BLUE bean
BLUE bean is a high performance and ultra-low power surface mount USB module combining single-stream 11ac Wave2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® 5.0 in a very small form factor.
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BLUE bean is IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a/ac Wave2 dual-band wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.0 USB module optimised for small size and low power consumption.
It is based on Qualcomm QCA9377-7 chipset. Has an integrated dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) 1x1 802.11ac Wave2 WiFi (supporting MU-MIMO) and Bluetooth® 5.0 transceivers and combined in to very small form factor (17 x 12 mm with RF connector and 24 x 12mm with integrated antenna).
The radio module supports advanced power saving techniques. Bluetooth supports both Class1 and Class2 transmissions and advanced coexistence mechanisms allow it to work seamlessly with Wi-Fi ensuring good quality and high performance.
BLUE bean software drivers are available for Linux, Windows 10 and Android operating systems.
Specs
- Chipset
- QCA9377
- Wi-Fi radio
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wave2, 2.5 and 5 GHz, 1x1 SiSo, 433 Mbps data-rate
- Output power
- Up to 20 dBm
- Channel sizes
- 20/ 40/ 80 MHz
- Advanced features
- MU-MIMO
- BT radio
- Bluetooth v5.0, BLE, ANT+ and backwards compatibility with v1.x and v2.x + enhanced data rate
- Product versions
- BLUE bean A – integrated ceramic omni-directional dual-band antenna, BLUE bean C – connetorized version for external antenna
- Temperature range
- -40 to +85 C°
- Size
- 17 x 12 mm with connector and 24 x 12 mm with antenna
Development board details
- 1 - USB Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- 2 - Dual-band ceramic antenna
- 3 - Turn on/off WLAN and Bluetooth
- 4 - BLUE bean A module