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LAUNCHXL-CC2650 BLE/ZigBee/6LoWPAN Development Board for IoT

15.11.2016

The new SimpleLink CC2650 Wireless MCU LaunchPad Kit is designed for developing IoT applications. The board has a multi-standard CC2650 microcontroller, which allows you to use LAUNCHXL-CC2650 to develop projects for CC2640 (Bluetooth Low Energy) and CC2630 (ZigBee/6LoWPAN) chips.

Unlike the CC2650STK demo kit, this board has an XDS110 programmer, which is used to download programs to the CC2650F128RGZR chip installed on the board. The programmer can also be used to program any external system based on CC13xx/CC26xx chips.

Initially, the LAUNCHXL-CC2650 is loaded with a demo firmware that interacts with the free "SimpleLink Starter" BLE app for iOS or Android smartphones. On a smartphone, you can view the signal strength and status of the board buttons, control the LEDs and update the board software "over-the-air" (Over-The-Air / OTA). The user can also view board status information from anywhere in the world via the IBM cloud server. For local control, service messages are provided, which are output via the UART. An optional display can be connected, available as an expansion board 430BOOST-SHARP96 (purchased separately).

For the fastest possible start, a developer can use the CCS Cloud development environment. Compiling and loading the initial BLE project Project.0 is done directly from the WEB browser. For more advanced IoT projects, you can use the projects included with the TI BLE-Stack Software Development Kit and develop in Code Composer Studio or IAR Embedded Workbench.

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