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CY8CKIT-042-BLE-A Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) Pioneer Kit Guide, Doc. # 002-11468 Rev. *A 10
1. Introduction
Thank you for your interest in the CY8CKIT-042-BLE-A Bluetooth
®
Low Energy (BLE) Pioneer Kit.
The BLE Pioneer Kit enables customers to evaluate and develop BLE projects using the PSoC
®
4
BLE and PRoC™ BLE (Programmable Radio-on-Chip) devices.
Bluetooth SMART™ or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a full-featured, layered, communication
protocol that includes a 2.4-GHz radio, a link layer, and an application layer. However, you do not
need to understand the complex protocol to implement your projects using PSoC 4 BLE or PRoC
BLE. The Cypress BLE solution, which includes the device, the BLE Component, and the BLE
firmware stack will take care of it for you. The Cypress BLE firmware stack is royalty free.
You will use two software tools, PSoC Creator™ and CySmart™ Central Emulation Tool, to develop
and debug your BLE project. PSoC Creator is Cypress’ standard integrated design environment
(IDE). The BLE protocol has been abstracted into an easy drag-and-drop BLE Component in PSoC
Creator. The CySmart Central Emulation Tool is a host tool for Windows PCs, which provides an
easy-to-use GUI to enable customers to test and debug their BLE projects.
The BLE Pioneer Kit offers footprint-compatibility with Arduino™ shields as well as 6-pin Digilent
®
Pmod™ daughter cards. In addition, the kit features a CapSense
®
slider, an RGB LED, a push-
button switch, an onboard programmer/debugger and the USB-UART/I
2
C bridge functionality block
(KitProg), a coin cell battery holder, and a Cypress F-RAM™. The BLE Pioneer Kit supports 1.9 V,
3 V, 3.3 V, or 5 V as operating voltages. The BLE Pioneer Kit supports two devices:
PSoC 4 BLE is a 32-bit, 48-MHz ARM
®
Cortex
®
-M0 BLE solution with CapSense, 12-bit analog
front end (1x SAR ADC, 4x low-power opamps, 2x low-power comparators, and 2x current
DACs), 4x TCPWM
1
, 2x SCBs
2
, 4x UDBs
3
, LCD
4
, I
2
S
5
, and 36 GPIOs. PSoC 4 BLE provides a
complete solution for sports and fitness monitors, wearable electronics, medical devices, home
automation systems, and sensor-based low-power systems for the Internet of Things (IoT).
PRoC BLE is a 32-bit, 48-MHz ARM Cortex-M0 BLE solution with CapSense, 12-bit ADC, 4x
TCPWM
1
, 2x SCBs
2
, LCD
4
, I
2
S
5
, and 36 GPIOs. PRoC BLE provides a complete solution for
BLE connectivity, HID, remote controls, and toys.
Two different versions of the BLE Pioneer Kit are currently available. These kits differ in the BLE
modules and the dongle that are included. The baseboard in both kits are identical, so any BLE
module can be used interchangeably with either baseboard.
Table 1-1 lists the modules and dongle
included in each kit.
1. Configurable timer, counter, and pulse-width modulator.
2. Serial communication blocks (configurable to I
2
C, SPI, or UART).
3. Universal digital blocks
4. Configurable liquid crystal display driver.
5. Configurable integrated interchip sound serial bus interface.
Table 1-1.
Default BLE Modules and BLE Dongle in the Two BLE Pioneer Kits
Kit PSoC Module PRoC Module Dongle Flash Size Bluetooth Version
CY8CKIT-042-BLE CY8CKIT-142 CY5671 CY5670 128 KB 4.1
CY8CKIT-042-BLE-A CY8CKIT-143A CY5676A CY5677 256 KB 4.1 and 4.2