Broadcom Introduces Most Advanced WICED IoT Family

Broadcom Corporation introduced a new family of enhanced low-power (ELP) multi-protocol Bluetooth/802.15.4 combo systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) into its Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) portfolio. Broadcom’s WICED CORE ELP devices provide original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with the ideal platform for low-power Internet of Things (IoT) products and applications.

The WICED CORE ELP Bluetooth family delivers advanced technology for a wide range of IoT applications, including simultaneous multi-protocol support, the industry’s first 40nm flash memory in a communications SoC, low-power consumption and a common development platform. By integrating a host of features including increased processor speed, FPU and DSP libraries, more applications RAM and significant flash memory on a chip the size of a fingernail, Broadcom enables OEMs to create more complex applications and employ a wireless MCU that scales across a much wider product set than solutions available today.

Broadcom’s WICED CORE ELP includes:

• BCM20719 which supports both Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart protocols
• BCM20729 which supports Zigbee and 6LoWPAN protocols
• BCM20739 which supports Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart and IEEE 802.15.4 protocols

Key Features of the WICED CORE ELP Family:

• ARM Cortex CM4 MCU with FPU and DSP extensions and a clock speed up to 100Mz
• Common platform for simplified application development and seamless connection to mobile devices and mesh networks
• 512 KB RAM for complex applications
• 1MB flash memory for program and data storage including support for over-the-air updates
• Integrated Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart and Zigbee 3.0 software stacks
• Advanced sleep and latency management circuitry
• High performance radio frequency (RF)
• Compliant with Bluetooth 4.2 specification
• Expansive set of IO including precision A/D convertors

o    Support for UART, SPI, Quad-SPI and Serial Control interfaces for interfacing to external nonvolatile memories, peripheral ICs, and sensors

• On-chip, multi-channel ADC for measuring sensor inputs, battery level, and more
• On-chip AES 256 encryption engines with support for RSA, MD5, ECC and secure element
• Native wireless charging support for A4WP and Airfuel

Availability

Broadcom’s WICED CORE ELP family is now sampling.