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Apollo3 Blue

Connected and Smart

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

Tomorrow’s Connected World Made Inevitable

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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 edge devices.

04

Increasingly Personalized

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

Apollo3 Blue in Action

“Our partnership with Ambiq has helped to enable the BCL603S3L with an incredibly low power and high performing SIP. The support of the Apollo3 Blue provides smart ring manufacturers with improved flexibility, reliability, and power efficiency designed to minimize the development lifecycle.”

 

Zongming Jin

CEO, Bravechip

 

See Apollo3 Blue in SIP for Smart Rings
Ambiq Bravechip Partnership

Block Diagram Apollo3 Blue

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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 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)

Apollo3 Blue Evaluation Board

Apollo3 Blue SoC in the BGA package (AMA3B1KK-KBR)

Low power reference design

Multiple power/clock options

Micro USB connector for power/download/debug

On-board PCB 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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