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Apollo3 Blue Plus

Intelligence Everywhere

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Now with more memory and security than ever in the Apollo3 product family, Apollo3 Blue Plus enables the future of AI in connected living and industry. Built on an Arm® Cortex®-M4F processor with Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity, up to 768KB of RAM, and Ambiq’s secureSPOT® and Voice-on-SPOT® technologies, it’s designed for Bluetooth headsets and earbuds, smartwatches and fitness trackers, hearing aids, digital health monitors, and smart home automation, security, and lighting applications.

Bridging AI, Connectivity, and Exceptional Living

Apollo 3 Blue Plus

01

Unlock Innovation

Apollo3 Blue Plus offers abundant application processing power and memory, as well as extended battery life for next-generation devices.

02

Be Heard

Keyword detection for voice assistance is made easy on Ambiq’s proprietary Voice-on-SPOT®.

03

Create Everywhere

A rich set of power modes and peripherals enable a wide variety of uses across vastly different applications to benefit from the SPOT advantage.

04

Design Securely

Ambiq’s secureSPOT® platform offers secure OTA and wired updates, Flash protection, recovery, hardware entropy, secure boot, and more for secure applications.

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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 (WIC) with 32 interrupts

Integrated Bluetooth® Low Energy Module

  • RF sensitivity: -93 dBm (typical)

Ultra-Low Power Memory

  • Up to 2MB of flash memory for code/data
  • Up to 768KB 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, 14 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 and 2x 2/4-bit SPI master interface (MSPIs)
  • 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 (48/96 MHz)
  • RTC based on Ambiq’s AM08X5/18X5 family

Wide Operating Range

  • 1.755-3.63 V, -40°C to 85°C

Applications

  • Bluetooth® headsets, earbuds, and truly wireless earbuds
  • Remote and Gaming Controls
  • Smart homes and Buildings
  • 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 Option

  • 5.3 mm x 4.3 mm x 0.8 mm, 108-pin BGA with 74 GPIO

Ordering Information

  • AMA3B2KK-KBR (768KB RAM, 108-pin BGA)
  • AMA3B2EVB (EVB)

Apollo3 Blue Plus Evaluation Board

Apollo3 Blue Plus SoC in the BGA package (AMA3B2KK-KBR)

Low power reference design

Multiple power/clock options

Micro USB connector for power/download/debug

On-board PCB (MIFA) antenna

FTDI USB-to-SPI adapter/interface

Segger J-Link debugger

Debugger-in port
Debugger-out port with connection-indication LED

Five user-controlled LEDs

Three push buttons for application use, plus a reset push button

Power slide switch with LED power indicator

Five 8-12 pin Arduino-style headers for pin/power access to shield board(s)

RF switch/connector (J1 – Murata MM8430-2610RA1) for Bluetooth Low Energy PHY testing

Multiple test points for power measurements

CE Mark and RoHS compliant

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Design Resources

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • Apollo3 Blue Plus is Ambiq’s secure Bluetooth Low Energy SoC built for connected AI applications, offering more memory and security than earlier Apollo3 variants. 

  • An Arm® Cortex®-M4F processor, giving it floating-point processing capability alongside Ambiq’s ultra-low-power design. 

  • Yes. It includes Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity, making it suitable for wireless earbuds, wearables, and other connected devices. 

  • Ambiq’s secureSPOT® technology, providing hardware-based security designed for connected AI and IoT applications. 

  • Yes. It supports Voice-on-SPOT® for always-on voice processing, with a dedicated Voice-on-SPOT evaluation kit (AMA3BPVOS) available. 

  • Up to 2MB of NVM and up to 768KB of SRAM 

  • Bluetooth headsets and truly wireless earbuds, remote and gaming controls, smart home automation and security, wearables like smartwatches and fitness trackers, hearing aids, and digital health monitoring devices. 

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