September 2007
LMX9838
Bluetooth® Serial Port Module
1.0 General Description
The on-chip Patch RAM provided for lowest cost and risk, al-
lows the flexibility of firmware upgrade.
The National Semiconductor LMX9838 Bluetooth Serial Port
module is a fully integrated Bluetooth 2.0 baseband controller,
2.4 GHz radio, crystal, antenna, LDO and discreets; com-
bined to form a complete small form factor (10 mm x 17 mm
x 2.0 mm) Bluetooth node.
The module is lead free and RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous
Substances) compliant. For more information on those quality
standards, please visit our green compliance website at
http://www.national.com/quality/green/
All hardware and firmware is included to provide a complete
solution from antenna through the complete lower and upper
layers of the Bluetooth stack, up to the application including
the Generic Access Profile (GAP), the Service Discovery Ap-
plication Profile (SDAP), and the Serial Port Profile (SPP).
The module includes a configurable service database to fulfil
service requests for additional profiles on the host. Moreover,
the LMX9838 is qualified as a Bluetooth endproduct, ready to
be used in the end application without additional testing and
license cost.
Based on National’s CompactRISC® 16-bit processor archi-
tecture and Digital Smart Radio technology, the LMX9838 is
optimized to handle the data and link management process-
ing requirements of a Bluetooth node.
2.0 Features
Complete Bluetooth 2.0 Stack including
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Baseband and Link Manager
Protocols: L2CAP, RFCOMM, SDP
Profiles: GAP, SDAP, SPP
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High Integration: Includes Antenna, crystal, EEPROM,
LDO
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Supporting up to 7 active Bluetooth data links and 1 active
SCO link
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Class 2 operation
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UART Command/Data port speed up to 921.6kbits/s
Advanced Audio Interface for external PCM codec
Better than -80dBm input sensitivity
FCC certified: FCC ID: ED9LMX9838
IC certified: IC-1520A-LMX9838
CE Self certified
The firmware supplied in the on-chip ROM memory offers a
complete Bluetooth (v2.0) stack including profiles and com-
mand interface. This firmware features point-to-point and
point-to-multipoint link management supporting data rates up
to the theoretical maximum over RFComm of 704 kbps. The
internal memory supports up to 7 active Bluetooth data links
and one active SCO link.
Bluetooth SIG QD ID: B012394
Compact Size: 10mm x 17mm x 2.0mm
3.0 Functional Block Diagram
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