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    Apollo3 Blue

    Connected and Smart

    Apollo3 Blue introduces Bluetooth® Low Energy to the popular Apollo3 platform for connected devices. Discover the endless possibilities of endpoint AI devices in the connected world.

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    The QFN packaging for Apollo3 Blue SoC is available now with enhanced versatility and ease of integration for a wide range of smart home and IoT applications.

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    Tomorrow’s Connected World Made Inevitable

    01

    Smarter Homes

    Elevate the smart home experience without forfeiting on battery life.

    02

    Healthier Lives

    Low sleep power and a rich set of peripherals enable medical devices to track health metrics all day long.

    03

    More Connected

    Ultra-low power processing meets connectivity on Apollo3 Blue’s Bluetooth® Low Energy radio for IoT endpoint devices.

    04

    Increasingly Personalized

    Tailor to the individual with ultra-low power turboSPOT® that inspires wearables, smart home, and IIoT devices to do more.

    Specifications

    Ultra-Low Supply Current

    • 6 μA/MHz executing from flash or RAM at 3.3 V
    • 1 μA deep sleep mode (Bluetooth Low Energy Off) with RTC at 3.3 V (Bluetooth Low Energy in SD)

    High-Performance Arm Cortex-M4 Processor

    • Up to 48 MHz nominal clock frequency with 96 MHz performance TurboSPOT Mode
    • Floating Point Unit (FPU)
    • Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
    • Wake-up interrupt controller with 32 interrupts

    Integrated Bluetooth Low Energy Module

    • RF sensitivity: -93 dBm (typical)

    Ultra-Low Power Memory

    • Up to 1MB of flash memory for code/data
    • Up to 384KB of low power RAM for code/data
    • 16KB 2-way Associative/Direct-Mapped Cache

    Ultra-Low Power Interface for On- and Off-Chip Sensors

    • 14-bit ADC, 15 selectable input channels available
    • Up to 2.67 MS/s sampling rate
    • Voltage Comparator (VCOMP)
    • Temperature sensor with ±3°C accuracy after calibration

    Ultra-Low Power Flexible Serial Peripherals

    • ISO7816 Secure interface
    • 1x 2/4/8-bit SPI master interface (MSPI)
    • 6x I2C/SPI masters for peripheral communication
    • 1x I2C/SPI slave for host communications
    • 2x UART modules with 32-location Tx and Rx FIFOs
    • PDM for mono and stereo audio microphones
    • 1x 12S slave for PDM audio pass-through

    Rich Set of Clock Sources

    • 32.768 kHz Crystal (XTAL) oscillator
    • Low Frequency RC (LFRC) oscillator (1.024 kHz)
    • High Frequency RC (HFRC) oscillator (48 MHz)
    • RTC based on Ambiq’s AM08X5/18X5 family

    Wide Operating Range

    • 1.755-3.63 V, -40°C to 85°C

    Applications

    • Voice-on-SPOT compatible for always-listening keyword detect, audio command recognition and voice assistant integration in battery-powered devices including: - Bluetooth® headsets, earbuds, and truly wireless earbuds - Remote and Gaming Controls - Smart home
    • Wearables including smart watches and fitness/activity trackers
    • Hearing aids, Digital Health Monitoring and Sensing Devices
    • Smart Home Automation, Security and Lighting control applications

    Package Options

    • 5 mm x 5 mm, 81-pin BGA with 50 GPIO
    • 3.25 mm x 3.37 mm, 66-pin WLCSP with 37 GPIO
    • 8 mm x 8 mm, 64-pin QFN with 38 GPIO

    Ordering Information

    • AMA3B1KK-KBR-B0 (384KB, 81-pin BGA)
    • AMA3B1KK-KCR-B0 (384KB, 66-pin WLCSP)
    • AMAP31KK-KCR (non-Bluetooth Low Energy, 384KB, 66-pin WLCSP)
    • AMA3B1KK-KQR-B0 (384KB, 64-pin QFN)
    • AMA3BEVB (EVB)

    Where to Buy

    Apollo3 Blue Evaluation Board
    AMA3BEVB
    Apollo3 Blue BGA AMA3B1KK-KBR-B0

    Apollo3 Blue BGA
    AMA3B1KK-KBR-B0
    Apollo3 Blue CSP AMA3B1KK-KSR-B0

    Apollo3 Blue WLCSP
    AMA3B1KK-KCR-B0

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    Parameters

    SoC Frequency

    SoC

    SoC CoreMark®Power Efficiency

    NVM

    SRAM

    Voltage

    ADC

    UART

    I/O

    MSPI Master

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    Audio

    Display

    Graphics

    Security

    Connectivity

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    Tx Output Power

    Packages

    Ordering Information

    Apollo510

    96 MHz
    250 MHz turboSPOT

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M55 with Helium, DMA

    Contact Ambiq

    4MB

    3.75MB

    1.71-2.2 V

    12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    4

    I²C/SPI Master (8x) 1x full-duplex/1x half-duplex I²C/SPI Slave USB 2.0 FS/HS SDIO v3.0/eMMC (2x) Support for multiple I/O voltages ranging 1.14 to 3.63V

    1/2/4/8-bit wide (2x) up to 96 MT/s (SDR/DDR) 1/2/4/8/16-bit wide (2x) up to 250 MT/s (SDR/DDR)

    I²S Master/Slave (2x) full-duplex with ASRC (1x)

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (1x) Low Power Audio ADC (1x) PLL for Precision Audio

    SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI MIPI DSI at 1.5 Gbps (2 lanes) 4-layer Display Controller Memory in Pixel (MiP) Interface

    2D/2.5D GPU with anti-aliasing, dithering, and vector graphics acceleration

    secureSPOT 3.0 Arm TrustZone®

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    • 6.6 x 6.6 mm, BGA w/ 183 GPIO
    • 4.9 x 4.7 mm, CSP w/ 144 GPIO

    • AP510NFA-CBR (BGA)
    • AP510NFA-CCR (CSP)

    Apollo4 Blue Plus

    96 MHz, 192 MHz turboSPOT

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA, Arm Cortex-M0 for Bluetooth Low Energy

    29 µW/MHz

    2MB

    2.75MB

    1.71-2.2 V

    12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    4

    I²C/SPI Master (7x) I²C/SPI Slave USB 2.0 FS/HS SDIO v3.0/eMMC (1x)

    1/2/4/8-bit wide (2x) 1/2/4/8/16-bit wide (KXR pkg only) up to 96 MT/s (SDR/DDR)

    I²S Master/Slave (2x) , full-duplex with ASRC

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (4x) Low Power Stereo Audio ADC (1x)

    SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI MIPI DSI at 500 Mbps (1 lane) 4-layer Display Controller

    2D/2.5D GPU with anti-aliasing, dithering, and vector graphics assist

    secureSPOT 2.0 Secure Boot, Root of Trust

    Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4

    -95 dBm

    Up to +6 dBm

    • 4.7 x 4.7 mm, BGA-131 w/ 81 GPIO

    • AMA4B2KP-KXR (BGA)
    • AMA4B2KP-KBR (BGA)
    • AMAP4BPXEVB (EVB)

    Apollo4 Blue Lite

    96 MHz, 192 MHz turboSPOT

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA, Arm Cortex-M0 for Bluetooth Low Energy

    38 µW/MHz

    2MB

    1.4MB

    1.71-2.2 V

    12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    4

    I²C/SPI Master (7x) I²C/SPI Slave SDIO v3.0/eMMC (1x)

    1/2/4/8-bit wide (2x) 1/2/4/8/16-bit wide up to 96 MT/s (SDR/DDR)

    I²S Master/Slave, full-duplex

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (1x)

    SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI

    2D/2.5D GPU with anti-aliasing and dithering

    secureSPOT 2.0 Secure Boot, Root of Trust

    Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4

    -95 dBm

    Up to +6 dBm

    • 4.7 x 4.7 mm, BGA-131 w/ 75 GPIO

    • AMA4B2KL-KXR (BGA)
    • AMA4BLEVB (EVB)

    Apollo4 Lite

    96 MHz, 192 MHz turboSPOT

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA

    38 µW/MHz

    2MB

    1.4MB

    1.71-2.2 V

    12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    4

    I²C/SPI Master (8x) I²C/SPI Slave SDIO v3.0/eMMC (1x)

    1/2/4/8-bit wide (2x) 1/2/4/8/16-bit wide up to 96 MT/s (SDR/DDR)

    I²S Master/Slave (2x) full-duplex

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (1x)

    SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI

    2D/2.5D GPU with anti-aliasing, and dithering

    secureSPOT 2.0 Secure Boot, Root of Trust

    Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4

    -95 dBm

    Up to +6 dBm

    • 5 x 5 mm, BGA-146 w/ 84 GPIO

    • AMAP42KL-KBR (BGA)
    • AMAP4LEVB (EVB)

    Apollo4 Plus

    96 MHz 192 MHz turboSPOT

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA

    29 µW/MHz

    2MB

    2.75MB

    1.71-2.2 V

    12-bit, 11-channel, up to 2.8 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    4

    I²C/SPI Master (8x) I²C/SPI Slave USB 2.0 FS/HS SDIO v3.0/eMMC (1x)

    1/2/4/8-bit wide (2x) 1/2/4/8/16-bit wide up to 96 MT/s (SDR/DDR)

    I²S Master/Slave (2x) full-duplex with ASRC

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (4x) Low Power Stereo Audio ADC (1x)

    SPI 3-wire/4-wire Dual/QuadSPI MIPI DSI at 500 Mbps (2 lanes) 4-layer Display Controller

    2D/2.5D GPU with anti-aliasing, dithering, and vector graphics assist

    secureSPOT 2.0 Secure Boot, Root of Trust

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    -

    • 5 x 5 mm, BGA-146 w/ 105 GPIO

    • AMAP42KP-KBR (BGA)
    • AMAP4PEVB (EVB)
    • AMAP4PDISP (Display Kit)

    Apollo3 Blue Plus

    48 MHz, 96 MHz turboSPOT

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA, Arm Cortex-M0 for Bluetooth Low Energy

    33 µW/MHz

    2MB

    768KB

    1.755-3.63 V

    14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    2

    I²C/SPI Master (6x)

    1/2/4/8-bit wide (3x) up to 48 MT/s (SDR) ISO7816 Master

    I²S Slave for PDM, Audio Pass-through

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (1x)

    SPI 3-wire/4-wire, Dual/QuadSPI

    -

    secureSPOT w/ Secure Boot

    Bluetooth Low Energy 5

    -93 dBm

    Up to +3 dBm

    • 5.3 x 4.3 x 0.8 mm, BGA-108 w/ 74 GPIO

    • AMA3B2KK-KBR (BGA)
    • AMA3B2EVB (EVB)

    Apollo3 Blue

    48 MHz, 96 MHz turboSPOT

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA, Arm Cortex-M0 for Bluetooth Low Energy

    33 µW/MHz

    1MB

    384KB

    1.755-3.63 V

    14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    2

    I²C/SPI Master (6x) I²C/SPI Slave

    1/2/4/8-bit wide up to 48 MT/s (SDR) ISO7816 Master

    I²S Slave for PDM, Audio Pass-through

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (1x)

    SPI 3-wire/4-wire

    -

    secureSPOT

    Bluetooth® Low Energy 5

    -93 dBm (typical)

    Up to +3 dBm

    • 5 x 5 mm, BGA-81 w/ 50 GPIO
    • 3.25 x 3.37 x 0.51 mm, CSP-66 w/ 37 GPIO
    • 3.25 x 3.37 x 0.34 mm, CSP-66 w/ 37 GPIO (Thin)
    • 8 x 8 mm, QFN-64 w/ 38 GPIO

    • AMA3B1KK-KBR-B0 (BGA)
    • AMA3B1KK-KCR-B0 (CSP)
    • AMA3B1KK-KCR-TB (Thin CSP)
    • AMA3B1KK-KQR-B0 (QFN)
    • AMA3BEVB (EVB)

    Apollo3

    48 MHz 96 MHz turboSPOT®

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F, DMA

    33 µW/MHz

    1MB

    384KB

    1.755-3.63 V

    14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    2

    I²C/SPI Master (6x) I²C/SPI Slave

    1/2/4/8-bit wide up to 48 MT/s (SDR) ISO7816 Master

    I²S Slave for PDM Audio Pass-through

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (1x)

    SPI 3-wire/4-wire

    -

    secureSPOT®

    -

    -

    -

    • 5 x 5 mm, BGA-81 w/ 50 GPIO
    • 3.25 x 3.37 mm, CSP-66 w/ 37 GPIO

    • AMAP31KK-KBR (BGA)
    • AMAP31KK-KCR (CSP)
    • AMA3BEVB

    Apollo2

    48 MHz

    32-bit Arm Cortex-M4F

    39 μW/MHz

    1MB

    256KB

    1.755-3.63 V

    14-bit, 15-channel, up to 2.67 MS/s Sampling Rate ADC

    2

    I²C/SPI Master (6x)

    -

    I²S Slave for PDM Audio Pass-through

    PDM stereo DMIC interface (1x)

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    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    • 4.5 x 4.5 mm, BGA-64 w/ 50 GPIO
    • 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.51 mm, CSP-49 w/ 34 GPIO
    • 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.33 mm, CSP-49 w/ 34 GPIO (Thin)

    • AMAPH1KK-KBR (BGA)
    • AMAPH1KK-KCR (CSP)
    • AMAPH1KK-KCR-TB (Thin CSP)
    • AMAPHEVB (EVB)

    Apollo

    24 MHz

    32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4F

    92 μW/MHz

    512KB

    64KB

    2.2-3.8 V

    10-bit, 13-channel, up to 800 kSps Sampling Rate ADC

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    • 4.5 mm x 4.5 mm, 64-pin BGA with 50 GPIO
    • 2.49 mm x 2.90 mm, 41-pin WLCSP with 27 GPIO

    • APOLLO512-KBR (BGA)
    • APOLLO512-KCR (WLCSP)
    • AMAP1EVB (EVB)

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