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BM78 EVB USER’S GUIDE
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2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005246A-page 11
Chapter 1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a BM78 Evaluation Kit. This document describes a detailed
information about the Microchip Technology BM78 Evaluation Board (EVB).
The BM78 EVB enables the user to evaluate and demonstrate the functionalities of the
Microchip BM78 dual-mode Bluetooth
®
module. The BM78 EVB includes an integrated
configuration and programming interface for plug-and-play capability. It also includes
on board connection and data status LEDs which enable rapid prototyping and quicker
time to market.
Along with the BM78 EVB, software applications are provided to demonstrate the Blue-
tooth data connections to the on board BM78 module and optionally configuring it.
The demonstration softwares are as follows:
• Android
TM
Bluetooth Chat (BtChat) Application, Serial Port Profile (SPP)
• iOS Bluetooth Terminal (BLETR)
• Bluetooth Chat Tool
The configuration softwares are as follows:
• BM78 Configuration Library
• BM78 Configuration User Interface (UI) Tool
• BM78 EEPROM Table Utility
The BM78 EVB can be powered using USB host or through the Microchip PICtail™
Plus interface. The BM78 EVB uses a fully certified Bluetooth 4.2 dual-mode wireless
BM78 module that supports Bluetooth classic
SPP and BLE by providing Bluetooth
serial data connections. The BM78 EVB provides a USB-Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter (UART) converter allowing flexible interface to host PC, a PC ter-
minal utility, and smart phone Applications to drive both classic SPP and BLE data con-
nections.
Additionally, the BM78 EVB also provides the PICtail and PICtail Plus interfaces to be
able to interface with the Microchip PIC MCUs using standard Microchip development
tools.
This chapter includes the following topics:
1.1 “Kit Contents”
1.2 “BM78 EVB Functionality”
1.3 “BM78 EVB Features”
1.4 “PICtail Plus Interface”