New to BlueNRG-1!

[pradeesh]

Posted on February 24, 2017 at 07:37

Hi, I am new to ST-Bluetooth. I have experience in TI LPRF and planning to do something in BlueNRG-1, because of TI background I have few questions!

• TI BLE stack is based on IAR/CCS IDEs, for ST stack what is the IDE/Compiler I need to install?
• Whether we get any control over application source code, or it’s like a GUI configuration? Something like you can set the BLE frame from the GUI and GUI make the whole project for you?
• Whether ST providing any GUI/Tool for radio characterization of their RF products? (Like smrtRFStudio from TI)
• What is the stack size and what left for application code (memory)?
• How many profile samples code you provide?

[Julien Tiron_O]

Posted on March 31, 2017 at 09:57

• BlueNRG-1 DK is available on IAR/Keil and TrueStudio (GCC based)
• It is a standard cortex M0, so programming is done like on every other microcontroller. There is just a library managing the RF part.
• BlueNRG-GUI and the DTM project provide a complete tool to characterize the BLE library: 

  http://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/embedded-software/wireless-connectivity-software/stsw-bnrgui.html

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• On BlueNRG-1, 160 KB flash is available. The BLE stack has a size of 60 KB but is dynamic so depending on the API usage, it can be smaller.
• The software examples can be found in the BlueNRG-1 SDK: 

  http://www.st.com/en/wireless-connectivity/bluenrg-1.html

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Regards,

Julien