Microchip Technology BM70 PICtail, BM70 PICtail Plus User Manual
BM70 PICtail
Evaluation Board (EVB)
™
/PICtail Plus
User’s Guide
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Kit Contents .............. ....................................... .. ... ............. .. .. .............. .. .. ..... 13
1.2 BM70 EVB Features ..................................................................................... 13
Chapter 2. Hardware
2.1 Hardware F e a tu re s ......... ........................................ .. .. .............. .. .. ............. .. . 1 7
Chapter 3. Getting Started
3.1 Requireme n ts ................................... .. .. ............. ... .......................... .. ... ......... 21
3.2 Configuring UI Parameters ........................................................................... 22
3.3 BLE Connection to Smartphone ................................................................... 29
3.4 BLEDK3 Auto Pattern and Manual Pattern Tools ........................................36
3.5 Applicati on F irmware Inform a ti o n .............. ....................................... ... .. ....... 36
Chapter 4. Flash Programming Procedure
4.1 Flash Programming Procedure ....................................................................37
USER’S GUIDE
Chapter 5. USB-to-UART Converter and Host DUT
5.1 Connecting UART to BM70 EVB DUT .........................................................45
5.2 Connecti n g U A RT to H o st Microcontr ol le r D UT ... ............. .. ............. ... .. ....... 46
A.1 Reference S che m a t ic s ................................ .. .. .............. .. .. ............. .. ... ......... 47
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Preface
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and
documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs
and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site
(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.
Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each
page, in front of the p age number. The numbering convention for the DS number is
“DSXXXXXXXXA”, where “XXXXXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level
of the document.
For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the M PLAB
Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files.
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X IDE online help.
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
BM70 PICtail
include:
• Document Layout
• Conventions Used in this Guide
• Recommended Reading
• The Microchip Web Site
• Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service
• Customer Support
• Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the BM70 PICtail™/PICtail Plus EVB (also
referred as “BM70 EVB”), as a development tool to e mulate and debug firmware on a
target board. This user’s guide is composed of the following chapters:
• Chapter 1. “Introduction” provides an overview of the BM70 EVB and its features.
• Chapter 2. “Har d ware” provides hardware details of the BM70 EVB.
• Chapter 3. “G etti ng Started” provides information about various steps involved
to update the User Interface (UI) parameters and to set up a connection between
the BM70 EVB and a smartphone using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) link.
• Chapter 4. “Flash Programming Procedure” describes various steps involved
in downloading the Flash code on the BM70 EVB.
• Chapter 5. “USB-to-UART Converter and Host DUT” describes the use of the
USB- to-UART converter circuit, available on the host Device Under Test (DUT).
• Appendix A. “Schematics” provides the BM70 EVB reference schematics.
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/PICtail Plus Evaluation Board (EVB). Items discussed in this chapter
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Note 1: This is a note used in a
table.
Note: This is a standard
note box.
CAUTION
This is a caution note.
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE
This manual uses the following docume ntatio n conv en tion s:
DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS
Description Represents Examples
Italic characters Referenced books MPLAB IDE User’s Guide
Emphasized text ...is the only compiler...
Initial caps A window the Output window
A dialog the Setti ngs dialog
A menu selection select Enable Programmer
Quotes A field name in a window or
dialog
Underlined, italic text with
right angle bracket
Bold characters A dialog button Click OK
Text in angle brackets < > A key on the keyboard Press <Enter>, <F1>
Plain Courier New Sample source code #define START
Italic Courier New A variable argument file.o, where file can be any
Square brackets [ ] Optional arguments mcc18 [options] file
Curly brackets and pipe
character: { | }
Ellipses... Replaces repeated text var_name [, var_name...]
Notes
A menu path File > Save
A tab Click the Power tab
Filenames autoexec.bat
File paths c:\mcc18\h
Keywords _asm, _endasm, static
Command-line options -Opa+, -Opa-
Bit values 0, 1
Constants 0xFF, ‘A’
Choice of mutually exclusive
arguments; an OR selection
Represents code supplied by
user
A Note presents information
that we want to re-emphasize,
either to help you avoid a
common pitfa ll or to m ake you
aware of operating di fferences
between some device family
members. A Note can be in a
box, or when used in a table
or figure, it is located at the
bottom of the table or figure.
“Save project before build”
valid filename
[options]
errorlevel {0|1}
void main (void)
{ ...
}
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RECOMMENDED READING
This user’s guide describes how to use the BM70 EVB. The following Microchip
document is available and recommended as supplemental reference resources.
BM70/BM71 Data Sheet (DS60001372)
Refer to this document for detailed information on the BM70 module. The reference
information found in this data sheet includes:
• Features and pin configurations
• Electrical s pecifications
• Reference circuits
THE MICROCHIP WEB SITE
Microchip provides online support via our web site at: http://www.microchip.com. This
web site makes files and information easily available to customers. Accessible by most
Internet browsers, the web site contains the following information:
• Product Support – Data sheets and errata, application notes and sample
programs, design resources, user’s guides and hardware support documents,
latest software releases and archived software
• General Technical Support – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), technical
support requests, online discussion groups, Microchip consultant program
member listings
• Business of Microchip – Product selector and ordering guides, latest Microchip
press releases, listings of seminars and events; and listings of Microchip sales
offices, distributors and factory representatives
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DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS CUSTOMER CHANGE NOTIFICATION SERVICE
Microchip’s customer notification service helps keep customers current on Microchip
products. Subscribers will receive email notification whenever there are changes,
updates, revisions or errata related to a specified product family or development tool of
interest.
To register, access the Microchip web site at www.microchip.com, click on Customer
Change Notification and follow the registration instructions.
The Development Systems product group categories are:
• Compilers – The latest info rmat ion on Mi croc hip C com pile rs an d ot her l ang uage
tools
• Emulators – The latest information on the Microchip in-circuit emulator, MPLAB
REAL ICE™
• In-Circuit Debuggers – The latest information on the Microchip in-circuit
debugger, MPLAB ICD 3
• MPLAB X IDE – The latest information on Microchip MPLAB X IDE, the
Windows
• Programmers – The latest information on Microchip programmers including the
PICkit™ 3 development programmer
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Integrated Development Environment for development systems tools
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Users of Microchip products can receive assistance through several channels:
• Distributor or Representative
• Local Sales Office
• Field Application Engi neer (FAE)
• Technical Support
Customers should contact their distributor, representative or Field Application Engineer
(FAE) for support. Local sales offices are also available to help customers. A listing of
sales offices and locations is included in the back of this document.
Technical support is available through the web site at: http://support.microchip.com.
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DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY
Revision A (October 2015)
This is the initial released version of this document.
Revision B (October 2015)
This revision includes the following updates:
• Added Figure 2-1, Table 2-1 through Table 2-10
• Updated Figure A-1
Minor updates to text and formatting were incorporated throughout the document.
Revision C (May 2016)
This revision includes the following updates:
• Updated Chapter 3. “Getting Started”
• Updated Chapter 4. “Flash Programming Procedure”
• Updated Chapter 5. “USB-to-UART Converter and Host DUT”
• Updated Appendix A. “Schematics”
Minor updates to text and formatting were incorporated throughout the document.
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Thank you for purchasing a Microchip T echnology BM70 PICtail™/PICtail Plus Evaluation Board (EVB). This document provides detailed information about the BM70 EVB.
The BM70 EVB is designed to evaluate and demonstrate the capabilities of the
Microchip BM70 BLE module.
This chapter includes the following topics:
1.1 “Kit Contents”
1.2 “BM70 EVB Features”
The BM70 EVB can be evaluated using various tools which are listed on the pr oduct
page of the Microchip worldwide web site: http:// www.microchip.com/bm-70-pictail.
1.1 KIT CONTENTS
The BM70 EVB kit contains these items:
• One BM70 EVB, which contains the BM70BLES1FC2 module
• One micro-USB cable
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Note: If you are missing any part of the kit, contact a Microchip sales office for
assistance. A list of Microchip offices for sales and service is provided on
the back page of this document.
1.2 BM70 EVB FEATURES
The following are key features of the BM70 EVB:
• Option to switch power source between the Coin Cell battery, USB, and PICtail
interface
• The UART interface to connect to an external MCU
• Connection and test interface between the BM70 module and Host Emulator tool
on the PC (with UART commands)
• Ability to update the firmware using the micro-USB port
• Switch between Application mode and Test mode
• LED, push button, I
2
C and SPI interface
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Representation of the layout of the BM70 EVB are illustrated in Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2.
The top view of the board includ es the following key features as indicated in Figure 1-1.
1. The B M7 0B LES 1FC2 modul e
2. Power switch button (SW6)
3. SPI interface (J4)
4. USB GPIO interface (JP10)
5. USB-to-UART interface (J3)
6. LED
7. Power source connector (J1)
8. Reset bu tto n (S W5)
9. Test buttons (Push-low)
10. V
BAT
header pins (J10)
11. Test button header (J7)
2
12. I
C interface (JP12, JP13)
13. DIP switch (SW7)
14. LEDs and corresponding header pins (JP5)
15. GND header pins (J2)
16. PICtail interface (J8)
FIGURE 1-1: BM70 EVB (TOP VIEW)
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Introduction
Figure 1-2 illustrates the bottom view of the BM70 EVB with the following key
components:
1. USB-to-UART converter. The switch SW8 is the USB Reset button
2. Module pads
3. Coin Cell battery holder
For additional information on these features, refer to Chapter 2. “Hardware”.
FIGURE 1-2: BM70 EVB (BOTTOM VIEW)
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