u-blox u-connectXpress software v3.0.0 User Manual

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Release Note

u-connectXpress software v3.0.0 for NINA-W15

UBX-20034855 C1-Public
Erik Carlberg
28 September 2020

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Contents

1 Software 1

1.1 General Information 1

1.1.1 Scope 1

1.1.2 Related documentation 2

1.1.3 Released software image 2

1.1.4 Hardware and software compatibility 2

1.2 Released software tools 2

2 Features and improvements 2

2.1 http/https protocol 2

2.2 Long URLs and Azure authentication with tokens 2

2.3 Passive Wi-Fi scan 3

2.4 Supported Wi-Fi channels 3

2.5 Improved MQTT subscription support 3

2.6 Bluetooth LE secure connections 3

2.7 Multiple Bluetooth connections to remote centrals 3

2.8 Information about Bluetooth connections 3

2.9 Set Bluetooth mode 3

2.10 SPI host interface 3

2.11 Global time 3

2.12 Stop mode 3

2.13 Sleep mode 3

2.14 Standby mode 4

3 Solved issues 4
4 Known limitations 5
5 Changed behavior 6

1 Software

1.1 General Information

1.1.1 Scope

This release note describes the u-connectXpress software v3.0.0 for NINA-W15.

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1.1.2 Related documentation

Document UBX number Audience Updates

AT Commands manual UBX-14044127 Public Updated with NINA-W15 u-connectXpress v3.0.0

NINA-W15 Product Summary UBX-18052290 Public Updated with new features

NINA-W15 Data Sheet UBX-18006647 Public Updated with new features

Communicating with a u-blox
module over SPI bus

UBX-20028725 Public New document

1.1.3 Released software image

The NINA-W15 software image is available on the NINA-W15 series page at u-blox.com

. The

table below lists the binary and configuration files included in the package.

File Description

NINA-W15X-SW-3.0.0-013.bin Software binary

NINA-W15X-CF-1.0.json Manifest that defines the memory addresses for the binary

NINA-W15X-SI-3.0.0-013.txt u-connectXpress software signature

1.1.4 Hardware and software compatibility

u-connectXpress version 3.0.0 for NINA‑W15 can be flashed on any released NINA-W15 product
version. The NINA‑W151‑02B and NINA‑W152‑02B module order codes are pre-flashed with
this software version but are not backwards compatible with older versions.

Order code Pre-flashed software Supported SW versions

NINA-W151-00B 1.0.1 1.0.0, 2.1.0, 3.0.0

NINA-W151-02B 3.0.0 3.0.0

NINA-W152-00B 1.0.1 1.0.0, 2.1.0, 3.0.0

NINA-W152-02B 3.0.0 3.0.0

1.2 Released software tools

s-center version 5.1.0 has been released and is published on u-blox.com.

2 Features and improvements

2.1 http/https protocol

Support added for http/https requests to download files, get web pages and make REST API
calls, and so on.

2.2 Long URLs and Azure authentication with tokens

Longer URLs are allowed, and a new AT command has been included to write/read URL key
values separately instead of directly into the URL. This can be used, for example, when
connecting with Azure IoT Hub using SAS tokens / Symmetric key for authentication.

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