Silicon Labs BGM220 Explorer Kit

The Silicon Labs BGM220 Explorer Kit is a cost-effective, compact development and evaluation platform for the BGM220P Bluetooth® Module. It incorporates a mikroBUS™ socket and Qwiic connector, enabling an easy addition of features using a wide range of readily available boards.

Programming the kit is straightforward with the use of a USB Micro-B cable and the onboard J-Link debugger. The kit also features a USB virtual COM port for serial connection to the target application. Additionally, the Packet Trace Interface (PTI) delivers essential debug information about transmitted and received packets in wireless links. The kit is compatible with Simplicity Studio™ and includes a Board Support Package (BSP) to facilitate application developers.

Users can connect external hardware to the kit through the 20 breakout pads, which display peripherals from the BGM220P Wireless Gecko such as I²C, SPI, UART, and GPIOs. The mikroBUS socket supports the insertion of mikroBUS add-on boards that interface with the BGM220P through SPI, UART, or I²C. The Qwiic connector enables the connection of hardware from the Qwiic Connect System via I²C.

Key Features:

• Compact Kit with EXP compatible breakouts
• Target device: BGM220PC22HNA
  • Secure Bluetooth 5.2 module
  • 76.8 MHz, ARM Cortex-M33 with 512 kB of flash and 32 kB RAM
  • Bluetooth 5.2 Radio with support for direction finding and LE coded PHY38.4 MHz HFXO crystal
  • 32.768 kHz LFXO crystal
  • 2.4 GHz matching network and a chip antenna
• On-board Board controller features J-Link debugger with SWD physical layer, packet trace over UART/async protocol, and virtual COM with hardware flow control
• USB Micro-B connector for debug connection
• User interface features include 1x button (with EM2 wake-up) and 1x LED
• Mini Simplicity Debug Connector (SLSDA001A compatible) with access to AEM, PTI, VCOM, SWD
• Third-party add-on connectors: mikroBus socket and Qwiic connector

Supporting Documents:

• Datasheet
• Getting Started Guide
• Simplicity Studio (Windows, Mac, Linux Installers)
• Qwiic Info Page