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NINA B1 Bluetooth low energy module

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Pin-out
  3. Features
  4. Block diagram
  5. Other resources
  6. Development kit
  7. Examples from ARM mbed

Fully certified Bluetooth low energy module with Arm® Cortex®-M4 with FPU and NFC /media/uploads/lenalbertsson/nina-b1-angle_small.png

Overview

The NINA-B1 stand-alone Bluetooth low energy module is a compact module with very low power consumption and is suitable for applications using coin cell batteries. The module is built on the Nordic nRF52832 SoC with Bluetooth low energy v5.0 radio, Arm® Cortex®-M4 with FPU processor and NFC tag. With the use of the Arm Mbed IDE a customer developed application and/or Bluetooth services/attributes can be embedded on top of the integrated software stack and tools.

The NINA-B1 is a stand-alone product with no additional hardware required. Additional sensors such as temperature sensor, accelerometers, LEDs etc., can be connected directly to the module. The module is offered in professional grade for applications such as health care, asset tracking, connected cities, home automation, smart energy, manufacturing and telematics.

The NINA-B1 modules are fully Bluetooth qualified and provide global modular approval. They are also compliant with safety and medical standards.

Pin-out

/media/uploads/lenalbertsson/nina-b1-pinout.png A = Analog function capable pin

Features

  • u-blox NINA-B1 Bluetooth low energy v5.0 module
  • Based on Nordic nRF52832
  • High performance Arm® Cortex®-M4 with FPU
    • 64 MHz (80 DMIPS)
    • 512 kB flash
    • 128 kB RAM
  • Resources available for customer application
    • 400 kB flash
    • 56 kB RAM
  • Optimized for ultra-low power operation
  • On-chip NFC tag
  • Real Time Counter (RTC)
  • 19 GPIO pins
    • 7 analog capable pins
    • 1 UART
    • 3 SPI
    • 2 I2C
    • PWM output
    • Analog comparator
    • Low-power analog comparator
  • Power supply 1.7-3.6VDC
  • Two module versions available:
    • NINA-B111 module antenna pin for external antenna
      • TX power: +7 dBm
      • RX sensitivity: -98 dBm
      • Size 10x11 mm
    • NINA-B112 module with integrated antenna
      • TX power: +6 dBm
      • RX sensitivity: -97 dBm
      • Size 10x14 mm
  • -40°C to +85°C operating temperature
  • Bluetooth SIG qualified
  • Regulatory type approvals
    • Europe
    • US
    • Canada
    • Japan
    • Taiwan
    • Australia
    • South Korea
    • Brazil
    • South Africa

Block diagram

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Other resources

You can find detailed information about the NINA-B1 module on the NINA-B1 page and specifically in these documents:

NINA-B1 Data SheetData sheet for the NINA-B1 module
NINA-B1 System Integration ManualDescribes how to integrate the NINA-B1 module in an end product, and information such as how to create a local target for Arm Mbed OS 5 for custom boards based on the NINA-B1 module

Development kit

For evaluation and development the EVK-NINA-B1 development kits are available, which provides connectors for all interfaces, debugger etc.

Examples from ARM mbed

Arm Mbed OS Bluetooth low energy examplesBluetooth low energy examples from Arm Mbed and information about pre-requisites
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