Bluetooth 4.1 module is small, low power

The Blue Gecko BGM113 Bluetooth 4.1-compliant module provides a small footprint solution with 3 dBm output power for applications requiring up to a 50 m range. The module includes the radio, software stack, GATT-based profiles, a high-efficiency chip antenna, and it can also host end user applications.

The module has a 40-MHz Cortex-M4 CPU, 256 Kbytes of flash and 32 Kbytes of RAM. The 9.2 x 15.8 x 1.83 mm device is pre-certified and minimizes the effort required for FCC/CE/IC certifications in North America, Europe, Japan and South Korea. It takes 8.7 mA in RX and 8.8 mA in TX at 0 dBm output. From $4.17 ea/10,000. Available now.