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CC2650STK: Application Inquiry

Part Number: CC2650STK
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2650

Hello Team,

My customer is using the CC2650stk and DEV-Debugger to get raw motion sensors data and then transfer them by Bluetooth. Since this sensor tag comes with ten different sensors. All they need from this sensor tag is the Processor, the Accelerometer, the Gyroscope, and the Bluetooth module. They intended to fabricate a tiny circuit with those components( The rest of the sensors, like the Light sensor, Humidity sensor, Magnetometer, etc., will not be used in the design) and use it for the hand gesture recognition project. 

Does it possible to re-design this sensor tag according to the desire application and schematic? If yes, can all the Ti tools we have, like Btool, can be used on the new design?  If no, do we have any other option to design such a circuit with TI components?

Do they need to add the DEV-debugger to fabricate the desired circuit to program the ARM cortex( ARM cortex M3 is CC2650stk's Processor)? If no, how can they debug this processor without a debugger?

Regards,
Renan

  • 1. Yes, you can re-design this sensor tag according to the desire application and schematic.

    2. Yes, it should be no problem to use all the Ti tools we have, like Btool, on the new design.

    3. Since you will customize your own PCB, you can just keep the jtag connector for using external debugger such as XDS110 to debug or program CC2650.

  • Could you please specify which schematic I have to use to re-design this Sensortag? 

    According to your answer for the debugging, I just need to keep Jtag pins, but what should I do after fabrication? Should I use Project zero for the cc2650STK to use it for the first time? I can not find the Project zero for my sensor tag, though. Can you send me the related hex file?

    Finally, Do you think redesigning this sensor tag will be hard because I am new to this, and I want to know If I can handle it. Do I need to be aware of something?

  • If you need a compact design, you can refer to TIDC-CC2650-UTAG. However, CC2650 is old and I would suggest you to use LPSTK-CC1352R as reference design. If you follow the reference design exactly, I don't think there is anything difficult.