Serbian embedded systems company Mikroe has introduced a wireless connectivity Click board that provides a bidirectional communication interface for EnOcean-based sensors, switches and actuators.

The EnOcean 5 Click add-on board helps developers rapidly provide proof-of-concept, then prototype and code new embedded projects.

“This new Click board is ideal for developing energy-efficient dimmers, relays and shutter controllers that rely on self-powered EnOcean switches,” said Nebojsa Matic, CEO of Mikroe. “It is part of our 260+ strong family of wireless connectivity Click boards and over 850 projects with working code featuring the EnOcean 5 Click can be found on Mikroe’s embedded projects platform, EmbeddedWiki.”

The EnOcean 5 Click is based on the TCM 615 radio transceiver gateway module from EnOcean (www.enocean.com), which provides an easy-to-use serial communication interface using EnOcean Serial Protocol version three (ESP3). It supports receiving and transmitting of EnOcean radio telegrams on 868.3MHz using EnOcean Radio Protocol version one (ERP1), thanks to its integrated 50Ω RF PCB trace antenna.

Combining a sensitivity of -95dBm with an output power of +10dBm enables wireless performance in typical indoor and outdoor environments. The TCM 615 also supports the latest security features defined by the EnOcean Alliance (www.enocean-alliance.org), providing encryption, decryption, authentication and replay protection functionality directly on-board. It communicates with external devices such as microcontrollers or processors using the uart ESP3 interface supporting baud rates of 57,600 and 460,800bit/s.

This addition to Mikroe’s 1900-strong MikroBus-enabled Click board family also features the ClickID function that enables automatic identification by the host system, simplifying use. Devices can be used on any host system supporting the MikroBus standard, and come with the MikroSDK open-source libraries, offering flexibility for evaluation and customisation.

With concepts such as remote programming and debugging, Necto multi-architectural IDE (www.mikroe.com/necto) and the EmbeddedWiki (embeddedwiki.com) platform with more than a million ready-for-use projects, Mikroe (www.mikroe.com) combines its dev boards, compilers, smart displays, programmers, debuggers and 1900 Click peripheral boards to cut development time.