Arrow Electronics SmartEverything Bluetooth 4.2, IEEE 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi

Arrow Electronics has extended its SmartEverything family with the Tiger board, featuring the NXP® Semiconductors Kinetis KW41Z multi-protocol wireless MCU for extremely low-power connected devices.

Featuring the efficient ARM® Cortex®-M0+ core, the Kinetis KW41Z wireless MCU contains both a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) v4.2 radio and an IEEE 802.15.4 radio, and can run multiple wireless protocols concurrently. Added to this, the Tiger board also has built-in Wi-Fi to further extend the connectivity options available to users: it can support a smart end-node application bridging Wi-Fi to Thread or BLE; it can be used in equipment to be controlled locally by a smartphone, such as in-home smart lighting, or remotely as part of a Cloud-connected network; or it can function as a small gateway. In addition, BLE can be used for easy commissioning of products to an IEEE 802.15.4 mesh network.