RN4870/71 PICtail™/PICtail PLUS
DAUGHTER BOARD USER’S GUIDE
2016 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS50002547A-page 5
Table of Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 1. Overview
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 13
1.2 RN4870/71 PICtail™/PICtail Plus Daughter Board Description ................... 13
1.3 Features ....................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 2. Interface Description
2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 15
2.2 RN4870 PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board ............................................... 15
2.3 RN4871 PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board ............................................... 17
2.4 Sensor Board ............................................................................................... 18
3.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 19
3.2 Connecting the RN4870/71 PICtail/PICtail Plus Daughter Board to
a Host PC ..................................................................................................... 19
3.3 Changing Settings Using ASCII Commands ................................................ 21
3.4 Connecting to the RN4870/71 Using SmartDiscover App ............................ 22
3.5 Creating Custom GATT Services ................................................................. 24
3.6 Accessing GATT Service Using UART Commands and
SmartDiscover App ...................................................................................... 25
3.7 Reading Sensor Board Peripheral IO Ports Using UART Commands ......... 27
Chapter 4. RN4870 Sensor Board
4.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 29
4.2 Configuring the RN4870 Module Settings .................................................... 29
4.3 Sensor Board GATT Service ........................................................................ 30
4.4 Transferring Sensor Data into GATT Service Using Scripting ..................... 32
4.5 BLESensorApp Smartphone App ................................................................. 34
4.6 Provision Utility ............................................................................................ 36
Chapter 5. PIC Configuration Library
Appendix A. Updating PICtail Firmware
Appendix B. Schematics and BOM
B.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 45
B.2 RN4870 PICtail Schematic .......................................................................... 46
B.3 RN4870 PICtail BOM ................................................................................... 47