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BTM8615
Bluetooth Module Data Sheet

Document Type: Bluetooth Module Datasheet

Document Version: V1.01

Release Date: Sep 13, 2013

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Revision History

Date Version Description Author

2013-08-29 V1.0
First Release

2013-09-13 V1.01
Update PIOx operation condition

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CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 4

1.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM ................................................................................................................................. 4

1.2 FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................ 5
1.3 APPLICATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 5

2. GENERAL SPECIFICATION ............................................................................................................ 6

3. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC....................................................................................................... 6

3.1 Pin Description..................................................................................................................................... 8

4. REFERENCE SCHEMATIC ............................................................................................................ 11

5. PHYSICAL INTERFACE…………………………………………………………………………..12
5.1 Programmable I/O ports..................................................................................................................... .12
5.2 Analogue I/O ports..............................................................................................................................12
5.3 LED driver ....................................................................................................................................... ....12
5.4 Audio interfaces ................................................................................................................................. 12
5.5 Microphone input ............................................................................................................................... 12
5.6 Reset ................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.7 RF interface........................................................................................................................................ 13
5.8 Batter charger ................................................................................................ ................................... 13
5.8.1 Battery charger hardware operating modes ................................................................................ 13
5.8.2 External charge mode ................................................................................................................. 13
5.9 Serial interfaces.................................................................................................................................. 13
5.9.1 UART......................................................................................................................................... 13
5.9.2 SPI.............................................................................................................................................. 14

6. ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC ................................................................................................15

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6.1 Absolute maximum ratings ..................................................................................................................... 15

6.2 Recommended operating conditions ................................................................................................................15
6.3 PIO recommended operating conditions .................................................................................. …...............15
6.4 Battery chargers…………………………………………………….……………………….…….....16
6.5 External charge mode……………………………………………………………..………………....16
6.6 RF characteristics................................................................................................................................ 17
6.7 Power consumptions..................................................................................................................................17

7. PACKAGING INFORMATION ....................................................................................................... .18

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1. INTRODUCTION

The BTM8615 Bluetooth® module is a perfect solution for enhanced audio applications,
such as mono headphone and speaker. It can be connected with any Bluetooth®
devices in an operating range. It is slim and light so the designers can have better
flexibilities for the product shapes.

The BTM8615 Bluetooth® module complies with Bluetooth® specification version 4.0. It
supports HSP, HFP, A2DP, AVRCP profiles. It integrates RF Baseband controller,
antenna,… etc. and provide UART interface, programmable I/O, stereo speaker output,
microphone input,… etc.

The detail information of BTM8615 Bluetooth® module is presented in this document

below.

1.1 Block Diagram

Antenna PIOs

Filter
MIC USB Audio

SPI
CSR8615 Speaker

AIOs EEPROM Crystal VDD

UART
Line-in

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1.2 Features

 Small overall dimension

 Bluetooth® V4.0

 Class 2 support

 Physical connection as SMD type

 High quality stereo audio

 Music Enhancements: SBC,MP3,AAC and Fast stream decoder, Configurable EQ

 Support SMSC-T

 Support HSP, HFP, A2DP, AVRCP profile

 Based on CSR chip set CSR8615

 RoHS Compliant

 No radio signal interference, support for 802.11 co-existence

※ Some features are optional for customization on demand.

1.3 Application

 High Quality mono Bluetooth Headset

 High Quality Wired mono Headset and Headphone

 Bluetooth Speaker

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2. GENERAL SPECIFICATION PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC.

Bluetooth Specification
Chip Set CSR 8615 (ROM)
Module ID BTM8615
BT Standard Bluetooth® V4.0
RF TX Output Power 4dBm (Class II)
Sensitivity -86dBm@0.1%BER

Frequency Band 2.402GHz~2.480GHz ISM Band

Baseband Crystal OSC 26MHz

Hopping 1600hops/sec, 1MHz channel space
RF Input Impedance 50 ohms
Environmental RoHS Compliant

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3.1 Pin Description

Pin Definition

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Pin# Pin Name Pad Type Description

1 GND Ground Ground

Analogue programmable input/ output line
Bi-directional
2 circuitry and 1.5V regulated output (from
AIO_0 VDD/Low-voltage regulator output
internal low-voltage regulator)
Bi-directional CMOS output,
3 UART_TX tri-state, with weak internal UART data output
pull-up
CMOS input with weak internal
4 UART_RX UART data input
pull-down
Bi-directional CMOS output,
5 UART_RTS tri-state, with weak internal UART request to send active low
pull-up
CMOS input with weak internal
6 UART_CTS UART clear to send active low
pull-down

7 NC NC NC

8 NC NC NC

9 NC NC NC

10 NC NC NC

11 NC NC NC

Bi-directional with programmable SPI select input:

12 SPI_EN
strength internal pull-up/down 1: SPI

13 GND Ground Ground

CMOS output, tri-state, with weak

14 SPI_MISO SPI data output
internal pull-down
CMOS input, with weak internal
15 SPI_MOSI SPI data input
pull-down

16 SPI_CLK Input with weak internal pull-down SPI clock

Chip select for Serial Peripheral Interface
17 SPI_CSB Input with weak internal pull-up
(SPI),active low

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18 GND Ground Ground

19 GND Ground Ground

CMOS input with weak internal

20 BT_Reset Active LOW reset
pull-up

21 GND Ground
Ground

22 LED_1 Open drain output

LED driver

23 LED_0 Open drain output

LED driver

Take high to enable high-voltage linear

24 PWR Analogue
regulator and switch-mode regulator

25 GND Ground Ground

26 VBUS Power input Charger input

27 CHG_EXT Analogue out External battery charger control

28 VBAT_SENSEAnalogue out Battery charger sense input

29 BVAT Powr in Battery positive terminal

30 GND Ground Ground

High-voltage linear regulator output (1.8V

31 1V8 Power
out)

32 Powr in Positive supply input for input/output ports

VDD_PADS

33 3V3_USB Power out 3.3V bypass linear regulator output

34 GND Ground Ground

35 USB_N Bi-directional USB data minus

USB data plus with selectable internal

36 USB_P Bi-directional
1.5kΩ pull-up resistor

37 GND Ground Ground

Bi-directional with programmable

38 PIO_9 Programmable input/output line
strength internal pull-up/down

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Bi-directional with programmable

39 PIO_0 Programmable input/output line
strength internal pull-up/down
Bi-directional with programmable
40 PIO_1 Programmable input/output line
strength internal pull-up/down
Bi-directional with programmable
41 PIO_8 Programmable input/output line
strength internal pull-up/down
Bi-directional with programmable
42 PIO_7 Programmable input/output line
strength internal pull-up/down
Bi-directional with programmable
43 PIO_6 Programmable input/output line
strength internal pull-up/down
Bi-directional with programmable
44 PIO_21 Programmable input/output line
strength internal pull-up/down
Bi-directional with programmable
45 PIO_18 Programmable input/output line
strength internal pull-up/down

46 LED_2 Open drain output LED driver

47 GND Ground Digital Ground

48 NC NC NC

49 LINE/MIC_AN Analogue Line-in negative, right

50 LINE/MIC_AP Analogue Line-in positive, right

51 NC NC NC

52 NC NC NC

53 AGND Ground Analog Ground

54 NC NC NC

55 NC NC NC

56 SPK_LN Analogue Speaker output negative, left

57 SPK_LP Analogue Speaker output positive, left

58 GND Ground Digital Ground

59 RF RF RF out

60 GND Ground Digital Ground

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C1 NC Line IN
SPI调调调调
LINE/MIC_AN
LINE/MIC_AP

L1
SPKR_LN

D D
SPKR_LP

0R R14
AGND

LINE/MIC_AP 1K J2
C2 NC SPI_MOSI L_IN
TP1 MOSI
R15 1K
SPI_CLK R_IN
U1 TP2 CLK
BTM8615 R16 2K2
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59

58

57

56

55

54

53

52

51

50

49

SPI_CSB Mono Audio Line_in

TP3 CSB
SPI_MISO
TP4 MISO
GND

GND

SPK R_LN
RF

SPK R_LP

LINE/MIC_AP
AGND
NC

NC

NC

LINE/MIC_AN
NC

SPI_EN LINE/MIC_AN
TP5 SPI_EN
1 48
GND GND NC
2 47
AIO_0 AIO_0 GND GND
3 46
UART_TX LED_2 LED_2
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4 PIO_18 PIO_18
UART_RX
5 44
UART_RTS PIO_21 PIO_21
6 43
PIO_6 PIO_6
UART_CTS
7 42
NC PIO_7 PIO_7 MIC
8 41 MIC_A
NC PIO_8 L2
LINE/MIC_AN C7
9 40 100nF 15nH
C NC PIO_1 C
39 -42dB
10 PIO_0 C9
NC
11 38 15PF
NC PIO_9 R11
37 2K2
12 GND
SPI_EN SPI_EN GND
13 36
GND GND USB_P R12
USB_P LINE/MIC_AP C8 MIC_BIAS
14 35 100nF
SPI_MISO USB_N 1K
SPI_MISO USB_N C10
15 34
SPI_MOSI GND
SPI_MOSI GND 2.2uF
16 33
SPI_CLK +3V3_OUT
SPI_CLK
17 32
VDD_PADS
VBAT_SENSE

SPI_CSB SPI_CSB 1V8

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CHG_EXT

18 +1V8_OUT C5
GND
BT_Reset

GND
LED_0
LED_1

VBAT
VBUS

GND
GND
PWR
GND
GND

100nF
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
21

22
20
19

VBAT
KEY&LED
C13
+1V8
B B
BT_Reset

2u2 C3 C4 BAT
LED_1

LED_0
4. REFERENCE SCHEMATIC

3.3V-4.2V VOL+
GND

GND
PWR
GND

GND
SW2 R1 10K PIO_6
2u2 100nF
+5V
VOL-
SW3 R2 10K PIO_7
FORWARD
SW4 R3 10K PIO_18
BACKWARD
SW5 R4 10K PIO_21
USB charger BT_Reset Reset Temperature sensor VBAT
1V8
PWR ON/OFF/PAIR
SW1 R5 10K PWR
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5V
Q1
R10
GND
1 9K1 TH1
VCC USB_P C6 1uF Q2 LED1 RED R6 470R LED_0
J1 2 3904 AIO_0 10K FDV303N
D- 3 USB_N

D
D+

S
4

GND
MICRO-USB ID R10 R9
5
GND LED2 BLUE R7 470R

G
150K 100K C11 LED_1
100nF

PIO_0
6
A A
LED3 BLUE R8 470R LED_2
+5V
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5. PHYSICAL INTERFACE

5.1 Programmable I/O ports

The module provide 11 lines of programmable bidirectional I/O, Can configured to
different function by firmware.

5.2 Analogue I/O ports

The module has a analogue port AIO_0,typically connections to thermistor for
battery pack temperature measurements during charger control.

5.3 LED Driver

The module provide 3 synchronized PWM LED driver for RGB leds. Can
controlled by firmware. The driver are open-drain outputs, and the LEDs must
pull up to positive supply. Refer to the section 4.1

5.4 Audio Interfaces

Audio interface as following features:

Stereo or dual mono analogue audio output through SPK_LP,SPK_LN.

Stereo and mono analogue input through LINE/MIC_AN,LINE/MIC_AP.
The module is designed for different output, if a single-ended audio output is
required, use an external differential to single-ended converter.

5.5 Microphone input

The module contains an independent low-noise microphone bias generator. The
microphone bias generator is recommended for biasing electric condenser microphone.
section 4.1 is a basing circuit for microphone with a sensitivity between -40~-60db.

5.6 Reset

The module is reset from several sources:
Reset# pin
Power on reset
Software configured watch-dog
The Reset pin is an active low reset and is internally filtered using the internal low
frequency clock oscillator. Recommended the low period >10ms.
RAM data not available after cold reset.

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shows pin states of module on reset

Pin name I/O type Reset

PIO_0 Digital Bidirectional Strong pull up PIO_18 Digital Strong pull

Bidirectional down
PIO_1 Digital Bidirectional Strong pull up PIO_21 Digital Weak pull
Bidirectional down
PIO_6 Digital Bidirectional Strong pull
down
PIO_7 Digital Bidirectional Strong pull
down
PIO_8 Digital Bidirectional Strong pull up

PIO_9 Digital Bidirectional Strong pull

down

5.7 RF Interface
The module integrates a balun filter. A 50ohms load is needed.
5.8 Batter charger
5.8.1 battery charger hardware operating modes
The battery charger hardware is controlled by VM ,it has 5 modes:
Disabled
Trickle charger
Fast charger
Standby: fully charged or float charge
Error: charging input voltage, VCHG is too low.
5.8.2 External charge mode
The external mode is for charging higher capacity batteries using an external bass
device. The current is controlled by sinking a varying current into the CHG_EXT pin, and the
current is determined by measuring the voltage drop across a resistor. The max current up to
700mA.

5.9 Serial Interfaces

5.9.1 UART
This is a standard UART interface for communicating with other serial devices. The UART
interface provides a simple mechanism for communicating with other serial devices using
the RS232 protocol.

When the module is connected to another digital device, UART_RX and UART_TX
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transfer data between the two devices. The remaining two signals, UART_CTS and
UART_RTS, can be used to implement RS232 hardware flow control where both are
active low indicators.
Note: The serial port interface(UART)can be used for system debugging. Don’t
support to use command set for profile function application by UART, such as
HFP/A2DP/AVRCP and so on. These profiles function application can be controlled
only by PIO, such as pairing/connect/answer/play/pause/next/previous function
application and so on.
5.9.2 SPI
The synchronous serial port interface (SPI) can be used for system debugging. It can also be
used for in-system programming for the flash memory within the module. SPI interface
uses the SPI_MOSI, SPI_MISO, SPI_CSB and SPI_CLK pins. Testing points for the SPI
interface are reserved on board in case that the firmware shall be updated during
manufacture.
The module operates as a slave and thus SPI_MISO is an output of the module.
SPI_MISO is not in high-impedance state when SPI_CSB is pulled high. Instead, the
module outputs 0 if the processor is running and 1 if it is stopped. Thus the module
should NOT be connected in a multi-slave arrangement by simple parallel connection
of slave SPI_MISO lines.

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6.ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC

6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings

6.2 Recommended Operating Conditions

6.3 PIO recommended operating conditions

Rating Min Max Unit

Storage temperature -40 105 °C

Supply Voltage

VBUS -0.4 5.75 V

VBAT_SENSE -0.4 4.20 V

PWR -0.4 4.40 V

Rating Min Typ Max Unit

Operating temperature range -40 85 °C

Supply Voltage

VBAT 2.8 3.30 4.25 V

VBUS 4.75 5.00 5.75 V

VBAT_SENSE 0 3.70 4.30 V

PWR 0 3.30 4.25 V

Min Typ Max Unit

Input Voltage

PIOx 1.70 1.80 3.6 V

AIOx 1.30 1.35 1.40 V

LED[0:2] 1.10 3.30 4.25 V

Output Min Typ Max Unit

PIOx 1.70 1.80 V

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LED[0:2] 0 0 V

Output current with 3.3v supply Min Typ Max Unit

PIOx(Total output) 5.0 mA

Current with 3.3V Input and Tristate Min Typ Max Unit

Strong pull up -150 -40 -10 uA

Strong pull down 10 40 150 uA

Weak pull up -5 -1.0 -0.33 uA

Weak pull down 0.33 1.0 5.0 uA

6.4 Battery charger

Fast Charge mode Min Typ Max Unit

Charge current during constant 194 200 206 mA

charge mode

Standby mode 100 - 150 mA

6.5 External charge mode

Min Typ Max Unit

Fast Charge current during constant 200 - 500 mA

charge mode

Control current into CHG_EXT 0 - 20 mA

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6.6 RF characteristics
Bluetooth Bluetooth Unit

Receiver Average Spec Transmitter Average Spec

2402MHz -85 2402MHz 3.6 dBm

2441MHz -86 2441MHz 3.4 dBm

2480MHz -86 2480MHz 3.5 dBm

Sensitivity <=-70 Output -6~+4

at 0.1 Ber Power

6.7 Power consumption

Operating Condition Average Current Unit

SCO connection with pocket type HV3 12.2 mA
eSCO connection with pocket type EV3 12.2 mA
Slave eSCO connection with pocket type 2EV3 10.3 mA
Stereo with high quality SBC decode 14.8 mA
SCO connection with pocket type HV3 11.2 mA
eSCO connection with pocket type EV3 12.5 mA
Master eSCO connection with pocket type 2EV3 9.3 mA
Stereo with high quality SBC decode 15.2 mA

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7. PACKAGING INFORMATION

1. BLUETOOTH® Module: BTM8615

2. Assembly

3. Dimension

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