PIC-BLE
PIC-BLE Hardware User Guide
Preface
The PIC-BLE Development Board is a small and easily expandable demonstration and development platform for
Bluetooth
®
Low Energy (BLE) solutions based on the PIC
®
microcontroller architecture. It is designed to demonstrate
that the design of a typical BLE application can be simplified by partitioning the task into three blocks:
• Smart – represented by the PIC16LF18456 microcontroller
• Secure – represented by the ATECC608A secure element
• Connected – represented by the RN4870 BLE module
Also, the PIC-BLE Development Board features the following elements:
• The on-board debugger (PKoB nano) supplies full programming and debugging support through Microchip
MPLAB
®
X IDE. It also provides access to a serial port interface (serial to USB bridge) and one logic analyzer
channel (debug GPIO).
• A mikroBUS
™
socket enables the ability to expand the board capabilities with the selection from 450+ sensors
and actuators options offered by MikroElektronika (
) via a growing portfolio of Click board
™
.
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2020 Microchip Technology Inc.
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