S130 SoftDevice

The S130 SoftDevice is a Bluetooth® Low Energy Peripheral protocol stack solution. The S130 SoftDevice integrates a Bluetooth Low Energy Controller and Host, and provides a full and flexible API for building Bluetooth Low Energy nRF51 System on Chip solutions.

Key features	Applications
Bluetooth compliant single-mode Bluetooth Low Energy protocol stack Extended Advertising support Advertising and scanning up to 255 bytes of advertising data in an advertising event Advertising, scanning, and connecting on all supported PHYs Anonymous advertising Configurable number of connections and connection properties Configurable attribute table size Custom UUID support Link layer supporting LE 1M PHY and LE 2M PHY LL Privacy, including for the Extended Advertising modes ATT and SM protocols LE Secure Connections pairing model GATT and GAP APIs GATT Client and Server Configurable ATT MTU Complementary nRF5 SDK including Bluetooth profiles and example applications Master Boot Record for over-the-air device firmware update SoftDevice, application, and bootloader can be updated separately Thread-safe supervisor-call based API Asynchronous, event-driven behavior No RTOS dependency Any RTOS can be used No link-time dependencies Standard Arm® Cortex®-M0M4 project configuration for application development Support for concurrent and non-concurrent multiprotocol operation Concurrent with the Bluetooth stack using Radio Timeslot API Alternate protocol stack in application space Support for control of external power amplifiers and low noise amplifiers Quality of service module with channel noise monitoring	Sports and fitness devices Sports watches Bike computers Fitness machines Personal area networks Health and fitness sensor and monitoring devices Medical devices Key fobs and wrist watches Home automation AirFuel wireless charging Remote control toys Computer peripherals and I/O devices Mice Keyboards Multi-touch trackpads Interactive entertainment devices Remote controls Gaming controllers

Key features

Applications

Bluetooth compliant single-mode Bluetooth Low Energy protocol stack
- Extended Advertising support
  - Advertising and scanning up to 255 bytes of advertising data in an advertising event
  - Advertising, scanning, and connecting on all supported PHYs
  - Anonymous advertising
- Configurable number of connections and connection properties
- Configurable attribute table size
- Custom UUID support
- Link layer supporting LE 1M PHY and LE 2M PHY
- LL Privacy, including for the Extended Advertising modes
- ATT and SM protocols
- LE Secure Connections pairing model
- GATT and GAP APIs
- GATT Client and Server
- Configurable ATT MTU
Complementary nRF5 SDK including Bluetooth profiles and example applications
Master Boot Record for over-the-air device firmware update
- SoftDevice, application, and bootloader can be updated separately
Thread-safe supervisor-call based API
Asynchronous, event-driven behavior
No RTOS dependency
- Any RTOS can be used
No link-time dependencies
- Standard Arm® Cortex®-M0M4 project configuration for application development
Support for concurrent and non-concurrent multiprotocol operation
- Concurrent with the Bluetooth stack using Radio Timeslot API
- Alternate protocol stack in application space
Support for control of external power amplifiers and low noise amplifiers
Quality of service module with channel noise monitoring

Sports and fitness devices
- Sports watches
- Bike computers
- Fitness machines
Personal area networks
- Health and fitness sensor and monitoring devices
- Medical devices
- Key fobs and wrist watches
Home automation
AirFuel wireless charging
Remote control toys
Computer peripherals and I/O devices
- Mice
- Keyboards
- Multi-touch trackpads
Interactive entertainment devices
- Remote controls
- Gaming controllers