Laird BL654 User Manual
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- Page 1 Version 1.0...
- Page 2 Version Date Notes Contributor(s) Approver 04 July 2018 Initial version Jamie McCrae Jonathan Kaye Americas: +1-800-492-2320 www.lairdtech.com/bluetooth Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610 © Copyright 2018 Laird. All Rights Reserved...
- Page 3 Hidden Special Function Pins ............................. 5 Autorun Functionality ..............................6 VSP Mode................................... 9 Software .................................... 10 Additional Peripherals ............................. 11 5.1.1 Virtual Button and LED Connected to BL654 ..................... 11 Additional Documentation ..............................11 Americas: +1-800-492-2320 www.lairdtech.com/bluetooth Europe: +44-1628-858-940 Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610...
- Page 4 Applications. The USB dongle allows the BL654 series module to physically connect to a PC via a USB port which provides USB-to-Virtual COM port conversion through an FTDI chip – part number FT232R. Any Windows PC (XP or later), Linux PC (Kernel 3.x or newer with an x86, x86_64 or ARMv7 CPU) or Mac (10.11 or newer), should auto-install the necessary drivers;...
- Page 5 USB_CTS SIO_07 UART_CTS (input) USB_RTS The FTDI IC inside the BL654 USB dongle has I/O routed to various control lines of the BL654 module which are listed in Table Table 2: Special function SIO connections BL654 Function FTDI IC UART...
- Page 6 By default, the BL654 USB dongle is in autorun mode. This means that, if an $autorun$ application is present on the device, it runs when the dongle is powered (regardless of what device the dongle is plugged into; computers, USB power plugs, and battery packs all boot the dongle in autorun mode).
- Page 7 Open UwTerminalX and select the serial port of the USB dongle (1) (Figure Ensure that the description identifies it as an FTDI device (2), and then click BL654 USB dongle – Exit Autorun at the top of the window (3)
- Page 8 Close UwTerminalX once the action is complete. You can now use the UART firmware upgrader application to upgrade to a newer firmware version. Refer to the documentation available on the Laird BL654 product page for instructions on using the BL654 firmware upgrade utility. Americas: +1-800-492-2320 www.lairdtech.com/bluetooth...
- Page 9 The VSP pin is wired to the FTDI chip which allows you to enable VSP bridge mode or VSP command mode. This functionality is not exposed in any Laird utilities at the current time. The process for entering VSP mode is as described in...
- Page 10 The USB dongle connects the BL654 module to a virtual COM port of a PC or other device. From a PC, you can communicate with the module using Laird’s UwTerminalX (cross platform software available for Windows, Mac, and Linux). This utility...
- Page 11 All Laird products are sold pursuant to the Laird Terms and Conditions of Sale in effect from time to time, a copy of which will be furnished upon request. When used as a tradename herein, Laird means Laird PLC or one or more subsidiaries of Laird PLC.