Radicom Research RB8762C Series Designer'S Manual Download

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Radicom Research, Inc.

Designer’s Guide for

RB8762C Series

(RoHS BLE 5.1 Serial Bluetooth Modules)

Compliant

SIG DID: D057234

Date: 03/14/2019
Doc#RRD2Z50-20190314001-A09-C2

Summary of Contents for RB8762C Series

Page 1: ...Radicom Research Inc Designer s Guide for RB8762C Series RoHS BLE 5 1 Serial Bluetooth Modules Compliant SIG DID D057234 Date 03 14 2019 Doc RRD2Z50 20190314001 A09 C2 ...

Page 2: ...ted AT Command List 18 AT Command in Docklight 20 OTA Upgrade Firmware 22 How to access RB8762C from smartphone 26 The wired method upgrades RB8762C firmware code 28 FCC IC NCC Label and Model Identification 34 Important Regulatory Compliance and User Information 34 CE Declaration of Conformity 40 Limited Warranty 41 Contacting Radicom Research 43 Information furnished by Radicom Research is belie...

Page 3: ...otocol functionality to your 5 1 Bluetooth device or for help in determining which Bluetooth Module is the best fit for your particular Bluetooth application The RB8762C family modules can be powered with standard 1 8V 3 6V low power In lowest mode it consumes only 1 1 nA level power and will wake up in few hundred microseconds The RB8762C family provides superior performance in the presence of in...

Page 4: ...ta Protocol Slave mode The RB8762CMB boards have an RS232 Serial Port connector and USB interface that allows the user to immediately connect to any standard serial port to evaluate the Bluetooth modules The RB8762C modules are defaulted to use the BLE Data Protocol For BLE Data Protocol operation you need one Radicom Master and one Radicom Slave module The Slave Model RB8762C S advertises or broa...

Page 5: ...bserver and Broadcaster Roles Support OTA Over the Air programming Firmware upgradeable through serial port Support internal 32KHz OSC or external 32KHz clock input for low power mode Low power 3 3V operation TX Power 4 0 dBm Max RX Sensitivity 92 5dBm Min Range Up to 20 meters line of sight 15 GPIOs 3 configurable LED pins Hardware Keyscan and Quad decoder Embedded 256KB flash Embedded IR transce...

Page 6: ...3 2 2014 EN 61000 3 3 2013 EN 55032 2015 EN 55024 2010 A1 2015 IC Certified RoHS Compliant Electronic Characteristics Minimum Typical Maximum Unit Operation voltage 2 35 3 3 3 6 V Output Power 4 0 dBm Sensitivity 92 5 dBm Current Consumption Pairing mode 4 4 mA RX active 6 9 mA The Current Consumption is code dependent Bluetooth functions and characteristics will vary depending on the application ...

Page 7: ...D2Z50 20190314001 A09 C2 7 Model Naming System Product Series RB8762C x x Optional a on board antenna c IPEX connector Optional G with G sensor Blank without G sensor FCC CE certified RB8762C a c G RB8762C a c IC certified RB8762C ...

Page 8: ... Designer s Guide RRD2Z50 20190314001 A09 C2 8 Size Module 17 5 x 15 0 x 2 75 mm 0 69 x 0 59 x 0 11 RB8762C Module Mechanical Dimensions Pin Definitions Pin Definitions Unit mm inch Front View Top View Side View ...

Page 9: ...e RRD2Z50 20190314001 A09 C2 9 RB8762CHM Mechanical Dimensions Pin Definitions Size RB8762CHM w o pin header 30 6 x 28 x 5 6 mm 1 2 x 1 1 x 0 24 Pin header pitch 6mm 0 2 Unit mm inch Side View Front View Top View Pin Definition ...

Page 10: ...r s Guide RRD2Z50 20190314001 A09 C2 10 RB8762CMB Mechanical Dimensions Size Evaluation Board 62 6 x 55 1 x 15 0 mm 2 5 x 2 2 x 0 6 Unit mm inch Front View Top View 2 PH 2 54_2X11P H 8 4 2 PH 0 10_2X11P H 0 33 Side View ...

Page 11: ...f DB9 used on the RB8762CMB RS232 Serial Connector are as follows Pin Signal name 1 DCD Input Carrier Detect 2 RXD Input Received Data 3 TXD Output Transmit Data 4 DTR Output Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Input Data Set Ready 7 RTS Output Request to Send 8 CTS Input Clear to Send 9 RI Input Ring Indicator ...

Page 12: ...lace Power circuit X tal Inductor etc near RF area Step 2 The bigger Antenna clearance area the better The Antenna itself needs to stay away from any circuit or component at least 3mm Antenna clearance area means Top and Bottom both required to be cleared Step 3 Do not use metal materials on design where near Antenna area For example battery snaps USB connector iron case etc These guidelines are f...

Page 13: ...he switches and connectors described below 1 RS232 male DB 9 connector J32 2 Rows keys J14 Row 0 P1_2 Row 1 P1_3 Row 2 P1_4 Row 3 P1_5 Row 4 P1_6 Row 5 P1_7 3 Columns Keys J15 Column 0 P0_7 Column 1 P0_6 Column 2 P0_5 Column 3 P0_4 Column 4 P0_1 Column 5 P0_0 Column 6 P3_6 Column 7 P3_5 Column 8 P3_4 Column 9 P3_3 Column 10 P3_2 4 Erase flash memory J1 4 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ...

Page 14: ...e RRD2Z50 20190314001 A09 C2 14 5 UART interface header J3 6 GPIO interface header J2 7 RS232 _ UART header J17 8 I2C interface header J8 9 USB_UART header J13 10 SPI interface header J4 11 Power LED indicator 12 USB 5V slot U3 ...

Page 15: ...re able to check information of RB8762CMB including role master slave FW version device name and BD address If you use USB interface to transmit your data please plug one USB cable to USB connector and insert a 4piece jumper into J13 as below This USB connector can work as power supply and data transmission at the same time With USB interface you may use AT command at i to check information of RM8...

Page 16: ...ata with the RB8762CMB use a serial communication package such as Docklight Set the appropriate COM port for each side with the DTE speed set to 9600 and parity set to 8N1 Docklight setting is as follows Step 1 Click upper right corner of Docklight as below to enter Project Settings Step 2 Enter Project Settings and choose the appropriate COM port Then set COM Port Settings as Baud rate 9600 8 dat...

Page 17: ... A09 C2 17 Step 3 After these steps power on the RB8762CMB and you ll see device information as below Actual version of RB8762CMB and BT device address might be different as above If you want to know the latest FW version please contact Radicom 2 1 ...

Page 18: ...Baud rate at baud Parameter Set Baud rate Parameter range 1 2 9 1 1200bit s 2 2400bit s 3 4800bit s 4 9600bit s 5 19200bit s 6 38400bit s 7 57600bit s 8 115200bit s 9 230400bit s USB only at role Check the role of device at role Parameter Role setting Parameter range 0 1 2 0 slave device 1 master device 2 The device will detect GPIO P1_0 state to decide to be a master or slave device P1_0 is high ...

Page 19: ...de Master Side Description at sinq Invalid Stop searching for BT device Must do step or master device will keep searching at conn Parameter Invalid Connect a slave device Input parameter from AT INQ at i Check role FW version device name and BD address at reset Reboot the device ...

Page 20: ...p 7 Enter at conn0 CR LF Connect to slave device OK CR LF CONNS CR LF CONNECTED 0X12A1123456 CR LF Step 2 Enter at role 0 CR LF to set as slave Step 3 Enter at name CR LF to read device name Name Radicom Step 4 Enter at laddr CR LF to read BD address LADDR 0012A1123456 Device will enter data mode as long as connect If you want access command mode again please send ath to the connecting device The ...

Page 21: ... will be decided by GPIO P1_0 If GPIO P1_0 is high RB8762C will be a master else it will be a slave 2 Role 2 1 Slave After booting there are 10 seconds to execute AT command After 10 seconds slave will start advertising 2 2 Master After booting there are 10 seconds to execute AT command After 10 seconds master will connect slave device automatically if master had ever connection history else enter...

Page 22: ...rsion of target device is larger than V07 please refer section 2 Section 1 Step 1 Plug in USB cable to power on RB8762CMB Step 2 Follow page18 to setup RB8762CMB with Docklight Step 3 Issue at role2 CR LF to enter OTA mode as below Step 4 Install OTAAPP OTA apk in your Android smart phone Step 5 Upload the latest firmware file into your smart phone ...

Page 23: ...RB8762CJF Designer s Guide RRD2Z50 20190314001 A09 C2 23 Step 6 Launch OTAAPP and search for Radicom_OTA device Then click the device to enter next step Step 7 Click Select File from APP Click UPLOAD ...

Page 24: ... start immediately Once the screen shows Update Success means firmware upgrade successfully Step 9 When new firmware upgraded successfully through OTA you must return RB8762CMB to its original mode master slave Issue at role0 CR LF to enter slave mode and at role1 CR LF to enter master mode ...

Page 25: ... execute APP Step 2 Plug in USB cable to power on RB8762CMB Step 3 After 10 second APP will scan BT device name Then click to connect Step 4 Select File Radicom released image to upgrade the slave device then click UPLOAD Step 5 Use iPhone LightBlue APP to connect with device and will see the version information ...

Page 26: ...e and requires Bluetooth Low Energy BLE support iOS system are fully supported iPhone 4S and above devices 2 Data transfer Service Under BLE communication architecture each BLE Device will be in accordance with the different applications to provide different Services The RB8762C provides a Service to achieve data transfer with smartphone Service related information are shown below Service uuid 000...

Page 27: ...e topics connectivity bluetooth le html Example https github com googlesamples android BluetoothLeGatt readme iOS Documentation https developer apple com library content documentation NetworkingInternetWeb Conceptual Co reBluetooth_concepts CoreBluetoothOverview CoreBluetoothOverview html apple_ref doc uid TP40013257 CH2 SW1 Example https developer apple com library content samplecode BTLE_Transfe...

Page 28: ...8 The wired method upgrades RB8762C firmware code 1 Software platform and software Windows 7 Service Pack 1 BeeMPTool2 0 5 App image APP_1 1 11894 12638 0d68345b87439211a079cb98bb0 The app image will change for each release 2 Hardware type 3 Pin Definitions ...

Page 29: ...2 29 3 1 Wired Connection We will use RB8762CMB to update firmware In order to do that we need connect these 5 wires form RB8762C module to RB8762CMB RB8762CMB is RB8762CEVK without the RB8762CHM Below is the picture of our sample with 5 wires connected ...

Page 30: ...to J13 as below The actual data transportation is USB to UART Bridge Virtual COM Port for this Usage Please download CP2102 USB drive from below link http www silabs com products mcu pages usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers aspx 4 1 2 Write down RB8762C BD address before the following steps Before power on RB8762CMB please pull high P0_3_LOG can use a jumper as bellow then power on and last for 15 seconds ...

Page 31: ...e Power OFF f P3_0 Jumper OFF g Use Cell phone Android or iOS to check Bluetooth device You can verify the Bluetooth address to identify newly update 4 1 4 Power on the RB8762CMB with your PC or notebook 4 1 5 Execute BeeMPTool2 0 5 BeeMpTool exe 4 1 6 Step 1 Detect the RB8762CMB USB COM port at your PC or notebook Step 2 Open it Step 3 Check the status Step 4 Set configs ...

Page 32: ...t Config file you can set your BT address of new firmware You can check BT address after successfully update the firmware from cellular phone Step 6 Confirm then close this window Step7 Select Patch Image and APP Image Step8 Download successfully Step9 Finished and close this window ...

Page 33: ...l be with the new image Summary of operating Steps a P3_0 jumper ON b Power ON c Wait for at least 15 seconds to erase firmware d Burn Image Steps 4 1 4 to Step 9 e Power OFF f P3_0 Jumper OFF g Use Cell phone Android or iOS to check Bluetooth device You can verify the Bluetooth address to identify newly update ...

Page 34: ...ith the modules installed needs to be tested for FCC Part 15 IC Industry Canada CE EMI RFI compliance Radicom certification documentation will help streamline the final product approval process Contact Radicom for more information To maintain compliance in the finished product carefully follow guidelines in this section This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following condition...

Page 35: ...ent that this condition cannot be met then the FCC authorization is no longer considered valid and the FCC ID cannot be used on the final product In these circumstances the OEM integrator will be responsible for re evaluating the end product including the transmitter and obtaining a separate FCC authorization ...

Page 36: ...durable to remain fully legible and intact on the device in all normal conditions of use throughout the device s expected lifetime These requirements may be met either by a separate label or nameplate permanently attached to the device or by permanently imprinting or impressing the label directly onto the device The label text shall be legible without the aid of magnification but is not required t...

Page 37: ...gainst harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates and radiates radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rec...

Page 38: ...n a visible area with the following Contains FCC ID K7T RB8762C and Contains IC 2377A RB8762C OEM Integration Instructions This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions The module can be used to installation in other host The antenna s used for this transmitter must be installed to the provided separation distance of at least 20cm from all persons and must not be ...

Page 39: ...e This radio transmitter IC 2377A RB8762C has been approved by Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada to operate with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain indicated Antenna types not included in this list that have a gain greater than the maximum gain indicated for any type listed are strictly prohibited for use with this device Le présent émetteur radio ide...

Page 40: ...1 2009 A1 2010 A12 2011 This equipment is marked with and can be used throughout the European community France 2 4GHz for Metropolitan France In all Metropolitan departments wireless LAN frequencies can be used under the following conditions either for public or private use Indoor use maximum power EIRP of 100 mW for the entire 2400 2483 5 MHz frequency band Outdoor use maximum power EIRP of 100 m...

Page 41: ...E CONSEQUENCES THEREOF WHICH THE PRODUCT IS DESIGNED TO DEFECT This expressed limited warranty is extended by RRI to the original end user purchaser only and is not assignable or transferable to any other party This is the complete warranty for the Product manufactured by RRI and RRI assumes no obligation or liability for additions or modifications to this warranty In no case does RRI warrant the ...

Page 42: ...turn Merchandise Authorization number Deliver or send the Product transportation and insurance prepaid to RRI with the RMA number clearly marked on the outside of the package General Provision This warranty sets forth the full extent of RRI s responsibilities regarding the Product Repair replacement or refund of the purchase price at RRI s option is the exclusive remedy THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN IN L...

Page 43: ...20190314001 A09 C2 43 Contacting Radicom Research If more information or technical support is needed please contact us 671 E Brokaw Road San Jose CA 95112 USA Telephone 408 383 9006 Fax 408 383 9007 Mail sales radi com http www radi com ...

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