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Operating & Getting Started : CC2541 Mini Development Kit CC2541FK-MINI

Adoni Aamir
Intellectual 440 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2541, CC2541DK-MINI, BLE-STACK

Hi,

I have recently unboxed the CC2541 Mini Development Kit (CC2541DK-MINI) from Texas Instruments few days ago. I'm really interested to know more about it and build some applications through it. BLE 4.0 (Bluetooth Low Energy) Technology is very new to me and I yet have to read and understand it more. But I heard nrf24l01 was based on BLE Technology ( correct me if im wrong) and i used it with Arduino UNO.

My Kit comes along with CC Debugger (with Mini USB cable and others), USB Dongle 2540 and Keyfob 2541 (Plastic case).

Documents i have gone through are: 1. CC 2541 Mini Development Kit User Guide 2. CC 2541 Mini Development Kit User Guide (Using Btool which come along BLE-STACK for 2540/41) 3. CC Debugger User guide.

Have already downloaded IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051, BTool, SmartRF Flash Programmer, SmartRF Packet Sniffer and SmartRF Studio 7.

It will be great to discuss about getting started. I have already tried the Demo application using CC2541 User Guide. How to get started with developing applications, using IAR Embedded Workbench and CC Debugger?

 

  • Guru 735685 points
    1. You should download and install BLE-STACK 1.4.0.
    2. Read Chapter 4 Working with Projects using IAR Embedded Workbench 8.10.4 in TI_BLE_Software_Developer's_Guide.pdf
    3. TI_BLE_Sample_Applications_Guide.pdf is also useful to beginner.
  • in reply to YiKai Chen
    Intellectual 440 points
    Should we have to remove the battery from Keyfob while downloading & debgugging via IAR Embedded Workbench or should we leave it there.
    What is the workspace or application title used in Keyfob 2541?
    I recently downloaded the SimpeBLEPeripheral.eww in the keyfob and it is no more advertising using the right key?
  • in reply to Adoni Aamir
    Guru 735685 points
    1. You have to keep battery on keyfob while downloading and debugging via IAR.
    2. For example, you can use SimpleBLEPeripheral.eww in C:\Texas Instruments\BLE-CC254x-1.4.0\Projects\ble\SimpleBLEPeripheral\CC2541DB for your keyfob CC2541.
  • in reply to YiKai Chen
    Intellectual 440 points

    Due to high respect for your high points in understanding & experience.

    Need to ask:

    1. As can see from the User Guide: KeyFobdemo is being used as the basic pre-installed software inside CC2541DK-MINI. I want to download back the keyfobdemo inside the keyfob and usb dongle. But seriously I cant, there is no more red light advertising and even green light on when battery is inserted or taken out. I checked the voltage of battery. It is 3.3V and can still light up an LED.

    2. How to download the code into USB Dongle, since the CC debugger LED doesn't turn Green when connected to USB Dongle?

    3. I believe you have tried developing your own code. What files among so many files, I can try with and can perform some results on way of making some new applications?

  • in reply to Adoni Aamir
    Guru 735685 points
    1. Do you rebuild KeyFobDemo and download it to Keyfob?
    2. You have to plug USB dongle to USB port to give it power.
    3. I suggest you to study KeyFobDemo and get familiar with BLE stack first. When you have some experience on it, you will know how to modified it.