Laird BL652, User Manual

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BL652 Development Kit
User Guide
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VERVIEW
The Laird DVK-BL652 development kit provides a platform for rapid wireless connectivity prototyping, providing
multiple options for the development of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) plus Near Field Communication (NFC)
applications.
The Laird BLE development kit is designed to support the rapid development of applications and software for
the BL652 series of BLE modules featuring Laird’s innovative event driven programming language – smartBASIC.
More information regarding this product series including a detailed module user’s guide and smartBASIC user
guides are available on Laird’s BL652 product page:
http://www.lairdtech.com/products/bl652-ble-module
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UMBERS
Part number: DVK-BL652-SA/DVK-BL652-SC
Applicable to the following BL652 module part numbers:
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BL652-SA-xx Bluetooth Smart v4.2 + NFC module – integrated antenna featuring smartBASIC

BL652-SC-xx Bluetooth Smart v4.2 + NFC module – external antenna featuring smartBASIC (FCC)
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ACKAGE
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ONTENTS
All kits contain the following items:
Development Board
The development board has the required BL652 module soldered onto it and
exposes all available hardware interfaces.
Power Options
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USB cable – Type A to micro type B.
The cable also provides serial communications via the FTDI USB – RS232
converter chip on the development board.
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DC barrel plug with clips for connection to external power supply (7-12Vdc)
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3x AAA battery holder fitted on underside of development board
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Coin-cell holder (for powering BL652 module only, not the development
board) fitted on underside of development board
Two-pin jumpers
for pin headers (5)
Five jumpers for 2.54 mm pitch headers used on DVK-BL652 development board.
Fly leads (6)
Supplied to allow simple connection of any BL652 module pin (available on Plated
Though Holes on J29, J40, J41, J44, and headers J5, J36 to any Arduino pin
(available on Plated Though Holes on J15, J16, J22, J23)
External BLE
dipole antenna External dipole antenna, 2 dBi, 2.4-2.5 GHz (Laird part #0600-00057) with integral
RF coaxial cable with 100 mm length and IPEX-4 compatible RF connector.
NFC antenna
Supplied with the DVK-BL652-SC development board only. Laird NFC flexi-PCB
antenna.
Web link card
Provides links to additional information including the BL652 user guide, firmware,
terminal utilities, schematics, quick start guides, firmware release notes and more.
Note: Sample smartBASIC applications are available to download from the Laird
BL652 applications GitHub webpage