The BG22 Explorer Kit is an ultra-low cost, small form factor development and evaluation platform for the EFR32BG22 Wireless Gecko System-on-Chip.
The BG22 Explorer Kit is focused on rapid prototyping and concept creation of IoT applications. It is designed around the EFR32BG22 SoC, which is an ideal device family for developing energy-friendly connected IoT applications.
The kit features a USB interface, an on-board SEGGER J-Link debugger, one user-LED and button, and support for hardware add-on boards via a mikroBus socket and a Qwiic connector. The hardware add-on support allows developers to create and prototype applications using a virtually endless combination of off-the-shelf boards from mikroE, sparkfun, AdaFruit, and Seeed Studios.
The BG22 Explorer Kit has been designed to inspire customers to make IoT devices with the Silicon Labs EFR32BG22 Wireless Gecko System-on-Chip. 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 BG22 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 information about transmitted and received packets in wireless links. The BG22 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 BG22 Explorer Kit can be done using the 20 breakout pads which present peripherals from the EFR32BG22 Wireless Gecko such as I²C, SPI, UART and GPIOs. The mikroBUS socket allows inserting mikroBUS add-on boards which interface with the EFR32BG22 through SPI, UART or I²C. The Qwiic connector can be used to connect hardware from the Qwiic Connect System through I²C.
SILICON LABS BG22-EK4108A