Microchip Technology RN4870, User Manual

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RN4870/71 PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board User’s Guide
DS50002547A-page 34
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2016 Microchip Technology Inc.
4.5 BLESENSORAPP SMARTPHONE APP
The RN4870 Sensor board is a BLE Peripheral that advertises a GATT service to BLE
Central devices. In this demonstration, the BLE Central device is a smartphone appli-
cation named BLESensorApp. It is available for iOS and Android platforms via iTunes
AppSTORE, and Google Play Store, respectively. Search for the
“Microchip BLESens-
orApp” , and download the App matching the icon in Figure 4-5 .
FIGURE 4-6: BLESENSORAPP ICON
The BLESensorApp requires the Sensor board to be configured as described in
Section 4.2-4.4 .
1. Ensure that the Sensor board is attached to the RN4870 PICtail as shown in
Figure 1-1 .
2. Verify the jumpers and switches are positioned according to Figure 2-1 (SW7
must in be in position 1 : Application mode.
3. Power the PICtail via USB
a) Connect the RN4870 to power up.
b) Verify that LED1 blinks blue with long interval.
4. Launch the BLESensorApp from the smartphone. In this example, the iOS ver-
sion is used as shown in Figure 4-7 .
5. The BLESensorApp attempts to connect to the first RN4870 Sensor board it
discovers. Once connected, the main user interface of the BLESensorApp is
displayed.