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APX4 DEVELOPMENT KIT
GETTING STARTED
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Version 1.5

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  • Page 1 APX4 DEVELOPMENT KIT GETTING STARTED Thursday, 29 November 2012 Version 1.5...
  • Page 2 Bluegiga Technologies assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear in this manual. Bluegiga Technologies' products are not authorized for use as critical components in life support devices or systems. Bluegiga Access Server, Access Point, APx4, AX4, BSM, iWRAP, BGScript and WRAP THOR are trademarks of Bluegiga Technologies.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.1 Supported features of APX4 Development Kit under Linux ......12...

  • Page 4: Version History

    Version history added. Version number changed. Improved getting started instructions. Added Tips and Tricks section Added more examples Added Wi-Fi usage examples Added OPKG example Updated to have "Where to start?" section Copyright © 2001-2012 Bluegiga Technologies Page 4 of 16...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    2 Introduction This document is a getting started guide for Bluegiga APx4 development kit. The guide instructs you how to set up the APx4 development kit, power it up and access the Linux operating system on the APx4 wireless System-on-Module.

  • Page 6: Apx4 Development Kit

    APx4 Software Development Kit (SDK) is a software development platform that provides tools, methods and documentation allowing you to write applications for the Linux operating system running in the APx4. The APx4 SDK is based on the tools and methods developed and maintained by the Yocto Project.

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    3 Getting started 3.1 How to get started? Copyright © 2001-2012 Bluegiga Technologies Page 7 of 16...

  • Page 8: Preparations

    Make sure the power supply is not connected to the APx4 mother board Connect the APx4 to the motherboard by inserting the APx4 module into the SODIMM socket in 30-45 degrees angle and by pushing the APx4 module into the socket.

  • Page 9: Accessing The Apx4 Via Rs232

    Parity none Stop bits Flow control none Power on the APx4 motherboard From terminal software make sure you see the APx4 boot log U-Boot 2011.12 (Nov 26 2012 - 10:34:49) DRAM: 64 MiB WARNING: Caches not enabled NAND: 128 MiB...
  • Page 10 |___/ Bluegiga Linux 5.0.0-beta9 apx4devkit ttyAMA0 apx4devkit login: Avoid removing the APx4 module from the mother board when the power supply is connected in order not to damage the APx4 module. Copyright © 2001-2012 Bluegiga Technologies Page 10 of 16...

  • Page 11: Accessing The Apx4 Linux Console Via Ssh

    Connect Ethernet cable to the APx4 development kit Connect power supply to the APx4 development kit Wait until APx4 has started Open SSH connection using either PuTTy or SSH client to the IP address of APx4 development kit Default user name it root...

  • Page 12: Supported Features Of Apx4 Development Kit

    4 Supported features of APX4 Development Kit 4.1 Supported features of APX4 Development Kit under Linux Linux version 3.2.12 from Bluegiga BSP Driver Supported Notes Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0 Smart Ready (dual mode) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n STA and AP modes supported...

  • Page 13: Tips And Tricks

    TX bytes:1216 (1.1 KiB) root@apx4devkit:~# IP address of eth0 (Ethernet) interface is 10.1.1.125. 5.2 Checking device information with bgtinfo command. root@apx4devkit:~# bgtinfo This board was identified as Bluegiga APx4 (367CC-A). Software version : 5.0.0-beta9 Product ID Hardware revision Hardware architecture : apx4...

  • Page 14: Scanning For Bluetooth Low Energy Devices

    | 1353379111 | 00:07:80:42:cd:4f | "enri_ap_ehealth" | -44 | | 1353379111 | 70:f3:95:ce:54:9a | "SWLTMIKKOS" | -64 | | 1353379111 | 00:07:80:01:67:12 | "Bluegiga APX4 #1205310008" | -85 | | 1353379111 | 00:07:80:ff:f8:c4 | "WT32-A" | -87 | root@apx4devkit:~# Response syntax: | <timestamp>...

  • Page 15: Enabling Wi-Fi Interface And Performing Access Point Scan

    Wi-Fi interface iwlist wlan0 scanning performs an AP scan 5.7 Installing Python on APx4 using OPKG packet manager Command opkg update needs to be ran once in order to download the list of available packages from the repositories.

  • Page 16: Contact Information

    Sales Office / Hong-Kong: Phone: +852 3182 7321 Fax: +852 3972 5777 Bluegiga Technologies, Inc. Unit 10-18, 32/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Copyright © 2001-2012 Bluegiga Technologies Page 16 of 16...

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