Blend Micro - an Arduino Development Board with BLE

Blend Micro is our first integrated developement board, we have "blend"ed Arduino with Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (aka BLE or Bluetooth Smart) into a single board. It is targeted for makers to develop low power Internet-Of-Things (IoT) projects quickly and easily.The micro-controller unit (MCU) is Atmel ATmega32u4 and the BLE chip is Nordic nRF8001. Blend Micro runs as BLE peripheral role only, it allows BLE central role devices to establish connection with.Current supported BLE central devices:iOS 7iPhone 4siPhone 5 (all models)iPod touch 5iPad 3/4/mini/AirAndroid 4.3 or above (4.4 recommended for stability) with Bluetooth 4.0 hardware supportNexus 4Nexus 7(please report any other Android devices supported)Windows 8.1 with built-in Bluetooth 4.0 or USB dongleMac OSX 10.9.2 with built-in Bluetooth 4.0 or USB dongleLinux with BlueZ 5.1 with built-in Bluetooth 4.0 or USB dongleFEATURESFirst BLE + Arduino board under Arduino AtHeart programWorks with Nordic Bluetooth Smart SDK for ArduinoSoftware development using Arduino IDEOver-the-Air download of sketch to Blend Micro (available soon)Supported by our free Android App and iOS AppSPECIFICATION MicrocontrollerAtmel ATmega32u4 Wireless ChipNordic nRF8001 Operating Voltage3.3V Input Voltage5V (USB)3.3-12V (VIN)Note: Use either one power source at a time. Clock Speed8MHz ConnectivityBluetooth 4.0 Low Energymicro-USBSerial (TX/RX)I2CSPI Flash Memory32KB (of which 4 KB used by bootloader) SRAM2.5KB EEPROM1KB Dimensions43.6 x 18.4 x 4.3mm (83 x 58 x 25mm with packaging) Weight4g (19g with packaging) Power Consumption2mA (average - using Interrupt mode) I/O Pins24DOCUMENTS• ŸAdd-on for Arduino IDE• ŸGet Nordic nRF8001 SDK for Arduino• ŸGet RBL nRF8001 Library (added some simple APIs) • ŸDownload the signed driver here for Windows (includes up to Windows 8 PC)• ŸFind more information on http://redbearlab.com/blendmicro.