BGM220 EXPIORE KIT

Quick Overview

1. IntroductionThe BGM220 Explorer Kit has been designed to inspire customers to make IoT devices with the Silicon Labs BGM220P WirelessGecko Bluetooth® Module. The kit includes a mikroBUS™ socket and Qwiic® connector, allowing users to add features to the kit with alarge selection of off-the-shelf boards.Programming the BGM220 Explorer Kit is easily done using a USB Micro-B cable and the on-board J-Link debugger. A USB virtualCOM port provides a serial connection to the target application, and the Packet Trace Interface (PTI) offers invaluable debug informa-tion about transmitted and received packets in wireless links. The BGM220 Explorer Kit is supported in Simplicity Studio™ and a BoardSupport Package (BSP) is provided to give application developers a flying start.Connecting external hardware to the BGM220 Explorer Kit can be done using the 20 breakout pads which present peripherals from theBGM220P Wireless Gecko such as I2C, SPI, UART and GPIOs. The mikroBUS socket allows inserting mikroBUS add-on boards whichinterface with the BGM220P through SPI, UART or I2C. The Qwiic connector can be used to connect hardware from the Qwiic ConnectSystem through I2C