The BK7236 is a highly-integrated 1x1 single-band 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6 (802.11b/g/n/ax) and Bluetooth 5.4 Low Energy (LE) combo solution designed for applications that require high security and abundant resources.
Overview
The BK7236 is a highly-integrated 1x1 single-band 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6 (802.11b/g/n/ax) and Bluetooth 5.4 Low Energy (LE) combo solution designed for applications that require high security and abundant resources. The integration of a 32-bit ARMv8-M Star MCU and a comprehensive set of peripherals makes the BK7236 ideal for advanced Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
The BK7236 provides state-of-the-art security based on a powerful security architecture. The BK7236 integrates a IoT Platform Security Suite (IPSS) for cryptograph and system security control. The IPSS embeds all-round and robust security features to set up a top-secret execution environment for IoT devices.
Using advanced design techniques and ultra-low power process technology, the BK7236 delivers high integration, efficient security, and minimal power consumption for a wide range of advanced IoT applications.
Wi-Fi
• IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax 1x1 compliant
• 20/40 MHz channel bandwidth for 2.4 GHz
• Supports downlink Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (DL MU-MIMO)
• Supports Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)
• Supports Target Wake Time (TWT)
• TX and RX Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) support for extended range
• WPA/WPA2/WPA3-Personal support for enhanced security
• Operating modes: STA and SoftAP
• Concurrent SoftAP + STA
• TX power up to +21 dBm
• RX sensitivity -98 dBm
Bluetooth Low Energy
• Bluetooth 5.4 Low Energy (LE)
• Supports Bluetooth Low Energy 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, and long range (125 kbps and 500 kbps)
• Supported Bluetooth Low Energy features: LE Audio, Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD) direction finding, 2 Mbps, advertising extensions, and long range
• Supports an antenna array with up to 16 antennas for precise positioning
Core
• ARMv8-M Star (M33F) MCU at up to 320 MHz:
- Double-precision floating-point unit (FPU)
- 16 KB ITCM + 16 KB DTCM
- Embedded TrustZone
- Supports DSP instructions with SIMD
- 3.84 CoreMark/MHz
• UART flash download
• Serial Wire Debug (SWD) interface
Memory
• SiP flash: 4 MB or 8 MB
• SiP PSRAM: 4 MB or none
• 640 KB Share SRAM
• 64 KB ROM
• eFuse
Security
The BK7236 integrates the IoT Platform Security Suite (IPSS) for cryptograph and system security control. The key features of the IPSS include:
• Secure boot
• Secure debug
• Secure connection
• Firmware Over-The-Air (FOTA)
• Provisioning
• TEE_M
• TrustEngine, which includes the following features:
- Symmetric schemes, AES-ECB/CBC/CTR/CBC-MAC/CMAC/CCM/GCM (key size 128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit)
- Symmetric schemes, SM4-ECB/CBC/CTR/CBC-MAC/CMAC/CCM/GCM
- Digest schemes, SHA1/224/256
- Digest scheme, SM3
- Asymmetric schemes, RSA 1024/2048/3072/4096 and ECCP 192/224/256/384/512/521
- Asymmetric scheme, SM2
- Key ladder for key management
- Lifecycle management
- True random number generator
Clock Management
• External oscillators: 26 MHz crystal oscillator (XTALH), 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator (XTALL)
• Internal oscillators: 26–360 MHz digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), 32 kHz ring oscillator (ROSC)
• 320/480 MHz PLL (DPLL)
• Audio PLL (APLL)
Power Management
• 2.0 to 4.35 V VBAT supply
• On-chip Power-On Reset (POR) and Brown-Out Detector (BOD)
• Embedded buck (DC-DC) converters and LDO regulators
• Low power consumption:
- Active mode RX: 17.5 mA
- Sleep mode: 43 μA
- Deep sleep mode: 16 μA
- Shutdown mode: 2.5 μA
Peripherals
• 21 GPIOs
• 1x SPI
• 3x UART: 1 with hardware flow control and flash download support
• 1x SDIO
• 1x I2C
• 1x LIN controller
• 2x general-purpose DMA controller (GDMA), each with 8 channels
• 7x 32-bit PWM channel
• 12-bit AUX ADC, up to 7 channels
• 6x 32-bit general-purpose timer
• 2x watchdog timer
• 1x real-time counter (RTC)
• 1x IrDA
• 1x temperature sensor
• 1x touch sensor, 6 touch sensing I/Os
Packaging
• QFN40 package, 5 x 5 mm
• Operating temperature range: -40 to +85 °C
Applications
• Home appliance
- Refrigerator
- Air conditioner
- Thermostat
- Washing machine
- Robot cleaner
• Smart plug
• Smart lighting
- Light bulb
- Light switch
- Ceiling light
- Stand light
• Others
- Remote controller
- Toy
- Drone
- Industrial terminal
- Factory automation sensor/switch
- Smart meter
- Payment terminal
- Industrial computer
- Medical devices
- Kitchen appliances
- Home automation switch/sensor
- Door lock
- Door camera