nRF51822 Bluetooth Smart Beacon KitReference Design - DISCONTINUED
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The nRF51822 Bluetooth® Smart Beacon Kit consists of hardware, firmware and apps for both iOS and Android on Bluetooth 4.0 enabled smartphones.
It is ultra-compact at 20 mm diameter and can run from CR1632 coin-cell batteries. The kit has two buttons which can be programmed to enable easy switching between modes and/or functionality, as well as an RGB LED which can be configured to indicate different events.
Ten GPIO pins are available for expansion and the kit can be connected to an external programmer/debugger during development work. The nRF51822 Bluetooth Smart Beacon Kit also supports complete Over-The-Air (OTA) Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) for all firmware on the nRF51822 chip.
Highlights:
Ultra-compact form factor (20 mm diameter)
Full OTA DFU for protocol stack and application
10 GPIO pins available on board
2 x buttons
1 x RGB LED
Fully programmable
Companion Apps available for iOS and Android 4.3
Kit contains:
1 x nRF51822 Bluetooth Smart Beacon Kit Module
Apps and source code available as downloads
Please note that this product is DISCONTINUED as of October 2018.