Silicon Labs Wireless xG28 Explorer Kit for Amazon Sidewalk
Silicon Labs Wireless xG28 Explorer Kit for Amazon Sidewalk offers a small form factor, low-cost evaluation platform for the EFR32SG28 dual-band wireless SoC. The EFR32ZG28 SoC is an ideal device family for developing energy-friendly connected IoT applications. The Explorer Kit is designed to demonstrate and prototype IoT applications for Amazon Sidewalk rapidly. The board arrives programmed with an out-of-the-box application ready to connect to the Amazon Sidewalk network, allowing demonstration of uplink/downlink over the Amazon Sidewalk network between the end device and the cloud.
The Silicon Labs xG28 Explorer Kit features a USB interface, an on-board SEGGER J-Link debugger, two user-LEDs/buttons, with support for hardware add-on boards via a mikroBUS™ socket and a Qwiic® connector. The hardware add-on support enables developers to build and prototype applications employing a virtually endless combination of off-the-shelf boards from MikroE, SparkFun, Adafruit, and Seeed Studios.
Features
- User LEDs and push buttons
- 20-pin 2.54mm breakout pads
- mikroBUS socket
- Qwiic connector
- SEGGER J-Link on-board debugger
- Virtual COM port
- Packet Trace Interface (PTI)
- USB-powered
Applications
- Development of Amazon Sidewalk devices
- IoT devices
Specifications
- EFR32ZG28 Wireless Gecko System-on-Chip (EFR32ZG28B312F1024IM48)
- High-performance 2.4GHz radio
- 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M33 with 78MHz maximum operating frequency
- 1024kB flash and 256kB RAM
Kits
Silicon Labs Pro Kit for Amazon Sidewalk
A solution for easily developing Amazon Sidewalk devices.
Silicon Labs xG28-EK2705A 900MHz BLE Explorer Kit
Supports the development of Wireless IoT devices based on Sub-GHz wireless protocols and 2.4GHZ BLE.
Associated SoCs
Silicon Labs EFR32SG28 Dual-Band System-on-Chips (SoCs)
Supports multiple Sidewalk PHYs, including 2.4GHz BLUETOOTH® Low Energy for in-home connectivity.
Additional Resources
Hardware Layout
Block Diagram
Power Topology
Connectors
