They achieve low current consumption and are suitable for use in Bluetooth Smart devices, such as wearable technology, medical equipment, smartphone accessories, remote controls and a variety of emerging IoT solutions.
ESR (equivalent series resistance) characteristics that are usually lost when a crystal is miniaturised, are preserved, says Murata, describing the XRCED series. It is, says the company, the world’s smallest high precision crystal unit for use in mobile equipment and modules that use wireless technology such as WiFi and Bluetooth.
Claimed to be the smallest Bluetooth low energy SiPs available, the BGM121 and BGM123 Blue Gecko are based on Silicon Labs’ Blue Gecko wireless SoC. The SiP module with a built-in chip antenna is now available from Mouser Electronics.
Bluetooth 5 is due to be officially adopted by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). It introduces up to four times the range or twice the raw data bandwidth of Bluetooth 4.2 to increase opportunities for smart home, wearables, and IoT applications.
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