Bluetooth Networking Guide
Development website
  • Initial page
  • Introduction
  • Hardware
  • Dual radio with the Expansion Board
  • General considerations
  • Bluetooth device parameters
  • Searching for devices
  • Connecting to other Bluetooth module
  • Code examples and extended information
  • API Changelog
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  • Specifications
  • Electrical characteristic and power consumption

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Hardware

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Specifications

Main features of the Bluetooth module are listed below:

  • Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR. Class 2.

  • TX Power: 3 dBm

  • Antenna: 2 or 5 dBi

  • Up to 250 unique devices in each inquiry

  • Received Strength Signal Indicator (RSSI) for each scanned device

  • Class of Device (CoD) for each scanned device

  • 7 Power levels [-27 dBm, 3 dBm]

  • Scan devices with maximum inquiry time

  • Scan devices with maximum number of nodes

  • Scan devices looking for a certain user by MAC address

  • Classification between pedestrians and vehicles

Electrical characteristic and power consumption

The Libelium Bluetooth module is powered from 3.3 V. Next table shows average power consumption in different states of the modules.

Estate

Power consumption

Off

0

Sleep

<0.5 mA

On (Idle state)

2 mA

Inquiry at minimum power

33.5 mA

Inquiry at maximum power

36.5 mA

Libelium Bluetooth module