New global distribution agreement with leading NPI distributor supplying BLE modules

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with Fanstel Corporation, developers and manufacturers of Wi-Fi- and Bluetooth-enabled modules. Through the agreement, the company's product line including Nordic Semiconductor-based BlueNor and Toshiba-based BlueFan modules will be available. The BlueNor family devices are powerful, highly flexible, ultra-low-power BLE modules that incorporate a Nordic Semiconductor nRF52 SoC and an Arm Cortex microcontroller. The BlueNor BT832 Series modules each combine a Nordic nRF52832 SoC and an Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller with 512Kbytes of flash and 64Kbytes of RAM. All modules feature 128-bit AES encryption and support NFC-A tag interface for secure out-of-band (OOB) pairing. The BT832, BT832F, and BT832X integrate a PCB trace antenna, while the BT832XE includes a u.FL connector for an external antenna. Both the BT832X and BT832XE modules include a power amplifier, which provides a communication radius of 1170 meters for the BT832X module and 1350 meters for the BT832XE module (when an external antenna is connected). The BlueNor BT832A and BT832AF modules combine a Nordic nRF52810 SoC and an Arm Cortex-M4 microcontroller with 192 Kbytes of flash and 24Kbytes of RAM. The modules integrate a PCB trace antenna, providing an average Bluetooth transmit/receive range of 100m for the BT832A module and 270 meters for the BT832AF module. Fanstel’s BlueNor BT840 devices are ultra-low-power BLE modules that contain a Nordic nRF52840 SoC and Arm Cortex-M4F microcontroller with hardware support for DSP instructions and floating point operations, 1Mbyte of flash, and 256Kbytes of RAM. The modules also feature an Arm TrustZone Cryptocell-310 processor, which provides a security subsystem. The BT40F module — which supports Bluetooth protocols (2Mbps, 1Mbps, 500Kbps, and 125Kbps) IEEE 802.15.4 Thread, Zigbee, ANT/ANT+, and 2.4GHz proprietary protocols — integrates a PCB trace antenna that supports a Bluetooth communications range of 510m at 1Mbps and 930m at 125Kbps. The BWG832F is a low-cost Bluetooth 5–to–Wi-Fi gateway that transmits messages from a cloud server to any node in Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, or other point-to-multiple points applications. The gateway comprises a BlueNor BT832F Bluetooth 5 module and an Espressif ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC in a market-ready enclosure. At a data rate of 1Mbps, the gateway offers a Bluetooth communication range of 280m, making it perfect for home or small office implementations. The company's BlueFan family devices are based on Toshiba single-chip Bluetooth ICs. The BH661C is a dual-mode Bluetooth 4.2 module with a Toshiba TC35661 SoC. The module features an integrated chip antenna, SPP and GATT profiles, and HCI protocols and UART interface.