EFR32BG13 Blue Gecko Bluetooth Low
Energy SoC Family Data Sheet
The Blue Gecko Bluetooth Low Energy family of SoCs is part of
KEY FEATURES
the Wireless Gecko portfolio. Blue Gecko SoCs are ideal for ena-
bling energy-friendly Bluetooth 5 networking for IoT devices.
32-bit ARM Cortex-M4 core with 40
MHz maximum operating frequency
The single-die solution provides industry-leading energy efficiency, ultra-fast wakeup
512 kB of flash and 64 kB of RAM
times, a scalable power amplifier, an integrated balun and no-compromise MCU fea-
Pin-compatible across EFR32BG families
tures.
(exceptions apply for 5V-tolerant pins)
12-channel Peripheral Reflex System
Blue Gecko applications include:
enabling autonomous interaction of MCU
peripherals
IoT Sensors and End Devices
Autonomous Hardware Crypto Accelerator
Health and Wellness
and True Random Number Generator
Home and Building Automation
Precision Low Frequency Oscillator meets
Accessories
BLE Sleep Clock accuracy requirements
Human Interface Devices
Integrated PA with up to 19 dBm (2.4
GHz) or 20 dBm (Sub-GHz) tx power
Metering
Integrated balun for 2.4 GHz
Commercial and Retail Lighting and Sensing
Robust peripheral set and up to 31 GPIO
Core / Memory Clock Management Energy Management Other
H-F Crystal H-F
Voltage
CRYPTO
Oscillator RC Oscillator Voltage Monitor
Regulator
TM
ARM Cortex M4 processor Flash Program
Auxiliary H-F RC Precision L-F
with DSP extensions, FPU and MPU Memory CRC
Oscillator RC Oscillator
DC-DC
Power-On Reset
Converter
L-F Crystal L-F RC True Random
Oscillator
Oscillator Number Generator
LDMA Brown-Out
ETM Debug Interface RAM Memory Ultra L-F RC
Controller Detector SMU
Oscillator
32-bit bus
Peripheral Reflex System
Radio Transceiver Serial I/O Ports Timers and Triggers Analog I/F
Interfaces
RFSENSE
Sub GHz
DEMOD
I ADC
External
LNA USART Timer/Counter Protocol Timer
Interrupts
RF Frontend
Analog
PGA IFADC
Comparator
PA
Low Energy General Low Energy Low Energy
Q
TM
UART Purpose I/O Timer Sensor Interface
IDAC
To Sub GHz
receive I/Q
AGC
RFSENSE Capacitive
mixers and PA
2
2.4 GHz I C Pin Reset Pulse Counter Watchdog Timer
Touch
I
Frequency
LNA
MOD VDAC
Synthesizer Real Time
RF Frontend
BALUN
Pin Wakeup Counter and Cryotimer
Op-Amp
PA Calendar
To 2.4 GHz receive To Sub GHz
Q
I/Q mixers and PA and 2.4 GHz PA
Lowest power mode with peripheral operational:
EM0Active EM1Sleep EM2Deep Sleep EM3Stop EM4Hibernate EM4Shutoff
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RAC BUFCEFR32BG13 Blue Gecko Bluetooth Low Energy SoC Family Data Sheet
Feature List
1. Feature List
The EFR32BG13 highlighted features are listed below.
Low Power Wireless System-on-Chip Wide selection of MCU peripherals
12-bit 1 Msps SAR Analog to Digital Converter (ADC)
High Performance 32-bit 40 MHz ARM Cortex -M4 with
DSP instruction and floating-point unit for efficient signal
2 Analog Comparator (ACMP)
processing
2 Digital to Analog Converter (VDAC)
Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) for advanced debugging
3 Operational Amplifier (Opamp)
512 kB flash program memory
Digital to Analog Current Converter (IDAC)
64 kB RAM data memory
Low-Energy Sensor Interface (LESENSE)
2.4 GHz and Sub-GHz radio operation
Multi-channel Capacitive Sense Interface (CSEN)
Transmit power:
Up to 31 pins connected to analog channels (APORT)
2.4 GHz radio: Up to 19 dBm
shared between analog peripherals
Sub-GHz radio: Up to 20 dBm
Up to 31 General Purpose I/O pins with output state re-
tention and asynchronous interrupts
Low Energy Consumption
8 Channel DMA Controller
9.5 mA RX current at 1 Mbps, GFSK, 2.4 GHz
12 Channel Peripheral Reflex System (PRS)
8.4 mA RX current at 38.4 kbps, GFSK, 169 MHz
2 16-bit Timer/Counter
8.5 mA TX current at 0 dBm output power at 2.4 GHz
3 or 4 Compare/Capture/PWM channels
35.3 mA TX current at 14 dBm output power at 868 MHz
1 32-bit Timer/Counter
69 A/MHz in Active Mode (EM0)
3 Compare/Capture/PWM channels
1.3 A EM2 DeepSleep current (16 kB RAM retention and
RTCC running from LFRCO)
Precision Low Frequency RC Oscillator (PLFRCO)
High Receiver Performance
32-bit Real Time Counter and Calendar
-103.3 dBm sensitivity at 125 kbit/s GFSK, 2.4 GHz
16-bit Low Energy Timer for waveform generation
-94.8 dBm sensitivity at 1 Mbit/s GFSK, 2.4 GHz
32-bit Ultra Low Energy Timer/Counter for periodic
wake-up from any Energy Mode
-91.5 dBm sensitivity at 2 Mbit/s GFSK, 2.4 GHz
16-bit Pulse Counter with asynchronous operation
-102.7 dBm sensitivity at 250 kbps DSSS-OQPSK, 2.4 GHz
2 Watchdog Timer with dedicated RC oscillator
-126.2 dBm sensitivity at 600 bps, GFSK, 915 MHz
3 Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/
-120.6 dBm sensitivity at 2.4 kbps, GFSK, 868 MHz
2
Transmitter (UART/SPI/SmartCard (ISO 7816)/IrDA/I S)
-107.4 dBm sensitivity at 4.8 kbps, OOK, 433 MHz
Low Energy UART (LEUART )
-112.2 dBm sensitivity at 38.4 kbps, GFSK, 169 MHz
2
Supported Modulation Formats 2 I C interface with SMBus support and address rec-
ognition in EM3 Stop
2/4 (G)FSK with fully configurable shaping
Wide Operating Range
BPSK / DBPSK TX
1.8 V to 3.8 V single power supply
OOK / ASK
Integrated DC-DC, down to 1.8 V output with up to 200 mA
Shaped OQPSK / (G)MSK
load current for system
Configurable DSSS and FEC
Standard (-40 C to 85 C) and Extended (-40 C to 125 C)
Supported Protocols
temperature grades available
Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth 5)
Support for Internet Security
Proprietary Protocols
General Purpose CRC
Wireless M-Bus
True Random Number Generator
Selected IEEE 802.15.4g SUN-FSK PHYs
2 Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration for AES 128/256,
Low Power Wide Area Networks
SHA-1, SHA-2 (SHA-224 and SHA-256) and ECC
Suitable for Systems Targeting Compliance With:
QFN32 5x5 mm Package
FCC Part 90.210 Mask D, FCC part 15.247, 15.231, 15.249
QFN48 7x7 mm Package
ETSI Category I Operation, EN 300 220, EN 300 328
ARIB T-108, T-96
China regulatory
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