Recently, RF-Star, a pioneer in the wireless IoT arena, has released a new BLE module RF-BM-ND10 which further enriches its Nordic nRF52 line portfolio.

The RF-BM-ND10 module measuring 33.0*17.7* 2.1 mm, is built on top of the Nordic Semiconductor's chip nRF52833, an ultra-low power SoC that supports multiple protocols such as Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread, ZigBee and proprietary 2.4 GHz etc.. It also supports AOA/AOD functions featured by Bluetooth 5.1 for precise indoor positioning with accuracy of 30 cm. The nRF52833 features a 64 MHz 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4 core with a floating-point unit, 512KB flash memory and 128KB RAM, 42 GPIOs and a series of analog and digital interfaces such as NFC-A tags, ADC, UART/SPI/TWI, PWM, I2S and PDM interfaces.

Features of RF-BM-ND10

• 2Mbps high speed mode：it doubles the ordinary speed of 1Mbps, and greatly enhanced the transmission efficiency
• Precise indoor positioning：Based on BLE5.1 standard, it supports AOA/AOD, with highest positioning accuracy of 30 cm.
• Bluetooth Mesh：Support original nRF5 SDK for Mesh.
• External antenna：It features a first generation IPEX socket for mounting an external antenna.
• Wide working voltage range: 1.7V~3.6V.

Application Scenarios

RF-Star RF-BM-ND10 is very suitable for a variety of industrial, commercial and consumer application scenarios,  including commercial lighting, asset tracking, smart home, wearable devices and gaming equipment etc.

Smart Lighting

Adding RF-BM-ND10 module to LED lights, users can control dimmers and adjust  brightness, color and mode of the LED light with an APP.

Asset Tracking

The positioning technology based on AOA/AOD and RSSI can realize reliable and accurate asset tracking. With asset tracking and monitoring, companies can visualize where their goods are located throughout the supply chain.

Smart Home

Using the RF-BM-ND10 module, you can effectively build a home information network, integrating various home appliances into an organic web, on top of which one can  realize centralized and remote management of all home appliances.

Wearable Device

With a built-in RF-BM-ND10 module, a wearable device can  interconnect with other smart terminals, thus one can collect and transmit vital data about the human body or the surrounding environment for various applications.

Specifications of RF-BM-ND10