Silicon Labs MGM210L Mighty Gecko Lighting Module
Silicon Labs MGM210L Mighty Gecko Lighting Module is designed to meet the performance, security, and reliability requirements of line-powered, smart LED lighting products. MGM210L is a solution that comes with upgradeable, robust software stacks, worldwide regulatory certifications, advanced development and debugging tools, and support that will optimize development and accelerate time-to-market. The module is based on the EFR32MG21 Mighty Gecko SoC and enables Zigbee®, Thread®, BLUETOOTH® and multi-protocol connectivity (Zigbee + Bluetooth). Applications include Smart LED light bulbs and connected lighting. Silicon Labs MGM210L Mighty Gecko Lighting Module features a powerful and energy-efficient MCU core, 1MB of flash memory to enable future-proofing capabilities and OTA firmware updates, and a dedicated core for enhanced security features.Features
- Supported Protocols
- Zigbee
- Thread
- Bluetooth 5.1
- Bluetooth Mesh
- Multi-protocol (Zigbee + Bluetooth 5.1)
- Wireless System-on-Chip
- 2.4GHz radio
- TX power up to +12.5 dBm
- 32-bit ARM Cortex®-M33 with DSP instruction and floatingpoint unit for efficient signal processing
- 1024kB flash program memory
- 96kB RAM data memory
- Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) for advanced debugging
- Receiver Performance
- -104.4dBm sensitivity (0.1% BER) at 125kbps GFSK
- -100.1dBm sensitivity (0.1% BER) at 500kbps GFSK
- -97dBm sensitivity (0.1% BER) at 1Mbps GFSK
- -93.9dBm sensitivity (0.1% BER) at 2Mbps GFSK
- Operating range
- 1.8V to 3.8V
- -40°C to +105°C or -40°C to +125°C
- Dimensions
- 15.5mm x 22.5mm (custom form factor)
- Current Consumption
- 70mA TX current at +12.5dBm output power
- 50.9µA/MHz in Active Mode (EM0)
- 5.1μA EM2 DeepSleep current (RTCC running from LFXO, Bluetooth Stack not running)
- 8.5μA EM2 DeepSleep current (RTCC running from LFXO, Bluetooth Stack running)
- MCU Peripherals
- 12-bit 1Msps SAR Analog to Digital Converter (ADC)
- 2× Analog Comparator (ACMP)
- 12x General Purpose I/O pins with output state retention and asynchronous interrupts
- 8 Channel DMA Controller
- 12 Channel Peripheral Reflex System (PRS)
- 2- × 16-bit timer/counter (3 Compare/Capture/PWM channels)
- 1- × 32-bit timer/counter (3 Compare/Capture/PWM channels)
- 32-bit Real-time counter
- 24-bit low energy timer for waveform generation
- 2× watchdog timer
- 3× Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART/SPI/SmartCard (ISO 7816)/IrDA/I2S)
- 2× I2C interface with SMBus support
Applications
- Smart LED light bulbs
- Connected lighting
Block Diagram
Published: 2019-10-29
| Updated: 2025-08-06
