Microchip Technology ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro User manual

ATBTLC1000-XPRO
ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro User Guide
Introduction
The ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro is an extension board to evaluate the performance of the ultra-low power
Bluetooth® Low Energy 5.0 ATBTLC1000-MR110CA module. The ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro board is
designed to provide BLE functionality to the Xplained Pro evaluation platform. This kit provides access to
the features of the ATBTLC1000-MR110CA module and explains how to integrate the module in a custom
design.
Features
• ATBTLC1000-MR110CA Bluetooth Module
– Compliant with Bluetooth V5.0 Core Specification, ETSI EN 300 328 and EN 300 440 Class 2,
FCC CFR47 Part 15, and ARIB STD-T66
– ARM® Cortex®-M0 32-bit processor
• AT30TSE758A Digital Temperature Sensor
– Integrated temperature sensor, non-volatile registers, and serial EEPROM
– Two wire I2C and SMBus compatible serial interface
• Xplained Pro Hardware Identification System using ATSHA204A
• Power LED
• Power Debugger Support using Current Measurement Header
• Provision for External Flash (Footprint Only). Recommended MPN: IS25LD020-JNLE.
• Debug I2C Header
• Debug UART/SPI Extension Port
• CHIP EN Switch for ATBTLC1000 Module (Footprint Only)
• SWD Header
• 32 kHz Crystal
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................1
Features.......................................................................................................................... 1
1. Kit Overview.............................................................................................................. 4
2. Getting Started.......................................................................................................... 5
2.1. Xplained Pro Quick Start.............................................................................................................. 5
2.2. Design Documentation and Relevant Links................................................................................. 5
3. Xplained Pro.............................................................................................................. 7
3.1. Hardware Identification System....................................................................................................7
3.2. Xplained Pro Standard Extension Header....................................................................................7
4. Hardware Specifications............................................................................................9
4.1. Electrical Characteristics.............................................................................................................. 9
4.2. Headers and Connectors............................................................................................................. 9
4.3. Peripherals................................................................................................................................. 11
5. Hardware Revision History and Known Issues........................................................13
5.1. Identifying Product ID and Revision........................................................................................... 13
5.2. Revision 2...................................................................................................................................13
6. ATBTLC1000XPRO-ADP Adapter Board................................................................ 15
6.1. Kit Overview............................................................................................................................... 15
6.2. Need for the Kit ......................................................................................................................... 15
6.3. Hardware....................................................................................................................................15
7. Evaluation Kit Interface Details (Without Adapter Board)........................................17
8. Document Revision History..................................................................................... 19
The Microchip Web Site................................................................................................ 20
Customer Change Notification Service..........................................................................20
Customer Support......................................................................................................... 20
Microchip Devices Code Protection Feature................................................................. 20
Legal Notice...................................................................................................................21
Trademarks................................................................................................................... 21
Quality Management System Certified by DNV.............................................................22
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Worldwide Sales and Service........................................................................................23
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1. Kit Overview
The ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro is an extension board containing the ultra-low power Bluetooth module
ATBTLC1000-MR110CA for the Xplained Pro platform. The kit can be connected to any extension header
on an Xplained Pro MCU board.
Figure 1-1. ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro Extension Board
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Kit Overview
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2. Getting Started
2.1 Xplained Pro Quick Start
Steps to start exploring the Xplained Pro platform:
1. Download and install Atmel Studio.
2. Launch Atmel Studio.
3. Connect the ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro extension board with an Xplained Pro MCU board and
connect a USB cable to the DEBUG USB port on the Xplained Pro MCU board.
When the Xplained Pro MCU kit is connected to the computer for the first time, the operating system
installs the driver software automatically. This driver supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft®
Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2012.
When the Xplained Pro MCU board is powered, the power LED (green) glows, and Atmel Studio
automatically detects the specific Xplained Pro MCU and extension board(s) that are connected. The
landing page of the kit in the Atmel Studio has an option to launch the Atmel Software Framework (ASF)
and the Atmel START example application codes for the kit. The target device is programmed and
debugged by the on-board embedded debugger and therefore no external programmer or debugger tool
is required.
2.2 Design Documentation and Relevant Links
The following list contains links to the most relevant documents and software for the ATBTLC1000
Xplained Pro.
•Xplained Products - Xplained evaluation kits are a series of easy-to-use evaluation kits for Microchip
microcontrollers and other Microchip products.
– Xplained Nano - used for low pin count devices and provides a minimalistic solution with access
to all I/O pins of the target microcontroller.
– Xplained Mini - used for medium pin count devices and adds Arduino Uno compatible header
footprint and a prototyping area.
– Xplained Pro - used for medium-to-high pin count devices that features advanced debugging
and standardized extensions for peripheral functions.
Note: All the above kits have on-board programmers/debuggers, which creates a set of low-cost
boards for evaluation and demonstration of features and capabilities of different Microchip products.
•Atmel Studio - Free IDE for the development of C/C++ and assembler code for microcontrollers.
•EDBG User Guide - User guide containing more information about the on-board Embedded
Debugger.
•Data Visualizer - Data Visualizer is a program used for processing and visualizing data. The Data
Visualizer can receive data from various sources such as the EDBG Data Gateway Interface found
on Curiosity Nano and Xplained Pro boards and COM Ports.
•Advanced Software Framework - MCU software library providing a large collection of embedded
software for MCUs.
•Design Documentation - Package containing CAD source, schematics, BOM, assembly drawings, 3D
plots, layer plots, and so on.
•ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro on Microchip website - Microchip website link.
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•ATBTLC1000 BluSDK - Software, firmware, applications, and tools packages. Located in the
software section of the page.
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3. Xplained Pro
Xplained Pro is an evaluation platform which contains a series of microcontroller boards (evaluation kits)
and extension boards. Atmel Studio is used to program and debug the microcontrollers on these boards.
Atmel Studio includes Advanced Software Framework (ASF) and Atmel START, which has drivers and
demo code, and Data Visualizer, which supports data streaming and advanced debugging. Xplained Pro
evaluation kits can be connected to a wide range of Xplained Pro extension boards through standardized
headers and connectors. Xplained Pro extension boards have identification (ID) chips to uniquely identify
which boards are connected to the Xplained Pro evaluation kits.
3.1 Hardware Identification System
All Xplained Pro extension boards come with an identification chip (ATSHA204A CryptoAuthentication™
chip) to uniquely identify the boards that are connected to the Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit. This chip
contains information that identifies the extension with its name and some extra data. When an Xplained
Pro extension is connected to an Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit, the information is read and sent to the
Atmel Studio. The following table shows the data fields stored in the ID chip with example content.
Table 3-1. Xplained Pro ID Chip Content
Data Field Data Type Example Content
Manufacturer ASCII string Microchip'\0'
Product name ASCII string Segment LCD1 Xplained Pro'\0'
Product revision ASCII string 02'\0'
Product serial number ASCII string 1774020200000010’\0’
Minimum voltage [mV] uint16_t 3000
Maximum voltage [mV] uint16_t 3600
Maximum current [mA] uint16_t 30
3.2 Xplained Pro Standard Extension Header
All Xplained Pro kits have many dual-row, 20-pin, 100 mil extension headers. The Xplained Pro MCU
boards have male headers, while the Xplained Pro extensions have their female counterparts. The
following table provides the pin description of all the connected pins.
Info: Not all pins are always connected on all extension headers.
The extension headers can be used to connect a variety of Xplained Pro extensions to Xplained Pro MCU
boards or to access the pins of the target microcontroller on the Xplained Pro boards.
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Table 3-2. Xplained Pro Standard Extension Header
Pin Number Pin Name Description
1 ID Pin to communicate with the ID chip on an extension board.
2 GND Ground
3 ADC(+) Analog-to-Digital Converter; alternatively, a pin for the positive
terminal of a differential ADC.
4 ADC(-) Analog-to-Digital Converter; alternatively, a pin for the negative
terminal of a differential ADC.
5 GPIO1 General purpose I/O pin.
6 GPIO2 General purpose I/O pin.
7 PWM(+) Pulse-Width Modulation; alternatively, a pin for the positive part of a
differential PWM.
8 PWM(-) Pulse-Width Modulation; alternatively, a pin for the negative part of a
differential PWM.
9 IRQ/GPIO Interrupt request pin and/or general purpose I/O pin.
10 SPI_SS_B/
GPIO
Slave select pin for Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and/or general
purpose I/O pin.
11 I2C_SDA Data pin for I2C interface. Always connected, bus type.
12 I2C_SCL Clock pin for I2C interface. Always connected, bus type.
13 UART_RX Receiver pin of target device UART.
14 UART_TX Transmitter pin of target device UART.
15 SPI_SS_A Slave select for SPI. This pin should preferably not be connected to
anything else.
16 SPI_MOSI SPI master out slave in pin. Always connected, bus type.
17 SPI_MISO SPI master in slave out pin. Always connected, bus type.
18 SPI_SCK SPI clock pin. Always connected, bus type.
19 GND Ground pin for extension boards.
20 VCC Power pin for extension boards.
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4. Hardware Specifications
4.1 Electrical Characteristics
ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro can be connected to several Xplained Pro MCU boards and manually
connected to other hardware. Xplained Pro MCU board(s) that does not have 3.3V as its primary target
voltage will read all ID devices on connected extensions to check if they support the target voltage before
enabling it to the extension headers. The table below shows the static content written in the ID chip.
Table 4-1. ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro ID Chip Content
Data field Content
Product name ATBTLC1000-XPRO
Minimum operation voltage 1.8V
Maximum operation voltage 3.6V
Maximum current 10mA
See also Hardware Identification System.
4.2 Headers and Connectors
4.2.1 ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro Extension Header
The ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro implements one Xplained Pro standard extension header marked with
EXT1 in silkscreen. This header helps to connect the board to an Xplained Pro MCU board. The pinout
definition for the extension header is shown in the following table.
Table 4-2. ATBTLC1000 Xplained Pro Extension Header EXT1
Pin on EXT1 Function Description
1 ID Communication line to the ID chip
2 GND Ground
3 NC Not connected
4 NC Not connected
5 NC Not connected
6 GPIO/WAKE Always-on external wake up
7 NC Not connected
8 PWM-/RTC_CLKP 32.768 kHz RTC clock (optional feature)
9 GPIO_MS1 Mixed signal/Analog interface pin
10 GPIO/CHIP_EN Master enable for chip
11 TWI_SDA I2C SDA
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Pin on EXT1 Function Description
12 TWI_SCL I2C SCL
13 UART_TX UART TX
14 UART_RX UART RX
15 SPI_SS_A SPI SS
16 SPI_MOSI SPI MOSI
17 SPI_MISO SPI MISO
18 SPI_SCK SPI Clock
19 GND Ground
20 VCC Target supply voltage
Related Links
3.2 Xplained Pro Standard Extension Header
4.2.2 Current Measurement Header
The current measurement header (J101) can be used to measure the current consumed by the
ATBTLC1000 module using an ammeter. The two 0Ω resistors R112 and R113 can be removed to
measure the current consumed by individual power rails, VDDIO and VBAT respectively, by soldering in
wires for an ammeter.
4.2.3 Debug Connectors
The Debug I2C (J104) and Extension port (J105) are not mounted on the board.
Table 4-3. Debug I2C Connector
Pin on I2C connector Pin on ATBTLC1000 Module Function
1 8 I2C SCL
2 1 Ground
3 7 I2C SDA
4 - Not connected
Table 4-4. Extension Port
Pin on Extension Port Pin on ATBTLC1000 Module Function
1 4 UART RX/ SPI SCK
2 5 UART TX/SPI MOSI
3 21 DBG_UART_RX/SPI SSN
4 23 DBG_UART_TX/SPI MISO
5 1 Ground
6 1 Ground
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