ST X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1 User manual

Quick Start Guide
Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board based on SPBTLE-RF
module for STM32 Nucleo (X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1)
Version 1.6 (Mar 25, 2019)

Quick Start Guide Contents 2
STM32 Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board
Hardware and Software overview
Setup & Demo Examples
Documents & Related Resources
STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Bluetooth Low Energy Expansion Board (X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1)
Hardware Overview 3
Hardware Description
•The X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1 is a Bluetooth Low Energy
(BLE) evaluation and development board system,
designed around ST’s SPBTLE-RF Bluetooth Low
Energy module based on BlueNRG-MS.
•The BlueNRG-MS processor hosted in the SPBTLE-RF
module communicates with the STM32 Nucleo developer
board host microcontroller though an SPI link available
on the Arduino UNO R3 connector.
Key Products on board
SPBTLE-RF
Bluetooth Low Energy, FCC and IC certified, module
based on Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless network
processor BlueNRG-MS, BLE4.2 compliant.
SPBTLE-RF integrates a BALF-NRG-01D3 balun and
a chip antenna. It embeds 32 MHz and 32.768 kHz
crystal oscillators for the BlueNRG-MS.
M95640-R
64-Kbit serial SPI bus EEPROM with high-speed clock
interface
Latest info available at www.st.com
X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1

Latest info available at www.st.com
X-CUBE-BLE1
Bluetooth Low Energy Expansion Board (X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1)
Software overview 4
X-CUBE-BLE1 software description
•The X-CUBE-BLE1 is a software package which provides
STM32 drivers running for the BlueNRG-MS Bluetooth
Low Energy device. It is an STM32Cube expansion
software package that eases portability across different
STM32 MCU families
•Implementation examples are available for the STM32
Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board (X-
NUCLEO-IDB05A1) plugged on top of an STM32 Nucleo
board
(NUCLEO-L053R8, NUCLEO-L476RG, NUCLEO-
F401RE or NUCLEO-F411RE)
Key features
•Complete middleware to build applications using the
BlueNRG-MS network processor
•Easy portability across different MCU families thanks to
the STM32Cube
•Sample applications that the developer can use to start
experimenting with the code
•References to freeAndroid and iOS app that can be
used along with the sample applications
•Free, user-friendly license terms
Overall Software Architecture

Peripheral and Central Profiles
Software Overview 5
Software description for Peripheral and Central
Profiles
•X-CUBE-BLE1 provides an implementation for
Bluetooth Low Energy slave & central profiles and
sample applications running on the STM32 for the
BlueNRG-MS Bluetooth Low Energy device
•Implementation examples are available for the STM32
Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board (X-
NUCLEO-IDB05A1) plugged on top of an STM32
Nucleo board
(NUCLEO-L053R8, NUCLEO-L476RG, NUCLEO-
F401RE or NUCLEO-F411RE)
Key features
•Support for Bluetooth Low Energy profiles using the
BlueNRG-MS network processor:
Alert notification client, blood pressure sensor,
find-me locator, find-me target, glucose sensor,
health thermometer, heart rate, phone alert client,
proximity monitor, proximity reporter, time client,
time server.
•Low power optimization
•Examples for easier evaluation and development
Latest info available at www.st.com
X-CUBE-BLE1
Overall Software Architecture

Quick Start Guide Contents 6
STM32 Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board
Hardware and Software overview
Setup & Demo Examples
Documents & Related Resources
STM32 Open Development Environment: Overview

Setup & demo examples
Hardware prerequisites 7
•1 x STM32 Nucleo Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board
(X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1)
•1 x STM32 Nucleo development board
(NUCLEO-L053R8, NUCLEO-L476RG, NUCLEO-F401RE
or NUCLEO-F411RE)
•1 x BLE-enabled smartphone and associated apps
Android
KitKat OS phone https://play.google.com/store/apps/detail
s?id=com.macdom.ble.blescanner
iOS device
(starting from
iPhone 4S)https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/lightblue-
bluetooth-low-energy/id557428110?mt=8
Android - BLE scanner
iOS - Light Blue
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/bluenrg/id7058
73549
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=c
om.st.blunrg
App for Hands OnApp for DemoSmartphone requirements

Setup & demo examples
Software prerequisites 8
•STSW-LINK009: ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver
•STSW-LINK007: ST-LINK/V2-1 firmware upgrade
•X-CUBE-BLE1
•Copy the .zip file content into the “c:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\”folder on your PC
•The package contains the source code examples (Keil, IAR EWARM, System Workbench for
STM32) based on NUCLEO-L053R8,NUCLEO-L476RG,NUCLEO-F401RE or NUCLEO-F411RE
•BlueNRG DK
•The package contains the BlueNRG GUI

Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board
Start coding in just a few minutes with X-CUBE-BLE1 9
Download and unpack
X-CUBE-BLE1
Go to www.st.com/x-nucleo
Open project example
SensorDemo
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Select
X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1
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Modify and build application Download and install STM32
Nucleo ST-LINK/V2-1 USB driver
X-CUBE-BLE1 package
Generic Nucleo docs & BLE porting
BlueNRG SPI driver
Bluetooth LE HCI stack
Application examples

Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board
Evaluate using X-CUBE-BLE1 (1/2) 10
1From X-CUBE-BLE1
software resource package
Drag and drop
SensorDemo*.bin on Nucleo drive
Download and install the ST BlueNRG application on your smarpthone from Google
Play or App Store
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