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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.

REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................... 4

1.1

PRINTED COPY INCLUDED IN THE BOX WITH CC2540DK ............................................................................. 4

1.2

PRINTED COPY INCLUDED IN THE BOX WITH CC2541EMK .......................................................................... 4

1.3

INCLUDED WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY SOFTWARE INSTALLER ................................... 4

1.4

AVAILABLE FROM BLUETOOTH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) .................................................................... 4

2.

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 5

2.1

CC2540DK CONTENTS OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 5

2.2

CC2541EMK CONTENTS OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................... 5

2.3

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS........................................................................................................................ 6

3.

GETTING STARTED WITH THE SIMPLEBLE DEMO ............................................................................... 7

3.1

HARDWARE SETUP ............................................................................................................................... 7

3.2

POWER OPTIONS ................................................................................................................................. 7

3.3

POWER THE BOARDS ............................................................................................................................ 7

3.4

START-UP SCREEN ................................................................................................................................ 7

3.5

USING THE JOYSTICK ............................................................................................................................. 7

3.6

DEVICE DISCOVERY............................................................................................................................... 8

3.7

ESTABLISH CONNECTION........................................................................................................................ 8

3.8

CONNECTED OPERATIONS...................................................................................................................... 8

3.9

READ / WRITE DATA ............................................................................................................................ 8

3.10

MONITOR RSSI ................................................................................................................................... 9

3.11

CONNECTION PARAMETER UPDATE ......................................................................................................... 9

3.12

TERMINATE LINK.................................................................................................................................. 9

3.13

SIMPLEBLE DEMO SOURCE CODE ........................................................................................................... 9

4.

USING BTOOL ................................................................................................................................. 10

4.1

USING SMARTRF05EB + CC2540EM/CC2541EM AS HOST BOARD ........................................................ 10

4.1.1

Load HostTestRelease Project on EM using SmartRF05EB .................................................... 10

4.1.2

Connect SmartRF05EB to PC.................................................................................................. 10

4.2

DETERMINING THE COM PORT ............................................................................................................ 11

4.3

STARTING THE APPLICATION................................................................................................................. 12

4.4

CREATING A BLE CONNECTION BETWEEN CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES............................................... 13

4.4.1

Scanning for Devices ............................................................................................................. 13

4.4.2

Selecting Connection Parameters.......................................................................................... 14

4.4.3

Establishing a Connection ..................................................................................................... 14

4.5

USING THE SIMPLE GATT PROFILE ........................................................................................................ 15

4.5.1

Reading a Characteristic Value by UUID ............................................................................... 17

4.5.2

Writing a Characteristic Value .............................................................................................. 18

4.5.3

Reading a Characteristic Value by Handle ............................................................................ 19

4.5.4

Discovering a Characteristic by UUID .................................................................................... 19

4.5.5

Reading Multiple Characteristic Values................................................................................. 20

4.5.6

Enabling Notifications ........................................................................................................... 21

4.6

USING BLE SECURITY.......................................................................................................................... 23

4.6.1

Encrypting the Connection .................................................................................................... 23

4.6.2

Using Bonding and Long-Term Keys ...................................................................................... 24

4.7

ADDITIONAL SAMPLE APPLICATIONS ...................................................................................................... 26

5.

PROGRAM / DEBUG THE CC254X .................................................................................................... 27

5.1

HARDWARE SETUP ............................................................................................................................. 27

5.2

USING SMARTRF FLASH PROGRAMMER SOFTWARE.................................................................................. 27

5.2.1

Reading or Writing a Hex File to the CC254x......................................................................... 27

5.2.2

Reading or Writing the CC254X Device Address .................................................................... 28

6.

SMARTRF™ PACKET SNIFFER........................................................................................................... 30

7.

GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................ 31