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8Devices BLUE bean

8Devices 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

 

 

Overview

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
Wireless standard
              802.11 a/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

 

Downloads

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