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BlueX Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Bluetooth 5.0 LE | MESH System Installation of Evaluation Kit BX2400-dRF0xp-S1x BX2400-eRF01e-G1x Version 1.7 Aug. 11 , 2021 released http://www.bluexmicro.com...
In this section, we'll introduce the function and usage of each EVK, and diagram attached at the end of each paragraph. 1.1 EVK of BX2400-dRF0xp-S1c This EVK is applicable to all BlueX BLE chips except RF01. Items (1) to (18) will be introduced as below.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit (6) Module Adapter Board A. When BX2416/ RF03/ RF04/ RF08 modules welded on adapter board, plug in here on the EVK as below: (7) RF04/ RF08 Module Welded Area A. RF04/ RF08 Module can be welded here on the EVK. (8) Buzzer (9) Secondary Power Switch Please refer to #2, primary power switch, for comparison.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 1.2 EVK of BX2400-eRF01e-G10 This EVK is applicable to RF01. Items (1) to (11) will be introduced as below. (1) RF01, QFN52, 6*6mm (2) External Antenna Mount (3) Power Supply 3.3V LDO (4) Jumper Terminal A.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit (7) SWD Debugging Connector A. P00-SWCLK, P01-SWDIO (8) UART Serial Connector A. P12-TXD, P13-RXD (9) P16/P23 DIP Switch A. P16 on the left, P23 on the right. B. Same as EVK of BX2400-dRF0xp-S1a. Please refer to #14 in paragraph 1.1 above. (10) Button and LED A.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 1.3 EVK of BX2400-eRF01e-G1a This EVK is applicable to RF01. Items (1) to (10) will be introduced as below. (1) RF01, QFN52, 6*6mm (2) External Antenna Mount (3) RGBW LED A. IO connect as below: (4) IO External Connector A.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit (5) Power, IO, and SWD connect as below: A. Pin#15 and Pin#16 are RF01 SWD interface, using for debug and FW download. (6) SPI Flash A. CS#-P24, DO-P27, WP#-P28, HOLD#-P29, CLK-P25, DI-P26. (7) Power Supply 3.3V LDO. (8) P16/P23 DIP Switch A.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 1.4 IO Introduction (1) IO A. P00 to P29 are digital IO, available for GPIO. B. P30 to P35 are analog input, not available for GPIO. C. P00 and P01 are linked to SWCLK and SWDIP of J-Linkrespectively. (2) UART A.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 2. Tools Download Please download the version of Keil 5.0 and J-Link 6.3 at least. 3. Tools Installation 3.1 Keil Installation (1) Click the installation. (2) Click [Next]. (3) Check [I agree all the terms of the preceding License Agreement], then click [Next].
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit (4) Select the destination and click [Next]. (5) Fill in information and click [Next]. (6) Wait for installing.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit (7) Click [Finish] when it completes. 3.2 Environment Variables Setting (1) Right-click on [My computer] and choose [Properties]. (2) Choose [Advance System Settings].
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit (3) Click [Enviroment Variables]. (4) Choose [Path] and then click [Edit]. (5) Choose bin file under Keil, and click [OK] to set. (6) Click [Confirm] and complete environment variables setting.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 3.3 J-Link Installation (1) Click the installation. (2) Click [Next]. (3) Click [I Agree]. (4) Click [Install]. Please install it in the default destination and DO NOT revise.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit (5) Wait for installing. (6) Click [Finish] to complete.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 4. J-Link Introduction J-Link firmware should be version 6.0 at least, and hardware should be version 9.0 at least. 4.1 Procedure Programming Taking SDK 3.x for example, download link as below: https://www.bluexmicro.com/download/cid-6.html (1) Option 1: Download by J-Flash A.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit If there's already [JLinkDevices.xml] file under J-Link, please follow steps as below. First, click [JLinkDevices.xml] file under SDK3.x. Then, copy content of Device in- between. Third, open [JLinkDevices.xml] file from J-Link, and paste it above </DataBase>. C.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit D. In [Create New Project], click the button indicated by red arrow as below. E. Roll down to choose [BlueX]. F. Choose program according to Module Flash voltage, then click [OK]. Choose [Apollo_00_3V3] when using RF01/RF03/RF04/BX2416/BX2417/BX2418 Module, or [Apollo_00_1V8] when using RF08.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit G. Back to [Create New Project] to choose [4000kHz] and click [OK]. H. When configuration completed, click [File] then [Open data file] to select the firmware in hex file to download. I. After selection, J-Flash will be as below.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit J. Connect EVK through J-Link SWD connector, and click [Target] to choose [Connect]. K. When connection success, it will be as below. L. Click [Target] to choose [Produciton Programming] to download firmware.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit (2) Option 2: Download by Keil A. Copy [APOLLO_00_1V8.FLM] and [APOLLO_00_3V3.FLM] of BlueX file to the path under Keil_v5/ARM/Flash as below. B. Follow the steps indicated in red arrow as below.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit C. In the pop-up, choose [Flash Download]. D. Follow the steps as below. Choose [Apollo_00_3V3] when using RF01/RF03/RF04/BX2416/BX2417/BX2418 Module, or [Apollo_00_1V8] when using RF08. E. Before using this option, first, download bootloader of hex file by using J-Flash, e.g. [template_with_bootloader.hex] from SDK 3.x programming.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit F. When connected to EVK by J-Link, procedures can be downloaded to EVK by the [Load] button indicated in red arrow as below.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 4.2 Erase Flash Procedure (1) The same process as procedure programming. After connected to EVK by J-Flash, follow the stpes as below, or press [F4], to erase Flash. (2) When erase completed, it will be as below.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 4.3 Degug and Check the Log (1) Debug by Keil A. In Keil, click [Start Debug], and make sure J-Link is well-connected during debugging. (2) Check Log by RTT Viewer A. To output Log print, IC should be programmed with log-enabled firmware first. B.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit C. BlueX chips cannot connect J-Link during sleep mode. Developers can define [DEBUGGER_ATTACHED] of [bx_sys_config.h] as [1] as reference below. When [DEBUGGER_ATTACHED] defined as 1, chips can connect J-Link during sleep mode, which is easy for debugging. To reduce power consumption during sleep mode, please define [DEBUGGER_ATTACHED] as [0] after debugging.
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System Installation of Evaluation Kit G. RTT Log as below.
System Installation of Evaluation Kit 5. Revison History Version Description Date (YYYY/MM/DD) Author 姚琪 Initial version 2020/02/04 淡明洁 Added content of ENK 2020/02/05 夏杰 Amended content of debug 2020/03/03 简任锋 Amended content of EVK and cover, added index 2020/07/17 简任锋 Updated content of EVK, added appendix 2021/01/18 简任锋...
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