Alinket Electronic Technology (Shanghai) Co,.Ltd ALX41X Bluetooth IoT Controller User Manual Version:1.2 Date: 2015.12.
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Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Revision History Date Revision Content Revision By Version 2015/5/20 Initial Version Xiaohui Lou 1.0 2015/10/28 Remove the content about ALX412,chang errors according to datasheet YuLin Liu Huanli Wang 1.1 2015/12/11 Change to new template, add typical application parts Huanli Wang 1.2 Alinket Technology Inc All Rights Reserved. www.alinket.com Proprietary & Confidential Information E‐mail: sales@alinket.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} List of Contents 1 Product Overview ............................................................................................................ 7 1.1 General Specification ....................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Hardware Introduction .................................................................................................... 7 1.2.1 Block Diagram ................................
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} List of Figures Figure 1 ALX41X Demo .............................................................................................................. 7 Figure 2 Block Diagram ............................................................................................................. 8 Figure 3 Ball Maps ..................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 4 Pad Dimensions ..................
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} List of Tables Table 1 Pins Description ............................................................................................................ 8 Table 2 Range of operation ..................................................................................................... 12 Table 4 Recommend temperature and humidity .................................................................... 12 Table 5 Current Consumption ........................................
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} 1 Product Overview 1.1 General Specification The ALX41X Bluetooth Controller is an advanced Bluetooth Low Energy SoC that supports wireless charging. The ALX41X is designed to support the entire spectrum of Bluetooth Smart use cases for the medical, home automation, accessory, sensor, Internet Of Things(IOT), and wearable market segments.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Figure 2 Block Diagram Alinket offers Serial‐to‐BLE SPI‐to‐BLE and AiDK software for ALX41X. The modules are also compatible with AiDK with Alinket Patch file. 1.2.2 Pins Assignments Figure 3 Ball Maps Notes: the ball maps between IC and schematic are identical. Table 1 Pins Description Alinket Technology Inc All Rights Reserved. www.alinket.com Proprietary & Confidential Information E‐mail: sales@alinket.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Pin# Type Name （Main function） Alternate functions PIN connection (when not using) JP1 I/O SDA GPIO0,CTS,SPI_1:MOSI (master) floating JP2 I/O ptxd P0,A/DSPI_2: MOSI (master & slave) floating JP3 I/O SCL GPIO1,RTS,SPI_1:CLK (master) floating JP4 I/O prxd P2,SPI_2:CS (slave) floating JP5 I/O SPI_CS P26,XTALO32K,SPI_2:CS (slave) floating JP6 I/O SPI_MOSI P27,XTALI32K,SPI_2:MOSI(master & slave) floating JP7 I/O P28 P13,A/D,PWM3
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Figure 4 Pad Dimensions 1.2.4 Antenna Specification Figure 5 Printed On‐board Antenna 1.2.5 Evaluation Kit Alinket provides the evaluation kit to promote user to familiar the product and develop the detailed application. The evaluation kit shown as below .User can connect to ALX41X module with the RS‐232 UART port or Wireless port to configure the parameters, manage the module or do some functional tests. Alinket Technology Inc All Rights Reserved. www.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Figure 6 ALX41X Evaluation Kit The external interface description for evaluation kit as follows: Auto‐Select power supply sources between Vusb and Vext. Power indicator LED for availability of onboard 3.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Host Interfaces 0 - Full function 1 - UART 2 - USBD 3 - SPI Band mode 1 - BLE single mode 2 - BT/BLE dual mode Wireless Technologies 4 - BT Vender Information:ALX Figure 7 ALX41X Order Information 1.3 Range of operation Table 2 Range of operation Symbol Description Min Max Unit Topr Operating ambient temperature range ‐40 85 °C Tstg Storage temperature ‐40 125 °C VDDIO IO Power supply 3.6 V VDDFE RF input power 1.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Operational Mode Conditions Typ Max Unit Receive Receiver and baseband are both operating,100% ON 9.8 10.0 mA Transmit Transmitter and baseband are both operating,100% ON 9.1 9.3 mA Sleep Internal LPO is in use 12.0 13.0 µA ‐ 0.65 ‐ Currents measured between power terminals (Vdd) using 90% efficient DC‐DC converter at 3.0V. 1.4 Hardware Reference Design 1.5 Software Reference Design 1.5.
Autolinking Everything • • • • • • User Manual-{ALX41X} SPI_MOSI(P27,XTALI32K,SPI_2:MOSI(master & slave)) SPI_CS (P26,XTALO32K,SPI_2:CS (slave)) P28 (P13,A/D,PWM3) P14 (P38,A/D,PWM2) SPI_CLK(P24,SPI_2: CLK (master & slave), SPI_1: MISO (master)) SPI_MISO(P25,SPI_2:MISO (master & slave)) 1.6 BLE Protocol ALX41X module supports Bluetooth Core Specification version 4.0 (called Bluetooth Smart). It includes Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy protocols.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Figure 8 Debug Connection 2.2 Usage Introduction 2.2.1 Configuration With UART Transparent Firstly, you should power on the ALX410. Turn on the Bluetooth icon in the lower right corner of the computer，shown as Figure 9. Here PC will discover ALX41X BT module. Figure 9 Bluetooth icon Step 1: Select ALX410 Bluetooth name, shown as Figure 10. Alinket Technology Inc All Rights Reserved. www.alinket.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Figure 10 Find ALX410 Bluetooth name Step 2: Click pairing, shown as Figure 11. Figure 11 Pair Step 3: If the following error message appears, shown as Figure 12, click Close. Figure 12 Error message Then pair again, as step 2. Step 4: A progress bar will appear as connecting, shown as Figure 13. Alinket Technology Inc All Rights Reserved. www.alinket.com Proprietary & Confidential Information 16 E‐mail: sales@alinket.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} Figure 13 Connecting Step 5: If connect successfully, it is shown as Figure 14. At the same time, the LED on the ALX41X module will light on. Figure 14 Connect successfully Alinket Technology Inc All Rights Reserved. www.alinket.com Proprietary & Confidential Information 17 E‐mail: sales@alinket.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} 2.2.2 Configuration With ACM We can change some configurations by sending commands to the module. Open Alinket Control Message Tool (ASCS1.0.4) on PC and set the serial port properties shown as Figure 15. Figure 15 Alinket Control Message Tool on PC The information you can get or set shown as Table 5.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} to establish communication. 3 Recommended Reflow Profile Referred to IPC/JEDEC Standard Peak Temperature < 250 °C Number of Times <= 2Times Figure 16 Recommended Reflow Profile 4 Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations The following list of acronyms and abbreviations may appear in this document.
Autolinking Everything ‐DTU Data Transfer Unit ‐EVK Evaluation Kit ‐GFSK Gauss frequency Shift Keying ‐GPIO General‐Purpose Input‐Output ‐IP Internet Protocol ‐IC Integrated Circuit ‐IoT Internet Of Things ‐JTAG Joint Test Action Group ‐LC Link Control ‐LDO Low Dropout Regulator ‐LO Local Oscillator ‐LQFP Low‐profile Quad Flat Package ‐MAC Medium Access Control ‐MSL Moisture Sensitivity Level ‐PWM Pulse Width Modulation ‐PER Packet Error Rate ‐RC Real Clock ‐RF Radio Frequ
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} 5 Appendix D: Reference [1] ALX41X IoT Wi‐Fi Network Controller Family Data Sheet, Alinket [2] AN_ALX41X_DS, Alinket [3] AN_ALX41X_Firmware Download, Alinket [4] AN_ACM _User Manual, Alinket 6 Technical Support Contact For technical support, please contact: Alinket Electronic Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. E‐Mail: support@alinket.com Tel: +86 21 61048128; Address: Floor 4, No.10, Lane 198, Zhangheng Road, Shanghai, 201204 P. R.
Autolinking Everything User Manual-{ALX41X} protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
