Infineon Technologies has added eight new products to its AIROC™ CYW20829 Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 microcontroller (MCU) family. These include System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions and modules designed for industrial, consumer, and automotive applications. The CYW20829 family is designed to reduce both the cost and size of devices, making them ideal for use in products like PC accessories, low-energy audio devices, wearables, solar microinverters, asset trackers, health gadgets, and smart home systems. A key addition to this lineup is the AIROC CYW89829 Bluetooth Low-Energy MCU, which is specifically designed for automotive uses, such as car access systems and wireless battery management systems (wBMS). This MCU offers strong RF performance, a long range, and supports the latest Bluetooth 5.4 features, like Periodic Advertising with Responses (PAwR).
The chip's dual ARM Cortex cores allow separate handling of Bluetooth tasks and other applications, supporting Bluetooth 5.4 with low power usage and 10 dBm output power without needing an external amplifier. It includes flash memory, CAN FD, cryptography accelerators, and high security features like Root of Trust (RoT) and PSA level 1 readiness. These features ensure reliable connectivity and security, making the chip suitable for consumer and industrial applications, including commercial lighting and industrial IoT. Bluetooth 5.4 capabilities, such as Periodic Advertising with Responses and Encrypted Advertising Data, have been used to develop secure monitoring and control systems for industrial robots.
