Silicon Laboratories UG187 User Manual
UG187: Blue Gecko Wireless Starter Kit
with BGM113 Module
User's Guide for the Blue Gecko Bluetooth® Module Wireless
Starter Kit
The Blue Gecko Bluetooth® Module Wireless Starter Kit is an excellent starting point to
get familiar with the BGM113 Bluetooth Module.
The Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard contains sensors and peripherals demonstrating
some of the BGM113's many capabilities. The kit provides all necessary tools for developing a Silicon Labs wireless application.
KIT FEATURES
• Supplied with BGM111 Blue Gecko
Bluetooth Module Radio Board BRD4300A
• Supplied with BGM113 Blue Gecko
Bluetooth Module Radio Board BRD4301A
• Ethernet and USB connectivity
• SEGGER J-Link on-board debugger
• Debug Multiplexer supporting external
hardware as well as radio board
• Silicon Labs' Si7021 Relative Humidity and
Temperature sensor
• Ultra low power 128x128 pixel Memory
LCD
• LEDs / Push buttons / Reset button
• 20-pin 2.54 mm header for expansion
boards
• Breakout pads for direct access to all radio
I/O pins
• Power sources include USB and CR2032
coin cell holder.
EXTENSION BOARD FEATURES
• Accelerometer
• Buttons and LEDs
• Joystick
• Footprint for I2C Expansion device
ORDERING INFO
• SLWSTK6101B
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RADIO BOARD FEATURES
• BGM113 Blue Gecko Bluetooth Module
with 256 kB Flash and 32 kB RAM. (P/N
BGM113)
• Integrated high performance chip antenna
• Transmit power up to +3 dBm
• CPU core 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4
SOFTWARE SUPPORT
• Blue Gecko Bluetooth Software
• Blue Gecko Bluetooth SDK
• Example applications for the kit
• iOS and Android applications
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Introduction
1. Introduction
1.1 Description
The idea behind the SLWSTK6101B is to provide a complete development platform for Silicon Labs' BGM113 Blue Gecko Bluetooth
Modules.
The core of the SLWSTK6101B is the Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard which features an on-board J-Link debugger, a virtual COM port
interface, an LCD display and a humidity/temperature sensor and through holes to access all the pins of the Blue Gecko Bluetooth
Smart Modules.
The WSTK Mainboard is paired with an Blue Gecko BGM113 Bluetooth® Module Radio Board that plugs directly into the mainboard.
The radio board includes the BGM113 with a built-in high performance chip antenna.
The Wireless Starter Kit is also supplied with an expansion board (BRD8006A Add-on Board) that can be connected to the WSTK
mainboard expansion header. The expansion board contains additional peripherals such as an accelerometer, buttons, LEDs, joystick
and a footprint for an I2C authentication device.
1.2 Radio Boards
A Wireless Starter Kit consists of one or more mainboards and radio boards that plug into the connectors on the mainboard. Different
radio boards are available which feature different Silicon Labs devices, which each have unique properties and pinouts.
To keep the mainboard design generic, the actual pin mapping of the kit is done on the radio board itself. This means that each radio
board has a uniqe mapping to the Wireless Starter Kit peripherals and connectors such as buttons, LEDs, the display, the EXP header
and the breakout pads. Because this pin mapping is different for every radio board, it is very important that the correct document be
consulted which shows the kit features in context of the radio board plugged in.
This document describes the Wireless Starter Kit as it behaves with the BGM113 Radio Board (BRD4301A). If the user intends to use
the BGM111 Radio Board (BRD4300A) instead, he or she should refer to UG122: Blue Gecko Wireless Starter Kit with BGM111 Mod-
ule.
1.3 Kit Contents
The following items are contained in the Blue Gecko Wireless Starter Kit box:
• 1x BRD4001A Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard
• 1x BRD4300A Blue Gecko BGM111 Bluetooth® Module Radio Board
• 1x BRD4301A Blue Gecko BGM113 Bluetooth® Module Radio Board
• 1x BRD8006A Blue Gecko Module Kit Add-on Board
• 1x CR2032 Lithium battery
• 1x USB Type A <-> USB Mini-B cables
Please refer to separate documentation for the included radio boards for detailed specifications and RF performance figures.
1.4 Getting Started
Detailed instructions for how to get started with your new Blue Gecko Wireless Starter Kit can be found on the Silicon Labs Simplicity
web pages:
http://www.silabs.com/bluetooth-getstarted
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BGM113
Module
Radio Board
Breakout pads
Breakout pads
Ethernet RJ-45
J-Link Debugger
Virtual COM port
Packet Trace
Advanced Energy Monitoring
USB mini-B
J-Link Debugger
Virtual COM port
Packet Trace
Advanced Energy Monitoring
Coin Cell Holder
CR2032 Battery
Power Select Switch
BAT / USB / AEM
2x User Push Buttons
2x User LEDs
Simplicity Connector
External targets:
Virtual COM port
Packet Trace
Advanced Energy Monitoring
Debug Connector
ARM Coresight 19-pin
OUT: External targets
IN: External debug probes
Reset Button
Si7021
Relative Temperature &
Humidity Sensor
EXP Header
Expansion board connector
Expansion Board
3-axis Accelerometer
2x Push Buttons
2x LEDs
Analog Joystick
I2C device footprint
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2. Kit Hardware Layout
The layout of the Blue Gecko Bluetooth® Module Wireless Starter Kit is shown below.
Kit Hardware Layout
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Figure 2.1 SLWSTK6101B Hardware Layout
BGM113
Bluetooth Module
USB Mini-B
Connector
RJ-45 Ethernet
Connector
Debug
UART
AEM
Multiplexer
Debug
UART
Packet Trace
AEM
Debug
UART
Packet Trace
AEM
Simplicity
Connector
Debug
Connector
GPIO
Board
Controller
OUT
IN
MCU
I2C
User Buttons
& LEDs
Si7021
Temperature
& Humidity
Sensor
SPI
ADC Input
GPIO
Accelerometer
BMA280
Analog
Joystick
Buttons
&
LEDs
Footprint for
I2C Expansion
device
I2C
WSTK Mainboard
Peripherals
Expansion Board Peripherals
WSTK Mainboard
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3. Kit Block Diagram
An overview of the Blue Gecko Bluetooth® Module Wireless Starter Kit is shown in the figure below.
Kit Block Diagram
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Figure 3.1 SLWSTK6101B Block Diagram
Simplicity
Connector
In/Out Debug
Header
GND
GND
5V
5V
P25
P24
P27
P26
P29
P28
P31
P30
P33
P32
P35
P34
P37
P36
P39
P38
P41
P40
P43
P42
P45
P44
GND
GND
NC
NC
Radio Board
Connectors
Expansion
Header
GND
GND
VMCU
VMCU
P1
P0
P3
P2
P5
P4
P7
P6
P9
P8
P11
P10
P13
P12
P15
P14
P17
P16
P19
P18
P21
P20
GND
GND
P23
P22
VRF
VRF
3V3
3V3
GND
VMCU
P23 / PD15 / BTN1_LED1
P21 / PD14 / BTN0_LED0
P19 / NC
P17 / NC
GND
P15 / NC
P13 / PC10 / I2C_SDA
P11 / PA1 / VCOM_RX
P9 / PA0 / VCOM_TX
P7 / PD13 / SPI_CS
P5 / PB13 / SPI_CLK
P3 / PB12 / SPI_MISO
P1 / PB11 / SPI_MOSI
GND
GND
5V
5V
NCNC
P45 / NCNC / P44
P43 / NCNC / P42
P41 / NCNC / P40
3V33V3
P39 / NCNC / P38
P37 / tied high / SENSOR_ENABLENC / P36
P35 / NCNC / P34
P33 / NCNC / P32
P31 / NCNC / P30
P29 / NCNC / P28
P27 / PF1 / DBG_TMS_SWDIONC / P26
P25 / PF0 / DBG_TCK_SWCLKNC / P24
GNDGND
VRF
GND
VMCU
NC / P22
NC / P20
NC / P18
NC / P16
GND
NC / P14
I2C_SCL / PC11 / P12
NC / P10
NC / P8
NC / P6
NC / P4
VCOM_RTS / PF3 / P2
VCOM_CTS / PF2 / P0
VRF
J101
J102
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4. Connectors
This chapter gives you an overview of the Wireless Starter Kit Mainboard connectivity. The placement of the connectors can be seen in
the figure below.
4.1 Breakout pads
Most of the BGM113's pins are routed from the radio board to breakout pads at the top and bottom edges of the Wireless Starter Kit
Mainboard. A 2.54 mm pitch pin header can be soldered on for easy access to the pins. The figure below shows you how the pins of
the BGM113 maps to the pin numbers printed on the breakout pads. To see the available functions on each, please refer to the
BGM113 Data Sheet.
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Figure 4.2 Radio Board Pin Mapping on Breakout Pads
Figure 4.1 Connector Layout
12
4
8
6
10
3
5
9
7
12
13
14
11
1516
17
18
20 19
VMCU
PB11
PB12
PB13
PD13
PA0
PA1
PC10
5V
3V3
GND
PF2
PF3
NC
NC
NC
NC
PC11
Board ID SDA
Board ID SCL
Reserved (Board Identification)
BGM113 I/O Pin
Alternate function
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
SPI_MOSI
SPI_MISO
SPI_SCK
SPI_CS
UART_TX
UART_RX
I2C_SDA
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
GPIO
GPIO
I2C_SCL
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4.2 Expansion header
On the right hand side of the board an angled 20 pin expansion header is provided to allow connection of peripherals or plug-in boards.
The connector contains a number of I/O pins that can be used with most of the BGM113 Blue Gecko's features. Additionally, the VMCU,
3V3 and 5V power rails are also exported.
The connector follows a standard which ensures that commonly used peripherals such as an SPI, a UART and an I2C bus are available
on fixed locations in the connector. The rest of the pins are used for general purpose I/O. This allows the definition of expansion boards
that can plug into a number of different Silicon Labs starter kits.
The figure below shows the pin assignment of the expansion header for the Blue Gecko Bluetooth® Module Wireless Starter Kit. Because of limitations in the number of available GPIO pins, some of the expansion header pins are shared with kit features.
Figure 4.3 Expansion Header
The pin-routing on the EFR32 is very flexible, so most peripherals can be routed to any pin. However, many pins are shared between
the Expansion Header and other functions on the Wireless STK Mainboard. Table 4.1 Expansion Header Pinout on page 5 includes
an overview of the mainboard features that share pins with the Expansion Header.
Table 4.1. Expansion Header Pinout
Pin Connection EXP Header function Shared feature Peripheral mapping
4 PB11 SPI_MOSI USART1_TX #11
6 PB12 SPI_MISO USART1_RX #11
8 PB13 SPI_SCLK USART1_CLK #11
10 PD13 SPI_CS USART1_CS #18
12 PA0 UART_TX VCOM_TX USART0_TX #0
14 PA1 UART_RX VCOM_RX USART0_RX #0
16 PC10 I2C_SDA SENSOR_I2C_SDA I2C0_SDA #15
3 PF2 GPIO VCOM_CTS USART0_CLK #0
5 PF3 GPIO VCOM_RTS USART0_CS #0
7 No Connection
9 No Connection
11 No Connection
13 No Connection DBG_TDI
15 PC11 I2C_SCL SENSOR_I2C_SCL I2C0_SCL #15
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1 2
4
8
6
10
3
5
9
12
13 14
11
15 16
17
18
2019
TMS / SWDIO / C2D
TCK / SWCLK / C2CK
TDO / SWO
TDI / C2Dps
TRACECLK
TRACED0
TRACED1
TRACED2
TRACED3
RESET / C2CKps
Vdevice
GND
NC
Cable Detect
NC
NC
GND
GND
GND
7
GND
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4.3 Debug Connector (DBG)
The Debug Connector serves a dual purpose. Based on the "debug mode", which can be set up using Simplicity Studio. In the "Debug
IN" mode this connector allows an external debug emulator to be used with the on-board BGM113. In the "Debug OUT" mode this connector allows the kit to be used as a debugger towards an external target. In the "Debug MCU" (default) mode this connector is isolated
from the debug interface of both the Board Controller and the on-board target device.
Because this connector is automatically switched to support the different operating modes, it is only available when the Board Controller
is powered (J-Link USB cable connected). If debug access to the target device is required when the Board Controller is unpowered, this
should be done by connecting directly to the appropriate breakout pins.
The pinout of the connector follows that of the standard ARM Cortex Debug+ETM 19-pin connector. The pinout is described in detail
below. Note that even though the connector has support for both JTAG and ETM Trace in addition to Serial Wire Debug, it does not
necessarily mean that the kit or the on-board target device supports this.
Figure 4.4 Debug Connector
Note that the pin-out matches the pin-out of an ARM Cortex Debug+ETM connector, but these are not fully compatible as pin 7 is physically removed from the Cortex Debug+ETM connector. Some cables have a small plug that prevent them from being used when this pin
is present. If this is the case, remove the plug, or use a standard 2x10 1.27 mm straight cable instead.
Table 4.2. Debug Connector Pin Descriptions
Pin number(s) Function Note
1 VTARGET Target voltage on the debugged application.
2 TMS / SDWIO / C2D JTAG test mode select, Serial Wire data or C2 data
4 TCK / SWCLK / C2CK JTAG test clock, Serial Wire clock or C2 clock
6 TDO/SWO JTAG test data out or Serial Wire Output
8 TDI / C2Dps JTAG test data in, or C2D "pin sharing" function
10 RESET / C2CKps Target device reset, or C2CK "pin sharing" function
12 TRACECLK ETM Trace Clock
14 TRACED0 ETM Trace Data 0
16 TRACED1 ETM Trace Data 1
18 TRACED2 ETM Trace Data 2
20 TRACED3 ETM Trace Data 3
9 Cable detect This signal must be pulled to ground by the external debugger or application for ca-
11, 13 NC Not connected
3, 5, 15, 17, 19 GND
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