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Key Specifications
Flexible Multi-Profile Audio Bluetooth development kit
Dual Mode Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy
Integrates BC127 module and Melody software
Access to UART via RS232 or USB (FTDI on board)
SPDIF, PCM, I2S, I2C and PIO easy access headers
Line In, Mic In and Amplified Audio out via 3mm Jack
Highly flexible and configurable board using buttons/switches
HFP 1.6, PBAP, A2DP1.2, AVRCP1.4, SPP 1.0
Supports iAP1 and IAP2 protocols for connection to iPods®, iPads® and iPhones®
Supports APTX, AAC, SBC and MP3
Applications
Audio devices
Wireless speakers
Music gateways
Automotive multimedia systems
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BC127-DEV-KIT BC127 Development Board v3.
Description
BC127-DEVKIT-001 is a development board
that allows engineers to quickly prototype any
Bluetooth device using Melody and high level
commands. It is the ideal kit to start working with
Bluetooth
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Summary of Contents for BlueCreation BC127-DEVKIT001
- Page 1 Music gateways commands. It is the ideal kit to start working with Automotive multimedia systems Bluetooth BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com www.bluecreation.com This datasheet has been downloaded from http://www.digchip.com...
- Page 2 BC127-DEV-KIT BC127 Development Board v3. Manual Rev B Setting Up the Board - Equipment To start you need to have: a) The BC127-DEVKIT001 and a USB cable. Please contact sales@blue-creation.com for more information. b) A PC or any other processor with a USB or parallel port. You should have a HyperTerminal installed on your laptop.
- Page 3 In your serial terminal window, type Reset and then Enter. If you receive an ERROR response, make sure your serial terminal is sending only /r as line endings. You should then see the BlueCreation Prompt. You are now ready to use the board. Please refer to the Melody Manual for more information on the different commands you can use to control the board.
- Page 4 HyperTerminal. And when you type in the command ‘SEND ‘text received’, you will see on your Android application a notification that says ‘text received’. Figure 4: Android: Sending and receiving text data with Melody Android BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com...
- Page 5 Manual Rev B Connecting to an iOS application If you want to use the BlueCreation iOS sample application to connect to your board, please follow the steps below. Step1: Get the source code for Melody iOS from BlueCreation. You can then compile and load the application on your iPod®, iPad®...
- Page 6 Manual Rev B Configuring the BC127 DevKit v3 The BlueCreation BC127 Development Kit offers easy hardware configuration via switches and jumpers and access via headers. The DevKit also comes with 6 general purpose push-buttons and a module reset button. Please refer to the figure below as to the positions and names of the different switches, push-buttons, jumpers and headers.
- Page 7 BC127 module. Please note that the currents measure here is not reflective of BC127 module currents as they are the total DevKit current. BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com...
- Page 8 Please refer to Melody manual to configure Melody appropriately. Please note that the PCM header cannot be used for programming the module even if the appropriate switch position is selected. BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com...
- Page 9 PCM output via the PCM/SPI switch. The PCM header is used to output all digital audio formats. Figure 8: PCM Header pinout Table 5: PCM port multiplexing BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com...
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Page 10: Troubleshooting
If your board does not seem to work, please check the points below which are the most common problems encountered. If you are still having issues, please contact techsupport@bluecreation.com. 1) POWER PROBLEMS: Check that the board is Turned ON. When you plug in the USB, the LEDs should start flashing indicating that the board is Turned ON. - Page 11 When the board is plugged-In, it should enumerate as a Dual RS232-HS device. If you right click Property or double click on the Dual RS232-HS icon, you should see the following window. BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com...
- Page 12 Extract the contents of this ZIP file into a folder on your desktop or elsewhere and run the CDMuninstallerGUI.exe file. You should see the following dialogue box which already has the FT232R Product/Vendor IDs in the box. BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com...
- Page 13 O/S can clean things up. You should then be ready to re-install your drivers as listed above. Step2) Download the latest driver from the ftdi website at the following link: BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com...
- Page 14 Hope this helps. Sometimes driver installations don't go as planned and the reasons may not be anything we can diagnose and/or help with. However this guide covers those we can help with. Take care! BlueCreation. St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom +44 (0)1223 420 252 mailto:info@bluecreation.com...
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