CYALKIT-E02 Solar-Powered BLE Sensor Beacon Reference Design Kit Guide, Doc. No. 002-11317 Rev. *C
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2. Place the Solar BLE Sensor under an office light. The firmware to operate the Solar BLE Sensor as a BLE sensor
beacon is preloaded from the factory. After placing the Solar BLE Sensor under a suitable light (refer to
), it will automatically power up and begin transmitting.
Table 3-1. Light Level Versus Time Interval
Typical Light Level
Environment
Time Interval of Sensor
1
~1 lx
Moonlight
Does not work
100 lx~200 lx
Under street lighting
50 s ~
200 lx~400 lx
At museum
30 s ~ 50 s
400 lx~500 lx
Office lighting
15 s ~ 30 s
1000 lx ~
Shopping mall, rainy day
3 s ~ 15 s
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The time interval of the sensor is three seconds in all light levels when the supercapacitor on the Solar BLE Sensor is fully charged
.
3. Plug the Debug Board into your computer
’s USB port.
4. Run
CypressBLE-Beacon.exe
, which is in the Windows application used to view the data received from the Solar BLE
Sensor. It is located in the Software folder that you installed earlier:
<
Install directory>\Cypress BLE-Beacon\EXE
A
Cypress
BLE-Beacon window will appear. Select COMxx in the
Serial Port
drop-down menu, where COMxx
corresponds to the port that was confirmed in step 5 of
