Selecting Remote Control (Slave BLE) side MCU to communicate with nRF52832 (Master)

[Sami22]

I am a systems engineer helping my team in the component selection phase of the project that involves BLE communication between our master side and a simple remote control. The MCU for master side is already selected (nRF52832 - 32 pins, 64kb RAM, 512kb Flash, etc.), but due to my lack of experience in this area I am not certain of the best practice for selecting the MCU for the slave side (simple remote control that reads a couple of push buttons and sends the signal to the master MCU). 

Since choosing the same MCU module would clearly be an overkill, what is a good practice for choosing a simpler / more cost effective MCU to pair with the master side? Do I select the exact same MCU with lower pins?

Any tips are appreciated.

[Jared]

Hi,

Since choosing the same MCU module would clearly be an overkill, what is a good practice for choosing a simpler / more cost effective MCU to pair with the master side? Do I select the exact same MCU with lower pins?

It depends on your requirements. The nRF52810 is a less costly version of the nRF52832 and might be what you're looking for. I would suggest contacting our regional sales director for Canada for a further discussion regarding what products you should go for:

Curt Waters

[email protected]

regards

Jared