◆ ◆ RS02A1-A Series ..........................24 RS02A1-B Series ..........................27 ◆ 1.4 Schematic Diagram of RF-BT02 ........................ 30 2 Transparent Transmission Introduction for Use ....................31 2.1 Preparation of Hardware and Software ....................31 ◆ EFR32BG22 Series ..........................31 ◆...
V1.2 - Mar., 2021 1 Product Overview RF-BT02 development board is a complete set of test products formed by a serial port module and a USB to UART baseboard for customer testing and development, which greatly reduces the difficulty of customers’ testing and development.
1.3 Pin Description ◆ nRF52832/nRF52810 Series Figure 2 is the pin diagram of RF-BT02 and RF-BM-ND08/RF-BM-ND08C, Table 3 shows the pin correspondence between the RF-BM-ND08/RF-BM-ND08C module and the development board, where A1 ~ A18 correspond to pin 2 ~ pin 19 of the module, Table 4 shows the detailed pin description of the RF-BM-ND08/RF-BM-ND08C. Please refer to the appendix for detailed pin descriptions of other modules.
Chip Pin Description Ground Power supply 1.7 V ~ 3.6 V, Recommend 3.3 V Status Slave mode (including Beacon) connection status indicator: low indication when connected, LED always on under connection. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 8 of 51...
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MCU serial port. When it is at a low level, the module will send data to the MCU serial port. Serial port TX Serial port RX Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 9 of 51...
V1.2 - Mar., 2021 ◆ nRF52805 Series The following figure 3 is the pin diagram of RF-BT02 and RF-BM-ND09 (bottom view). Table 5 shows the pin correspondence between the module and the development board. Table 6 shows the module detailed pin description.
Description Ground Ground P0_20 Serial port RX P0_01/XL2 Serial port TX Module output signal (Standard hardware flow control: P0_00/XL1 Require To Send). When it is at a high level, the module Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 11 of 51...
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ESET SWCL Serial wire debug clock input for debugging and SWCLK Debug programming SWDI Serial wire debug I/O for debugging and programming SWDIO Debug External antenna interface Ground Ground Ground Ground Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 12 of 51...
V1.2 - Mar., 2021 ◆ EFR32BG22 Series The following figure 4 is the pin diagram of RF-BT02 and RF-BM-BG22A1/RF-BM-BG22A2/RF-BM-BG22A3. Table 7 shows the pin correspondence between the module and the development board. A1 ~ A9 correspond to pin 2 to pin 10 of the module, and A10 ~ A18 correspond to pin 16 to pin 24 of the module.
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RXD (CP2102) TXD (CP2102) RESET SWD (J-Link) SWC (J-Link) VCC (3.3 V) Remark: B5 is the GPIO PA03 of the module, and A5 is the RESET pin of the development board. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 14 of 51...
1.71 V ~ 3.8 V, recommended to 3.3 V Status Slave mode (including Beacon) connection status PD01 PD01 indicator indicator: low when connected. (LED always on) PD00 PD00 Status Master mode connection status indicator: low when Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 15 of 51...
V1.2 - Mar., 2021 ◆ CC2540/CC2541 Series Figure 5 is the pin diagram of RF-BT02 and RF-BM-S02/RF-BM-S02A/RF-BM-S02I. Table 9 shows the pin correspondence between the module and the development board. A1~A18 correspond to pin 1 to 18 pins of the module.
RXD (CP2102) TXD (CP2102) RESET DD (CC Debugger) DC (CC Debugger) VCC (3.3 V) Table 10. Pin Functions of RF-BM-S02/RF-BM-S02A/RF-BM-S02I Name Chip Pin Description Ground Power supply 2 V ~ 3.6 V Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 18 of 51...
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1: Module has no data to send, or data has been sent, and the value of the signal line should be set at “1”. Serial port TX Serial port RX ADC1 Analog acquisition, channel 1 Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 19 of 51...
V1.2 - Mar., 2021 ◆ CC2640R2F/CC2640R2L Series Figure 6 is the pin diagram of RF-BT02 and RF-BM-4044B2/RF-BM-4044B3/RF-BM-4055B1L. Table 11 shows the pin correspondence between the module and the development board. A1 ~ A18 correspond to pin 1 to 18 pins of the module.
RXD (CP2102) TXD (CP2102) RESET TCK (XDS) TMS (XDS) VCC (3.3 V) Table 12. Pin Functions of RF-BM-4044B2 Name Chip Pin Description Ground Power supply 1.8 V~3.8 V. Recommend 3.3 V Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 21 of 51...
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0: Module has data to send, and the master will receive the data from BCTS the module. 1: Module has no data to send, or data has been sent, and the value of the signal line should be set at “1”. Serial port TX Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 22 of 51...
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RF-BT02 www.szrfstar.com V1.2 - Mar., 2021 Serial port RX Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 23 of 51...
◆ RS02A1-A Series Figure 7 is the pin diagram of RF-BT02 and RSBRS02AA/RSBRS02AI. Table 13 shows the pin correspondence between the module and the development board. A1 ~ A18 correspond to pin 1 to pin 18 of the module. Table 14 shows the module detailed pin description.
Power supply 1.6 V ~ 3.6 V, Recommend 3.3 V Output port (able to timed reversal) / Sleep mode indicator Output port (able to timed reversal) / Connection status indicator RESET Reset, active low. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 25 of 51...
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1: Module has no data to send, or data has been sent, and the value of the signal line should be set at “1”. Serial port TX Serial port RX - Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 26 of 51...
◆ RS02A1-B Series Figure 8 is the pin diagram of RF-BT02 and RSBRS02ABR/RSBRS02ABRI. Table 15 shows the pin correspondence between the module and the development board. A1 ~ A18 correspond to pin 1 to pin 18 of the module. Table 16 shows the module detailed pin description.
Chip Pin Description Ground Power supply 2 V ~ 3.6 V Output port (able to timed reversal) / Sleep mode indicator Output port (able to timed reversal) / Connection status indicator Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 28 of 51...
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1: Module has no data to send, or data has been sent, and the value of the signal line should be set at “1”. Serial port TX Serial port RX - Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 29 of 51...
V1.2 - Mar., 2021 2 Transparent Transmission Introduction for Use 2.1 Preparation of Hardware and Software 1. Prepare RF-BT02 development board, USB to Type-C cable. ◆ EFR32BG22 Series BG22Ax series: RF-BM-BG22A1, RF-BM-BG22A2, RF-BM-BG22A3. When using the BG22Ax series modules, the following pins need to be connected via DuPont cables: A7 and B22/B16 (TX →...
B1 (GND), A2 and B2 (VCC), A15 and B15 (pull CTS low), A16 and B16 (TX → RXD), A17 and B17 (RX → TXD). As shown in the figure below (Remove the 0 R resistance from the red box): Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 32 of 51...
When using the nRF52805 series modules, the following pins need to be short-circuited via jumpers: A14 and B14 (pull CTS low), A16 and B16 (TX → RXD), A17 and B17 (RX→TXD). As shown in the figure below (Remove the 0 R resistance from the red box): Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 33 of 51...
A1 and B1 (GND), A2 and B2 (VCC), A6 and B6 (pull EN low to enable broadcast), A14 and B14 (pull BRTS low to enable the serial port), A16 and B16 (TX → RXD), A17 and B17 (RX → TXD). As shown in the figure below: Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 34 of 51...
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* 64). 4. After installation, connect to the RF-BT02, and right-click on "Computer - Management - Device Manager - Port" to see if the driver has been installed successfully. The successful installation is shown below (Repeat step 2 if it is shown as a yellow exclamation mark).
3. After successful connection, nRF Connect screen is shown as follows: 4. Click the FFE5 channel in nRF Connect to write. Text mode: Text. click SEND to send. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 37 of 51...
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RF-BT02 www.szrfstar.com V1.2 - Mar., 2021 5. Then, UART Assistant will receive the data sent by APP: 6. Click the serial port data channel in nRF Connect to turn on Notification. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 38 of 51...
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V1.2 - Mar., 2021 7. Write the string in UartAssist and send. 8. nRF Connect will receive the data written in UartAssist: The usage method of iOS version APP is similar to Android. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 39 of 51...
// Check, if BCTS is set low, the module will be ready for receiving while(BCTS==0); // Wait for transmission to be finished, can also do time-limited waiting if(UARTRead(uartBuffer) == SUCCESS) // Read data from serial port Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 40 of 51...
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// Delay for 50 ms, and ensure the data is transmitted BRTS = 1; // BRTS is set high, and transmission is finished halMcuWaitMs(20); // Delay to send the next packet, the delay depends on the packet size. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 41 of 51...
//Enable RTS, that is, MCU can receive date from BLE module set_rts_enable(); While(1){ //Aquire whether the CTS status is in low level If(get_cts_state()==0){ // Send test data to BLE module mcu_send_to_ble_string("Test data.\r\n"); // Processing the data obtained by MCU mcu_data_process(mcu_uart_read_data()); Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 42 of 51...
The chip can only be identified by the short-circuited via jumpers between A1 and B1, A2 and B2. RF-BM-ND09 / RF-BM-ND09A pin Diagram is shown in the figure. Remove the two 0 R resistors at the top left of the reset button. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 44 of 51...
RF-BT02 www.szrfstar.com V1.2 - Mar., 2021 ◆ EFR32BG22 Series BG22Ax module pin Diagram is shown in the figure. Remove the four 0 R resistors in the figure, as shown below. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 45 of 51...
A4 and B25, and only need to connect to any one of A5, B5 and B24. A1 and B1, A2 and B2 need to be short-circuited via jumpers. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 46 of 51...
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A4, B4 and B25, and only need to connect to any one of A5, B5 and B24. A1 and B1, A2 and B2 need to be short-circuited with jumpers. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 47 of 51...
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A7 is SWC, and A8 is SWD. B25 and B26 cannot be used for burning firmware. Only one of A5, B5, B24 needs to connect RST. A1 and B1, A2 and B2 need to be short-circuited via jumpers Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 48 of 51...
2. The unsatisfactory power supply may also cause garbled. It is necessary to ensure the power supply reliability. 3. If the extension wire or feeder wire is of poor quality or too long, the bit error rate will be high. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 49 of 51...
1. The document will be optimized and updated from time to time. Before using this document, please make sure it is the latest version. 2. To obtain the latest document, please download it from the official website: www.szrfstar.com. Shenzhen RF-star Technology Co., Ltd. Page 50 of 51...
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