Introduction; Kit Contents; Getting Started; Hardware Content - Silicon Laboratories BGM220 Explorer Kit User Manual

1. Introduction

The BGM220 Explorer Kit has been designed to inspire customers to make IoT devices with the Silicon Labs BGM220P Wireless
Gecko Bluetooth® Module. The kit includes a mikroBUS™ socket and Qwiic® connector, allowing users to add features to the kit with a
large selection of off-the-shelf boards.
Programming the BGM220 Explorer Kit is easily done using a USB Micro-B cable and the on-board J-Link debugger. A USB virtual
COM port provides a serial connection to the target application, and the Packet Trace Interface (PTI) offers invaluable debug informa-
tion about transmitted and received packets in wireless links. The BGM220 Explorer Kit is supported in Simplicity Studio™ and a Board
Support Package (BSP) is provided to give application developers a flying start.
Connecting external hardware to the BGM220 Explorer Kit can be done using the 20 breakout pads which present peripherals from the
BGM220P Wireless Gecko such as I
interface with the BGM220P through SPI, UART or I
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System through I C.

1.1 Kit Contents

The following items are included in the box:
• 1x BGM220 Explorer Kit board (BRD4314A)

1.2 Getting Started

Detailed instructions for how to get started with your new BGM220 Explorer Kit can be found on the Silicon Labs web pages:
silabs.com/start-bgm220ek

1.3 Hardware Content

The following key hardware elements are included on the BGM220 Explorer Kit:
• BGM220P Wireless Gecko Module with 76.8 MHz operating frequency, 2.4 GHz ceramic antenna for wireless transmission, 512 kB
kB flash, and 32 kB RAM
• One LED and one push button
• On-board SEGGER J-Link debugger for easy programming and debugging, which includes a USB virtual COM port and Packet
Trace Interface (PTI)
• MikroBUS™ socket for connecting click boards™ and other mikroBUS add-on boards
• Qwiic® connector for connecting Qwiic Connect System hardware
• Breakout pads for GPIO access and connection to external hardware
• Reset button
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C, SPI, UART and GPIOs. The mikroBUS socket allows inserting mikroBUS add-on boards which
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C. The Qwiic connector can be used to connect hardware from the Qwiic Connect
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