Silicon Labs BG22 BLUETOOTH® Wireless SoC Explorer Kit

Silicon Labs BG22 BLUETOOTH® Wireless SoC Explorer Kit is an ultra-low-cost, small form factor development and evaluation platform for the EFR32BG22 Gecko Wireless Bluetooth System-on-Chip. The Explorer Kit provides the necessary tools for developing a Silicon Labs wireless application. The BG22 Explorer Kit includes a mikroBUS™ socket and Qwiic® connector, allowing users to add features to the kit with a large selection of off-the-shelf boards.

Programming the Silicon Labs BG22 Bluetooth Wireless SoC Explorer Kit is easily done using a USB Micro-B cable and the onboard J-Link debugger. A USB virtual COM port provides a serial connection to the target application, and the Packet Trace Interface (PTI) offers invaluable debug information about transmitted and received packets in wireless links. The BG22 Bluetooth Wireless SoC Explorer Kit is supported in Simplicity Studio™ and a Board Support Package (BSP) is provided to give application developers a flying start.

Connecting external hardware to the Silicon Labs BG22 Bluetooth Wireless SoC Explorer Kit can be done using the 20 breakout pads which present peripherals from the EFR32BG22 Wireless Gecko such as I2C, SPI, UART, and GPIOs. The mikroBUS socket allows inserting mikroBUS add-on boards that interface with the EFR32BG22 through SPI, UART, or I2C. The Qwiic connector can be used to connect hardware from the Qwiic Connect System through I2C.

Features

  • EFR32BG22 Wireless Gecko SoC (EFR32BG22C224F512IM40)
  • High-performance 2.4GHz radio
  • 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M33 with 76.8MHz maximum operating frequency
  • 512kB flash and 32kB RAM
  • User LED and push button
  • 20-pin 2.54 mm breakout pads
  • mikroBUS™ socket
  • Qwiic® connector
  • SEGGER J-Link on-board debugger
  • Virtual COM port
  • Packet Trace Interface (PTI)
  • USB-powered

Kit Contents

  • BRD4103A Explorer Kit BG22 SoC
  • USB Type-A to Micro-USB cable

Videos

Kit Layout

Location Circuit - Silicon Labs BG22 BLUETOOTH® Wireless SoC Explorer Kit

Block Diagram

Block Diagram - Silicon Labs BG22 BLUETOOTH® Wireless SoC Explorer Kit

Silicon Labs BG22 BLUETOOTH® Wireless SoC Explorer Kit