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BC111-DISKIT-001

Manual

Key Specifications

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Bluetooth Low Energy dedicated development kit

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4.0 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE, Bluetooth SMART)

Mode

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Integrates BC111 module and Melody SMART software

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Access to UART via USB (FTDI on board)

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Direct access to GPIOs

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GAP, ATT, GATT, L2CAP and SMP Bluetooth profiles

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FCC, CE, IC and Bluetooth certified

Applications

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Smart Phone Controlled Accessories

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Fitness and Healthcare Accessories

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Smart-Home Controllers

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Smart Appliances

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Remote Controls and Smart TVs

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General Bluetooth Controllers

Melody
Smart App

Description

BC111-DISKIT-001 is a development board that
allows engineers to quickly prototype any
Bluetooth device using Melody SMART and high
level commands. It is the ideal kit to start
working with 4.0 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE,
Bluetooth SMART)

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Page 1: ...SB FTDI on board Direct access to GPIOs GAP ATT GATT L2CAP and SMP Bluetooth profiles FCC CE IC and Bluetooth certified Applications Smart Phone Controlled Accessories Fitness and Healthcare Accessories Smart Home Controllers Smart Appliances Remote Controls and Smart TVs General Bluetooth Controllers Melody Smart App Description BC111 DISKIT 001 is a development board that allows engineers to qui...

Page 2: ...tting Up the Board Equipment To start you need to have a The BC111 DISKIT 001 and a USB cable Please contact sales blue creation com for more information b A PC or any other processor with a USB or parallel port You should have a HyperTerminal installed on your laptop You can install for example Hercules HyperTerminal utility http www hw group com products hercules index_en html ...

Page 3: ...Connect the board to your PC using the USB cable The board will enumerate as a COM port Your PC will automatically find and install the required FTDI drivers Step2 Go to StartUp Devices and Printers You will see your board will be under FT232 USB UART When you look at Properties you will see under which COM port it has enumerated Theboard enumerates as FT232RUSBUART In this example the board enume...

Page 4: ...lowing parameters for the UART setting Baud rate 38400bps Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity bit No parity HW Flow Control Disabled In your HyperTerminal Window type rst and then Enter You should then see the BlueCreation Prompt You are now ready to use the board note that if your typing isn t visible you should enable Echo On Please refer to the Melody Smart Manual for more information on the differe...

Page 5: ...eation directly from your iOS Device You can also find it under https itunes apple com ca app melody smart id548603916 mt 8 ign mpt uo 3D2 Step2 Turn on your board It will be in Advertising mode for 5 minutes on default at boot After that period you can use the command ADV to enable Advertisement for 30sec You will see the LEDs Flashing Step3 On your Apple device launch your Melody Smart Applicati...

Page 6: ...11 DISKIT 001 Manual Exchanging messages between Bluetooth enabled device and the board When you use the upper text box to send MESSAGE1 from your application you will receive a notification RCV MESSAGE1 on the HyperTerminal When you type in the command SND MESSAGE2 and Enter you will see on your Melody Smart application the MASSAGE2 in the lower text box ...

Page 7: ...tion com www blue creation com BC111 DISKIT 001 Manual Reading and Operating the GPIOs using Melody Smart app Reading GPIOs Using Melody Smart Using the Read button the App will return the status of the module s GPIOs as mapped here The numbers for the actual GPIOs are clearly marked on the board and are also shown in here ...

Page 8: ...By default all PIOs are configured as inputs No border around the square indicates that this PIO is configured as input Logical State The PIO state is indicated by the square colour black means logical low and red means logical high In this example P16 Input low P17 Input low P18 Input low P19 Output high P20 Input high P21 Input low P22 Input low P23 Input low Controlling GPIOs Using Melody Smart...

Page 9: ... in the section titled Setting up the Board Steps Step2 Once both are set up connect the two devices by pressing on one board on the Peripheral button will connect as Slave and on the other board on the Centre button will connect as Master The two devices will be connected and the Leds will stop flickering the in the Master board the blue Led will be lit and on the Slave the green Led will be lit ...

Page 10: ...nfo blue creation com www blue creation com BC111 DISKIT 001 Manual BC111 DISKIT 001 Board Layout The boards layout is explained in the figure below BC111 module Mini USB に Powers the Board and provides UART connection Enumerates as a COM port GPIO Control Connect as Central GPIO Control Connect as Peripheral ...

Page 11: ...rs are not successfully installed unplug the board delete any drivers that you have previously installed Then make sure you have an internet connection and re plug the board If this still does not work try and plug the board on a different USB port If this still does not work you can bypass by using a USB UART Cable and connecting directly to the RS232 port You will need to set Switch1 to Low Refe...

Page 12: ...lue creation com www blue creation com BC111 DISKIT 001 Manual FTDI Trouble Shooting When the board is plugged In it should enumerate as a FT232 USB UART device and under rightclick Properties Hardware it should enumerate as a COM port Theboard enumerates as FT232RUSBUART In this example the board enumeratesas COM9 ...

Page 13: ...n Internet for the drivers If the FTDI driver still does not work you might want to erase all registers this can be done by following the instructions below Source http forums parallax com showthread php 139524 FTDI Driver problems with Windows 7 64 bit Also uninstalling drivers COM entries Step1 If you need to clean a previous install of the FTDI driver from your system and or clear any COM Ports...

Page 14: ...2R Product Vendor IDs in the box Click the Add button to add this Product Vendor ID to the list of devices to remove Optionally you can check the Generate log file checkbox for a record of what operations were performed and which COM Port entries were removed Now press the Remove Devices button Once completed you should restart your computer so that the O S can clean things up You should then be r...

Page 15: ...up executable which is a link to download the setup installer This is the preferred method for installing this driver When running the driver if you do not see the command window above re run it If after three tries you still have not seen it you may have another issue such as insufficient permissions anti virus software or even malware preventing the install Hope this helps Sometimes driver insta...

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