The new PIC32 Bluetooth Starter Kit from Microchip features a PIC32 microcontroller (MCU), HCI-based Bluetooth radio, Cree multi-colour LED, three standard single-colour LEDs, an analog 3-axis accelerometer, analog temperature sensor and five pushbuttons for user-defined inputs.
Additionally, the kit includes PICkit On Board (PKOB) which eliminates the need for an external debugger/programmer; USB connectivity; and GPIOs for rapid development of Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), USB and general-purpose applications. Also included is a plug-in interface for an audio CODEC daughter card which is set to release at a later stage to support Bluetooth audio.
The starter kit harnesses a PIC32MX270F256D MCU for main processing that runs at 83 DMIPS with 256 KB Flash and 64 KB RAM, plus a rich feature set including USB, I²S/SPI, mTouch capacitive touch sensing and an 8-bit parallel master port. Software development time is shortened by a free Bluetooth SPP stack for setting up emulated serial port connections between two peer Bluetooth devices.
Targeted applications include low-cost devices in the consumer market such as Bluetooth thermostats and wireless gaming controllers, as well as medical and industrial equipment like blood glucose meters, wireless diagnostic tools, Bluetooth GPS receivers, Bluetooth serial adaptors and cordless barcode scanners.
The PIC32 Bluetooth Starter Kit is supported by Microchip’s free MPLAB X integrated development environment (IDE) and MPLAB Harmony integrated software framework. Additionally, the free Quick Start Package is available, featuring an Android application development environment. It also includes a free software development kit (SDK) with the application source and binary code for Microchip’s Bluetooth SPP library.
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