Where To Start With Starter Development Kits: DA14580 Dev Kit

All flexibility to develop Bluetooth applications with confidence.

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DA14580 Development Kit
Credit: Dialog Semiconductor
Credit: Dialog Semiconductor

This DA14580 basic development kit from Dialog Semiconductor gives you all flexibility to develop with confidence. All of the DA14580’s I/Os are available and mapped on to expansion connectors. A debugger is provided on the PCB which in combination with SmartSnippets, Dialog’s complete software environment, enables you to program and test your applications.

  • What is the DA14580 Development Kit for? Developing Bluetooth applications.
  • How much does the DA14580 Development Kit cost? Currently available at $39.57.
  • What’s in the box? Board, battery, USB cable and quickstart guide.

Tech Specs of the DA14580 Development Kit

Processing power 16MHz 32bit ARM Cortex-M0 with SWD interface, dedicated link layer processor, AES-128 bit encryption processor
Memories 32kB One-Time-Programmable (OTP) memory, 42kB System SRAM, 84kB ROM, 8kB Retention SRAM
Power management Integrated Buck/Boost DC/DC converter, P0, P1, P2 and P3 ports with 3.3V tolerance, easy decoupling of only four supply pins, supports coin (typ. 3.0V) and alkaline (typ. 1.5V) battery cells, 10-bit ADC for battery voltage measurement
Digital controlled oscillators 16MHz crystal (±20ppm max) and RC oscillator, 32kHz crystal (±50ppm, ±500ppm max) and RCX oscillator
Digital interfaces General purpose I/Os: 14 (WLCSP34 package), 24 (QFN40 package), 32 (QFN48 package), 2 UARTs with hardware flow control up to 1MBd, SPI+ interface, I2C bus at 100kHz, 400kHz, 3-axes capable Quadrature Decoder
Analog interfaces 4-channel 10-bit ADC
Radio transceiver Fully integrated 2.4GHz, CMOS transceiver, single wire antenna: no RF matching or RX/TX switching required, supply current at VBAT3V: TX: 3.4mA, RX: 3.7mA (with ideal DC/DC), 0dBm transmit output power, -20dBm output power in ‘Near Field Mode’, -93dBm receiver sensitivity
Packages WLCSP 34 pins, 2.436×2.436mm; QFN 40 pins, 5x5mm; QFN 48 pins, 6x6mm;KGD (wafer, dice)

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Source Dialog Semiconductor
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