Z-Wave 800 Modem SoC (EFR32ZG28)
The EFR32ZG28 SoC is an ideal dual band Sub-GHz + 2.4 GHz BLE SoC solution for “Internet of Things”. The ZG28 is an ideal platform for Z-Wave applications that require more Flash, RAM and GPIO than the ZG23 device. The ZG28 is pin compatible with the ZG23 in the 6x6 QFN48 package. Z-Wave addresses applications for smart homes, security, lighting, and hospitality. The ZG28 can also support other protocols including Wi-SUN, Amazon Sidewalk, and Wireless M-BUS.
The single die, multi-core solution, provides industry leading security, low power consumption with fast wakeup times, and integrated power amplifiers to enable the next level of secure connectivity for IoT devices. The Large memory footprint and the integration of AI/ML hardware accelerator is ideal for Smart End Nodes.
EFR32ZG28 Common Specs
Low Power Wireless System-on-Chip
- High-Performance 32-bit 78 MHz ARM Cortex®-M33 with DSP instruction and floating-point unit for efficient signal processing
- Up to 1024 kB flash program memory
- Up to 256 kB RAM data memory
- Sub-GHz radio operation
- TX power up to +20 dBm
- BLE TX power up to +10 dBm
Wide Selection of MCU Peripherals
- Analog and Digital Converter (ADC)
- 12-bit @ 1 Msps
- 16-bit @ 76.9 ksps
- 2 x Analog Comparator (ACMP)
- 2-channel Digital to Analog Converter (VDAC)
- Low-Energy Sensor Interface (LESENSE)
- Up to 49 General Purpose I/O pins with output state retention and asynchronous interrupts
- 8 Channel DMA Controller
- 12 Channel Peripheral Reflex System (PRS)
- 4 x 16-bit Timer/Counter with 3 Compare/Capture/PWM channels
- 1 x 32-bit Timer/Counter with 3 Compare/Capture/PWM channels
- 32-bit Real Time Counter
- 24-bit Low Energy Timer for waveform generation
- 16-bit Pulse Counter with asynchronous operation (PCNT)
- 2 x Watchdog Timer
- 3 x Enhanced Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (EUSART)
- 1 x Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART/SPI/SmartCard (ISO 7816)/IrDA/I2S)
- 2 x I2C interface with SMBus support
- Integrated Low-Energy LCD Controller supporting up to 80 segments
- Keypad scanner supporting up to 6x8 matrix (KEYSCAN)
- Die temperature sensor
Low System Energy Consumption
- 4.2 mA RX current at 868 MHz (9.6 kbps FSK)
- 4.3 mA RX current at 868 MHz (100 kbps GFSK)
- 4.3 mA RX current at 908.42 MHz (9.6 kbps FSK)
- 4.3 mA RX current at 916 MHz (100 kbps GFSK)
- 25.7 mA TX current @ 14 dBm output power at 916 MHz
- 12.3 mA TX current @ 0 dBm output power at 2.4 GHz
- 33 μA/MHz in Active Mode (EM0) at 39.0 MHz
- 2.8 μA EM2 DeepSleep current (256 kB RAM retention and RTC running from LFXO)
- 1.3 μA EM2 DeepSleep current (16 kB RAM retention and RTC running from LFRCO)
Wide Operation Range
- 1.71 V to 3.8 V single power supply
- -40 °C to +125 °C
Packages
- QFN68 8 mm × 8 mm × 0.85 mm
- QFN48 6 mm × 6 mm × 0.85 mm
High Receiver Performance
- -109.9 dBm sensitivity @ 9.6 kbps 868 MHz FSK
- -108.6 dBm sensitivity @ 40 kbps 868 MHz FSK
- -107.3 dBm sensitivity @ 100 Mbps 868 MHz GFSK
- -109.1 dBm sensitivity @ 9.6 kbps 908.42 MHz FSK
- -108.8 dBm sensitivity @ 40 kbps 908.4 MHz FSK
- -107.3 dBm sensitivity @ 100 kbps 916 MHz GFSK
- -109.1 dBm sensitivity @ 100 kbps 912 MHz O-QPSK
Supported Modulation Format
- 2/4 (G)FSK with fully configurable shaping
- OQPSK DSSS
- (G)MSK
- OOK
Protocol Support
- Z-Wave
- Z-Wave Long Range
- Amazon Sidewalk
- Wi-SUN
- Proprietary
- Bluetooth Low Energy
Secure Vault
- Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration for AES128/192/256, ChaCha20-Poly1305, SHA-1, SHA-2/256/384/512, ECDSA, +ECDH (P-192, P-256, P-384, P-521), Ed25519 and Curve25519, J-PAKE, PBKDF2
- True Random Number Generator (TRNG)
- ARM® TrustZone®
- Secure Boot with Root of Trust and Secure Loader (RTSL)
- Secure Debug Unlock
- DPA Countermeasures
- Secure Key Management with PUF
- Anti-Tamper
- Secure Attestation
Part Number | Pricing | Z-Wave Long Range | Secure Vault™ | Flash | RAM | Sensitivity (dBm) | Package Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1K @ US$5.23 | High | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN48 | ||
1K @ US$4.86 | Mid | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN68 | ||
1K @ US$4.82 | Mid | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN48 | ||
1K @ US$5.4 | High | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN68 | ||
1K @ US$5.21 | High | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN68 | ||
1K @ US$5.64 | High | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN68 | ||
1K @ US$5.07 | Mid | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN48 | ||
1K @ US$5.1 | Mid | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN68 | ||
1K @ US$5.05 | Mid | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN68 | ||
1K @ US$4.63 | Mid | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN48 | ||
1K @ US$4.99 | High | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN48 | ||
1K @ US$5.45 | High | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN68 | ||
1K @ US$5.18 | High | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN48 | ||
1K @ US$5.29 | Mid | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN68 | ||
1K @ US$5.42 | High | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN48 | ||
1K @ US$4.87 | Mid | 1024 | 256 | -108.6 | QFN48 |
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