Data Sheet
Table Of Contents
- 1 Overview and Key Features
- 1.2 Application Areas
- Features and Benefits
- 2 Specifications
- 3 Hardware Specifications
- 3.1 Block Diagram and Pin-out
- 3.2 Pin Definitions
- 3.3 Electrical Specifications
- 4 Functional Description
- 4.1 Power Management (includes brown-out and power on reset)
- 4.2 Clocks and Timers
- 4.3 RF
- 4.4 UART Interface
- 4.5 SPI Bus
- 4.6 I2C Interface
- 4.7 General Purpose I/O, ADC and PWM/FREQ
- 4.8 nRESET Pin
- 4.9 nAutoRUN Pin
- 4.10 RM1xx VSP Service and Modes
- 4.11 Two-Wire SWD Programming/Debug Interface
- 4.12 RM1xx on-board chip antenna characteristics
- 5 Hardware Integration Suggestions
- 6 Mechanical Details
- 7 Application Note for Surface Mount Modules
- 8 FCC and IC Regulatory Statements
- 9 CE Regulatory
- 10 EU Declarations of Conformity
- 11 Ordering Information
- 12 Bluetooth SIG Qualification
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5 Hardware Integration Suggestions .................................................................................................................................... 25
5.1 Circuit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25
5.2 PCB Layout on Host PCB – General .......................................................................................................................... 27
5.2.1 BLE Chip Antenna Keep-out on Host PCB ........................................................................................................ 27
5.2.2 Antenna Keep-out and Proximity to Metal or Plastic ...................................................................................... 28
5.3 LoRa External Antenna Integration with RM1xx ...................................................................................................... 29
6 Mechanical Details ............................................................................................................................................................ 29
6.1 RM1xx Mechanical Details ....................................................................................................................................... 29
6.2 Host PCB Land Pattern and Antenna Keep-out for RM1xx....................................................................................... 30
7 Application Note for Surface Mount Modules .................................................................................................................. 31
7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 31
Shipping ................................................................................................................................................................................. 31
7.2 Reflow Parameters ................................................................................................................................................... 32
8 FCC and IC Regulatory Statements .................................................................................................................................... 33
8.1 Power Exposure Information ................................................................................................................................... 34
OEM Responsibilities ............................................................................................................................................................. 34
9 CE Regulatory .................................................................................................................................................................... 38
9.1 Antenna Information ................................................................................................................................................ 38
10 EU Declarations of Conformity ..................................................................................................................................... 38
10.1 RM186-SM ................................................................................................................................................................ 38
11 Ordering Information.................................................................................................................................................... 40
11.1 General Comments .................................................................................................................................................. 40
12 Bluetooth SIG Qualification .......................................................................................................................................... 40
12.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 40
12.2 Additional Assistance ............................................................................................................................................... 41