UDOO is known for their Linux boards based on NXP and Intel processors for makers and the education market such as UDOO NEO or UDOO x86, but the company has now developed UDOO BLU and BLU SENSE battery powered modules based on Texas Instruments CC2650 ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller, both with Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, and 6LOWPAN connectivity, and the SENSE model adds some extra sensors.
UDOO BLU and BLU SENSE specifications:
- Wireless MCU – Texas Instruments CC2650 ARM Cortex M3 MCU @ 48 MHz with 128KB flash, 8KB SRAM with 2.4 GHz radio
- Connectivity – Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), ZigBee, 6LoWPAN
- Sensors (BLU SENSE only) – NXP FX0S8700CQ accelerometer & magnetometer sensor, NXP FXAS21002C gyroscope & temperature sensor
- Expansion
- 1x 5-pin sensors Snap-In I2C connector for UDOO Bricks
- 2x 10-pin headers with 8x Digital GPIOs, 6x ADCs, 1x I2C, 1x SPI, 1x UART
- Misc – 3x User Configurable LEDs (Red, Yellow, Green), 2x buttons
- Power Supply
- CR2032 battery holder
- 2-pin header for external power supply up to 5.5V
- Dimensions – 45mm x 35mm
The full documentation and resources for the boards are not ready yet, but an Android Library to manage the UDOO BLU board using BLE has been released on Github.
The company is already taking pre-orders for BLU ($17.50) and BLU SENSE ($19.50), and more information may be found on UDOO BLU product page. The company is also attending DROIDCON Italy 2017 in Milan, where you’ll be able to see BLU boards, and other UDOO boards in action, and the company will give some boards away as part of a Hackathon on April 8-9.
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