EVK-ANNA-B5

The EVK‑ANNA‑B5 evaluation kit is a versatile development platform that allows quick prototyping of a variety of Bluetooth® LE, Thread, Zigbee, and NFC™ applications on the ANNA‑B5 module series. 

All features of the ANNA-B5 module are easily accessed from the evaluation board. Four user buttons are available, as well as a user RGB LED, 64 Mbit external flash memory, and a reset button. All GPIO signals are available on the two mikroBUS™ form factor compatible sockets, or the 2.54 mm pitch holes/headers. This allows easy use of mikroBUS™ add-on boards. I2C sensors can be connected via the Qwiic system connector. A current sense header is provided for measuring current into the module. 

A USB connection provides power and virtual COM ports. The board can also be powered from an external supply or a coin cell battery. Programming and debugging over SWD is done either with external debugger or with the on-board debugger chip. 

The EVK supports evaluation of both the embedded antenna as well as an external antenna of choice. There is also a variant for u‑connectXpress software.