ST X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1 Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide

Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board based on SPBTLE-RF
module for STM32 Nucleo (X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1)

Version 1.6 (Mar 25, 2019)

Quick Start Guide Contents

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STM32 Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board
Hardware and Software overview

Setup & Demo Examples

Documents & Related Resources

STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Bluetooth Low Energy Expansion Board (X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1)

Hardware Overview

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Hardware Description

• The X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1 is a Bluetooth Low Energy

(BLE) evaluation and development board system,
designed around ST’s SPBTLE-RF Bluetooth Low
Energy module based on BlueNRG-MS.

• The BlueNRG-MS processor hosted in the SPBTLE-RF

module communicates with the STM32 Nucleo developer
board host microcontroller though an SPI link available
on the Arduino UNO R3 connector.

Key Products on board

SPBTLE-RF

Bluetooth Low Energy, FCC and IC certified, module
based on Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless network
processor BlueNRG-MS, BLE4.2 compliant.

SPBTLE-RF integrates a BALF-NRG-01D3 balun and
a chip antenna. It embeds 32 MHz and 32.768 kHz
crystal oscillators for the BlueNRG-MS.

M95640-R

64-Kbit serial SPI bus EEPROM with high-speed clock

interface

Latest info available at www.st.com

X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1

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X-CUBE-BLE1

Bluetooth Low Energy Expansion Board (X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1)

Software overview

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X-CUBE-BLE1 software description

• The X-CUBE-BLE1 is a software package which provides

STM32 drivers running for the BlueNRG-MS Bluetooth
Low Energy device. It is an STM32Cube expansion
software package that eases portability across different
STM32 MCU families

• Implementation examples are available for the STM32

Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board (X­NUCLEO-IDB05A1) plugged on top of an STM32 Nucleo
board
(NUCLEO-L053R8, NUCLEO-L476RG, NUCLEO­F401RE or NUCLEO-F411RE)

Key features

• Complete middleware to build applications using the

BlueNRG-MS network processor

• Easy portability across different MCU families thanks to

the STM32Cube

• Sample applications that the developer can use to start

experimenting with the code

• References to free Android and iOS app that can be

used along with the sample applications

• Free, user-friendly license terms

Overall Software Architecture

Peripheral and Central Profiles

Software Overview

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Software description for Peripheral and Central
Profiles

• X-CUBE-BLE1 provides an implementation for

Bluetooth Low Energy slave & central profiles and
sample applications running on the STM32 for the
BlueNRG-MS Bluetooth Low Energy device

• Implementation examples are available for the STM32

Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board (X-

NUCLEO-IDB05A1) plugged on top of an STM32
Nucleo board
(NUCLEO-L053R8, NUCLEO-L476RG, NUCLEO­F401RE or NUCLEO-F411RE)

Key features

• Support for Bluetooth Low Energy profiles using the

BlueNRG-MS network processor:

 Alert notification client, blood pressure sensor,

find-me locator, find-me target, glucose sensor,
health thermometer, heart rate, phone alert client,
proximity monitor, proximity reporter, time client,
time server.

• Low power optimization

• Examples for easier evaluation and development

Latest info available at www.st.com

X-CUBE-BLE1

Overall Software Architecture

Quick Start Guide Contents

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STM32 Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board
Hardware and Software overview

Setup & Demo Examples

Documents & Related Resources

STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Setup & demo examples

Hardware prerequisites

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• 1 x STM32 Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board

(X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1)

• 1 x STM32 Nucleo development board

(NUCLEO-L053R8, NUCLEO-L476RG, NUCLEO-F401RE

or NUCLEO-F411RE)

• 1 x BLE-enabled smartphone and associated apps

Android

KitKat OS phone

https://play.google.com/store/apps/detail

s?id=com.macdom.ble.blescanner

iOS device

(starting from

iPhone 4S)

https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/lightblue-

bluetooth-low-energy/id557428110?mt=8

Android - BLE scanner

iOS - Light Blue

https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/bluenrg/id7058
73549

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=c
om.st.blunrg

App for Hands OnApp for DemoSmartphone requirements