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onsemi RSL15

RSL15 - Bluetooth® 5.2 Secure Wireless MCU

onsemi RSL15 - top side of the chip

RSL15 is an ultra−low power secure Arm® Cortex®−M33 processor−based Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 wireless MCU designed for connected smart devices in industrial and medical applications. With built-in power management, a wide supply voltage range, flexible GPIO and clocking scheme and an extensive set of peripherals, the RSL15 offers maximum design flexibility for high performance and ultra-low-power applications. The RSL15 includes 80 kB RAM and is available in 284 kB or 512 kB Flash options.

  • Industry leading general-purpose microcontroller (MCU)
  • Industry’s Lowest Power Flash-based Secure Bluetooth Low Energy MCU
  • Latest in Embedded Security with Root of Trust
  • Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 with Long Range and Localization

The comprehensive yet easy to use Software Development Kit (SDK) contains drivers, libraries, sample code, development tools and mobile apps:

 

Key features

  • Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 Certified with Key Features:
    • Up to 10 simultaneous connections
    • Long Range (Coded PHY)
    • 2 Mbit PHY (High Speed)
    • Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD)
    • Advertising Extensions
    • Backwards compatibility and support for earlier Bluetooth Low Energy specifications including 5.1, 5.0, 4.2, 4.1 and 4.0
  • Ultra−low Power Operation:
    • Sleep Mode (GPIO Wakeup) @ 3 V VBAT: 36 nA
    • Sleep Mode (Crystal Oscillator, RTC Timer Wakeup) @ 3 V VBAT: 81 nA
    • Smart Sense Mode allows some digital and analog peripherals to remain active to monitor and acquire data from external sensors at a very low system−level power consumption
    • Continuous ADC operation in Smart Sense Mode with wakeup on ADC threshold @ 3 V VBAT: 186 nA
    • Peak Rx Current 1 Mbps @ 3V VBAT: 3 mA
    • Peak Tx Current 0 dBm Output Power @ 3 V VBAT: 4.3 mA
    • Non−Connectable Advertising at 5 s Intervals @ 3 V VBAT: 1.1 uA (Average)
    • Connectable Advertising at 5 s Intervals @ 3 V VBAT: 1.3 uA (Average)

 

  • Rx Sensitivity (BLE Mode, 1 Mbps): −96 dBm
  • Rx Sensitivity (BLE Mode, 2 Mbps): −94 dBm
  • Configurable Tx Power: −17 dBm to +6 dBm
  • Data Rate of 62.5 kbps to 2000 kpbs
  • Arm Cortex−M33 processor clocked up to 48 MHz
  • Cybersecurity Platform with Arm CryptoCell™−312 for End−to−end Product Security with Secure Boot, Root of Trust, Lifecycle Management, Secure Key Management, and Application and Data Security
  • Arm TrustZone® to enable secure execution zones
  • Two Flash Memory Sizes Available, 284 kB Flash (NCH−RSL15−284−101Q40−ACG) or 512 kB Flash (NCH−RSL15−512−101Q40−ACG)
  • 80 kB RAM (64 kB user RAM, 16 kB RAM for Baseband)
  • Flexible Power Management: 1.2 V – 3.6 V VBAT. Directly connect 1.5 V Silver−oxide or 3 V Coin Cells without any external active components
  • Two SPI ports with QSPI capability

 

Applications

  • Industrial automation and sensing
  • Connected medical sensors
  • Wearables
  • Asset tracking
  • Electronic tags and access control
  • Electronic labels
  • Data loggers
  • Smart appliances
  • Energy harvesting switches

 

Product overview

Product Compliance Data Transmission Standard Frequency Band (MHz) Package
type
NCH-RSL15-284-101Q40-ACG Pb-free/
Halide free
Bluetooth Low Energy 2400-2480 QFN-40
NCH-RSL15-512-101Q40-ACG  Pb-free/
Halide free
Bluetooth Low Energy 2400-2480 QFN-40

 

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