External MCU with nRF51822

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Hi,

I'm planning to use an external MCU to process my digital signals and send it through nRF51822. Do I need to develop an on-board antenna? TI has the module CC2541 from ChipCon where I don't need an antenna and can just send through via UART.

Please advise on any other solution with Nordic components!

Thanks, Trung

[Alex]

www.nordicsemi.com/.../3rd-Party-Bluetooth-Smart-Modules BLE modules based on Nordic nRF51

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Update/Edit: Correction on CC2541, PAN1323 is the module I wanted to mention. They offer a module with the SoC on it, which make it easier to add the module on your board. I am working on an application where it would need a bigger processor (hence the external microcontroller) I would like to basically push the digitized data through the nRF51 and to a smart phone via BLE. I won't really need the M0 processor in nRF51. Is there any other option i could go with besides BLE module that Alex provided?

Thanks, Trung