Extends GainSpan Wi-Fi product line with leading wireless IoT technology
GainSpan Corporation announced the GS780MIZ, a new low-power module that supports Bluetooth Smart technology, also previously known as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). With this module, GainSpan extends the product offering to its customers developing products for smart home, healthcare, industrial and commercial applications, and many consumer products.
Consuming peak RF current of 3.5 mA in receive mode and 4.3 mA at 0 dBm output power in transmit mode, GainSpan's GS780MIZ is among the lowest power consumption Bluetooth Smart modules available on the market today. It features a combination of technologies to help extend battery life for connected devices. Its adaptable RF technology enables adjustments to the power consumption during wireless operation to an optimal level, prioritizing current consumption or communication range depending on the distance. This flexibility dramatically lowers the power consumption during near-distance wireless communication.
The module shares many commonalities with GainSpan Wi-Fi modules. The module can be used in a serial to Bluetooth mode, where the customer application runs onto a host microcontroller and is connected to the GS780M through SPI or UART, using AT command. Alternatively with a built-in microcontroller, 256 Kbytes of Flash and 20 Kbytes of RAM, the module can be used in a standalone mode, with the customer application running on the GS780M.
The GS780MIZ module is based on the Renesas RL78/G1D microcontroller and was developed in close cooperation with Renesas Electronics America, extending a long relationship between the two companies.
GS780M Highlights
- Adds low power Bluetooth Smart connectivity to any device
- Certified module reduces development time, testing, and certification
- Best-in-class power consumption for increased battery life
Features
- Bluetooth Smart v4.1
- BT SIG qualified stack
- Hostless mode (No MCU) or Serial to BLE mode ( with MCU)
- Client or Server modes
- Up to 8 connections in Server mode
- Bluetooth Smart profiles and custom profiles
- Outstanding low-power consumption
- Over the air firmware upgrade
- Beacon stack
- BT Developer Studio Plug-in
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| GS780M Evaluation Development Board. |
Availability
The GS780MIZ module and development boards will be sampling in January 2016 with general availability planned for late this quarter through GainSpan authorized distributors. The module is currently being certified for US/Canada (FCC/IC), Europe (CE/ETSI), and Japan (TELEC). A longer range module, the GS780MEZ, will be introduced in Q2 2016.
