Latest Bluetooth 5 SoCs deliver superior RF performance and enhanced cryptography acceleration

Mouser now stocks the EFR32BG12 and EFR32BG13 Blue Gecko SoCs from Silicon Labs. Part of the Wireless Gecko portfolio, these Bluetooth low energy SoCs deliver superior RF performance, enhanced cryptography acceleration, larger memory options, on-chip capacitive touch control, and additional low-power peripherals and sensor interfaces. Their SoCs integrate a high-performance 32-bit 40MHz ARM Cortex-M4 core with a 2.4GHz and sub-1GHz radio transceiver. The devices offer more memory than previous generations of Blue Gecko devices, with EFR32BG12 devices offering 1Mbyte of flash memory and 256kbytes of RAM, while the EFR32BG13 devices offer 512kbytes of flash memory and 64kbytes of RAM. This significant memory expansion makes it easier to develop complex, feature-rich IoT applications supporting multiple protocol stacks, real-time operating systems such as Micrium OS, backup images for devices and OTA updates for field upgrades to extend the life of IoT products. The company’s Blue Gecko SoCs are ideal for enabling energy-friendly Bluetooth 5 networking for IoT devices, wellness products, home and building automation, and smart metering.