over Other BLE-Only Solutions
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