Small Bluetooth Module MK01

  • Nordic® Semiconductor nRF52832 SoC solution
  • Bluetooth 5 (2Mbps CSA#2 Advertising Extensions)
  • 512kB Flash and 64kB RAM
  • Wide supply voltage range: 1.7 V to 3.6 V
  • Full set of digital interfaces including SPI/2-wire/I²S/UART/PDM/QDEC
  • NFC-A Tag
  • Dimension: 10.0×10.0x2.0mm (with shield)
  • 22 GPIOs
  • Antenna (MK01A – Ceramic chip antenna MK01B – u.FL connector)
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Product Instruction

MK01 series is a powerful, highly flexible, ultra low power tiny Bluetooth® 5 modules based on Nordic® Semiconductor nRF52832 SoC solution, which has a 32 bit Arm® Cortex™-M4 CPU with floating-point unit running at 64 MHz.

MK01 smallest Bluetooth module has an ultra-small size of 10mm x 10mm with 28 LGA (Land Grid Array) 0.4mm x 0.4mm pad pins providing 22 GPIOs (including 32.768 kHz crystal and reset pins) of nRF52832CIAA (WLCSP package).

MK01 series Bluetooth module has two different models — MK01A & MK01B.

MK01 Tiny Bluetooth Module Structure diagram
MK01A Smallest Bluetooth module

MK01A

MK01A integrates a high-performance ceramic chip antenna.

MK01B Smallest Bluetooth module

MK01B

MK01B uses a u.FL connector and requires an external antenna.

Product Specifications

DetailDescription
Bluetooth
Bluetooth versionBluetooth® Low Energy, Bluetooth® Mesh, 1M LE PHY, 2M LE PHY, Advertising Extensions, CSA #2
SecurityAES-128
LE connectionsConcurrent central, observer, peripheral, and broadcaster roles with up to twenty concurrent connections along with one observer and one broadcaster
Radio
Frequency2360MHz - 2500Mhz
ModulationsGFSK at 1 Mbps/ 2 Mbps data rates
Transmit power+4dBm maximum Configurable down to -40dBm
Receiver sensitivity-96 dBm in 1 Mbps Bluetooth® low energy mode
-89 dBm in 2 Mbps Bluetooth® low energy mode
-93 dBm in 1 Mbps ANT mode -30 dBm in whisper mode
AntennaMK01A - Ceramic chip, Peak Gain: 0.9dBi, Efficiency: -1.8dB (66%)
MK01B - Peak Gain: 3dBi, Efficiency: 85% (2.4GHz 3dBi Terminal Mount Dipole Antenna)
Current consumption
TX only (DCDC enabled, 3V) @ +4dBm / 0dBm / -4dBm / -20dBm / -40dBm7.5mA / 5.3mA / 4.2mA / 3.2mA / 2.7mA
TX only @ +4dBm / 0dBm / -4dBm / -20dBm / -40dBm16.6mA / 11.6mA / 9.3mA / 7.0mA / 5.9mA
RX only (DCDC enabled, 3V) @1Msps / 1Msps BLE5.4mA
RX only @ 1Msps / 1Mbps BLE11.7mA
RX only (DCDC enabled, 3V) @2Msps / 2Msps BLE5.8mA
RX only @ 2Msps / 2Mbps BLE12.9mA
System OFF mode(3V)0.3uA
System OFF mode with full 64 kB RAM retention(3V)0.7uA
System ON mode, no RAM retention, wake on RTC(3V)1.9uA
Mechanical Design
DimensionsLength: 10mm±0.2mm
Width: 10mm±0.2mm
Height: 2.0mm+0.1mm/-0.15mm
Package36 LGA (Land Grid Array) pads
PCB materialFR-4
Impedance50 Ω
Hardware
CPUARM® Cortex®-M4 32-bit processor with FPU, 64 MHz
Memory512 kB flash / 64 kB RAM
Interfaces3x SPI master/slave with EasyDMA
2x I2 C compatible 2-wire master/slave
22 GPIOs
7x 12bit, 200ksps ADC
3x real-time counter (RTC)
3x 4-channel pulse width modulator (PWM) unit with EasyDMA
UART (CTS/RTS) with EasyDMA
I 2 S with EasyDMA
Digital microphone interface (PDM)
Quadrature decoder (QDEC)
NFC-A Tag
Power supply1.7V to 3.6V
Operating temperature range-40 to 85 ℃
Clock controlInternal 32.768 kHz +/-250 ppm RC oscillator
Power regulatorInternal LDO regulator setup

Evaluation Board

MK01-KIT evaluation board is applicable for MK01A and MK01B mini Bluetooth® module. It is a full featured evaluation board that provides a complete I/O pin and debug pin(SWD) out to headers, external 32.768 kHz crystal setup, DC/DC regulator setup, power port over USB Type-C, NFC antenna FPC connector, one RESET button, one user button and one user RGB-LED. The evaluation boards also provide the option to be powered from a CR2032 coin cell battery and have current sense hole to allow for convenient current measurements.

development board for small bluetooth module mk01

Documentation

TypeTitleDate
Product BriefImage MK01_Bluetooth_Module_Datasheet.pdf12/29/2022