Panasonic PAN4620 IEEE 802.15.4 + Bluetooth® low energy 4.2 module

The PAN4620 is Panasonic’s Internet of Things dual mode module comprising NXP’s Kinetis KW41Z SoC - a 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 and Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless radio microcontroller based on an ARM® CortexM0+ core.

To provide maximum flexibility, the module can be operated in standalone and hosted mode. With 512 kB flash memory and 128 kB SRAM the PAN4620 can easily be used as a standalone controller in very small and low power applications eliminating the need for an external processor, saving complexity, space and cost. But also the integration of 802.15.4 and/or BLE connectivity into existing applications can easily be achieved when using the PAN4620 in hosted mode.

Using the PAN4620 with a TX power consumption of 6.8 mA and an RX power consumption of 6.1 mA in combination with NXP’s certified Thread® stack, BLE stack or a combination of both for concurrent operation allows to meet IoT application requirements without the need for a gateway. Since Thread® does not define an application layer, various application layers can be used, such as dotdot, IoTivity, OpenDOF and others. 

Features

• IEEE® standard 802.15.4 compliant
• Bluetooth® LE 4.2 compliant implementation certified by BT SIG
• Single and concurrent operation of Thread® and BLE
• Open to various known application layers or proprietary solutions
• Same form factor and compatible pinout for VCC, GND, Reset, UART, I²C and SWD as PAN1026, PAN1760, PAN1760A and PAN1761
• Supporting software consisting of 802.15.4 MAC/PHY implementation, Simple Media Access Controller (SMAC) and certified Thread® stack
• Supporting software consisting of BLE host stack and profiles, BLE Mesh and IPv6 6LoBLE
• Bluetooth Developer Studio Plug-In
• Surface Mount Type (SMT) dimensions: 15.6 mm x 8.7 mm x 1.9 mm
• SoC: NXP® Kinetis® KW41Z – 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 and BLE 4.2 Wireless Radio Microcontroller
• Core: Up to 48 MHz 32 bit ARM® Cortex-M0+
• Memory: 512 kB of flash and 128 kB of SRAM