Overview

The PAN4620 is Panasonic’s Internet of Things dual mode module comprising the NXP® Kinetis® MKW41Z512CAT4 SoC – a 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 and Bluetooth Low Energy wireless radio microcontroller based on an ARM® Cortex® M0+.

Features

• UART, SPI, I²C, TSI, ADC, and DAC

• Same form factor and compatible pinout for VCC, GND, Reset, UART, I²C, and SWD as PAN1026, PAN1760, PAN1760A, and PAN1761

• Single and concurrent operation of IEEE 802.15.4 and Bluetooth Low Energy

• Open to various known application layers or proprietary solutions

• Surface Mount Type dimensions: 15.6 mm x 8.7 mm x 1.9 mm

• On module 32 MHz and 32 kHz crystal

• SoC: NXP Kinetis KW41Z – 2.4 GHz 802.15.4 and Bluetooth Low Energy 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

• Voltage range: 1.8 V to 4.2 V

• Temperature range: -40 °C to 85 °C

Characteristics

• Transceiver frequency range 2 360 MHz to 2 483.5 MHz

• Programmable transmitter output power: -30 dBm to 3.5 dBm (Power and sensitivity measured at chip output)

• Typical receiver sensitivity Bluetooth Low Energy @1Mbps: -95 dBm

• Typical receiver sensitivity typical for IEEE Standard 802.15.4 @250 kbps: -100 dBm

• Typical transmitter current consumption 7.6 mA (6.1 mA for Tx, 0dBm, 3.6 V)

• Typical receiver current consumption 8.4 mA (6.8 mA for RX, 3.6 V)

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2 compliant implementation certified by Bluetooth SIG

• Supporting software consisting of Bluetooth Low Energy host stack and profiles and IPv6 over Bluetooth Low Energy

• Bluetooth Developer Studio Plug-In

IEEE 802.15.4

• IEEE standard 802.15.4 compliant

• Supporting software consisting of 802.15.4 MAC/PHY implementation, Simple Media Access Controller (SMAC), and the NXP certified Thread stack