NINA-B1 series - System Integration Manual
UBX-15026175 - R09
System description
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System description
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Overview and applications
The NINA-B1 series modules are small stand-alone Bluetooth low energy modules featuring Bluetooth 5, a
powerful Arm
®
Cortex
®
-M4 with FPU, and state-of-the-art power performance. The embedded low power crystal
in NINA-B1 minimizes power consumption, thus extending the battery life.
The NINA-B1 is delivered with u-blox connectivity software that provides support for u-blox Bluetooth low
energy Serial Port Service, GATT client and server, beacons, NFC™, and simultaneous peripheral and central roles
– all configurable from a host by using AT commands.
NINA-B1 offers full flexibility for customers who prefer to add their application to run on the built-in
Cortex-M4 with FPU. With 512 kB flash and 64 kB RAM, it offers the best-in-class capacity for customer
applications running on top of the Bluetooth low energy stack using SDK from Nordic Semiconductor or
Arm
®
Mbed™. Additionally, NFC and interfaces such as SPI, I
2
C, and I
2
S are available, and features like Bluetooth
Mesh, AirFuel, and Apple HomeKit are also supported. In combination with Wirepas Connectivity stack, NINA-B1
can form large scale industrial mesh networks for several applications, such as lighting, asset tracking, and
metering.
NINA-B112 comes with an internal antenna and NINA-B111 has a pin for use with an external antenna. The
internal PIFA antenna is specifically designed for the small NINA-B1 form factor and provides an extensive range
of more than 300 m, independent of ground plane and component placement.
The module is globally certified for use with the internal antenna or a range of external antennas. This reduces
time and effort for customers integrating NINA-B1 in their designs.
Table 1: NINA-B1 series main features summary
