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4. Quick Start Guide to Using the BM77EVB
The following sections describe how to establish Bluetooth serial data connections using the BM77EVB. The
purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate the basic data capabilities of the BM77EVB, and interoperability with other
Bluetooth devices. Please note that in all these demonstrations, the BM77EVB is a Bluetooth slave waiting for a
connection initiated by the Bluetooth master device.
For this demonstration, the following hardware and software is required:
Required Hardware:
BM77EVB Evaluation Kit, p/n EV77SPPS3MC2A available on www.microchipdirect.com
Bluetooth enabled Smartphone or Tablet
o
Android device running Android 4.3 or later
o
iOS: iPhone 4S or later, iPad3 or later, must support Bluetooth Low Energy
Windows Host PC with USB port
Required Software:
The software applications needed to demonstrate the BM77EVB is show below:
BT Chat Tool, “
BT Chat v004.exe
” available at
www.microchip.com/BM77
Android Chat Tool, “
BTChat_V1.0.3.apk
” available
www.microchip.com/BM77
iOS
Terminal
“BLETR
”, available on Apple AppStore™
MCP2200 driver for Windows, available at
www.microchip.com/MCP2200
4.1. Bluetooth SPP connection to Android Smartphone/Tablet
In this demonstration a Bluetooth (SPP) data connection will be established between the BT Chat Tool, across
BM77EVB to the Smartphone application.
For the SPP demonstration an Android 4.3 or later smartphone or
tablet is required.
As illustrated below, the host PC runs a BT Chat Tool application, which transfers serial data over a COM port (USB
virtual COM port) to BM77EVB, where it is transmitted over a Bluetooth connection to the remote Bluetooth host,
which is this example is a Smartphone application.
