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UM1765

User

manual

Bluetooth low energy expansion

board

based on BlueNRG for STM32

Nucleo

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Introduction

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This document provides detailed hardware requirements and board connections for the X-

NUCLEO-IDB04A1 Bluetooth

low energy (BLE) evaluation board based on BlueNRG for

STM32 Nucleo. This board is part of STMicroelectronics’ offering of evaluation boards

designed around the BlueNRG Bluetooth low energy wireless network processor.

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The excellent performance of BlueNRG and the best matching between BlueNRG and

BALF-NRG, X-NUCLEO-IDB04A1 passed the RF TEST for Japan Radio Law certification

with higher margin above the specification values as well as it is FCC certified (FCC ID:

S9NIDB04A1).

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Figure 1. X-NUCLEO-IDB04A1 evaluation board

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Other BlueNRG evaluation boards are available in the following kits:

STEVAL-IDB002V1: BlueNRG development platform

STEVAL-IDB003V1: BlueNRG USB dongle

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April 2015 DocID026346 Rev 4 1/15

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Summary of content (10 pages)

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UM1765 User manual Bluetooth low energy expansion board based on BlueNRG for STM32 Nucleo Introduction This document provides detailed hardware requirements and board connections for the XNUCLEO-IDB04A1 Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) evaluation board based on BlueNRG for STM32 Nucleo. This board is part of STMicroelectronics’ offering of evaluation boards designed around the BlueNRG Bluetooth low energy wireless network processor.
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Contents UM1765 Contents 1 2 Board Description and Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Hardware description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1 X-NUCLEO-IDB04A1 board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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UM1765 1 Getting started Board Description and Getting started The X‐NUCLEO‐IDB04A1 is a Bluetooth low energy evaluation board to allow expansion of the STM32 Nucleo boards. It is compatible with the Arduino UNO R3 connector layout, and is designed around BlueNRG, a Bluetooth low energy, low power network coprocessor compliant with BTLE 4.0 and the BALF‐NRG‐01D3, an ultra‐miniature balun optimized for ST BlueNRG RFIC, which integrates matching network and harmonics filter.
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UM1765 1.1 Getting started Hardware requirements The X-NUCLEO-IDB04A1 is an expansion board for use with STM32 Nucleo boards (please refer to UM1724 on www.st.com for further information). To function correctly, the STM32 Nucleo board must be connected to the X-NUCLEO-IDB04A1 board as shown in Figure 2 below. Figure 2.
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Getting started 1.
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UM1765 Hardware description 2 Hardware description This section describes the X-NUCLEO-IDB04A1 features and provides information which could be useful for understanding the board schematics. 2.1 X-NUCLEO-IDB04A1 board The board allows the user to test the functionality of the BlueNRG processor. It hosts the innovative BALF-NRG-01D3 balun & harmonic filter and its functionality can be exploited using the firmware package contained in the X-CUBE-BLE1.
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Hardware description UM1765 The board also includes: – a high frequency 16 MHz crystal – a low frequency 32 kHz crystal for lowest power consumption – a BALF-NRG-01D3 balun & harmonic filter – an EEPROM M95640-RMN6P to store the board parameters Not mounted: – a JTAG connector to program the BlueNRG processor – an SMA connector for the external antenna 2.1.
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UM1765 3 Formal Notices Required by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Formal Notices Required by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Any changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by STMicroelectronics may cause harmful interference and void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Revision history 7 UM1765 Revision history Table 5. Document revision history 14/15 Date Revision Changes 16-May-2014 1 Initial release. 21-Jan-2015 2 Modified: - Table 3 and Table 4. 19-Feb-2015 3 Modified: - order code from STSW-IDB04V1 to X-CUBE-BLE1 Section 1.2 and Section 2.1. 13-Apr-2015 4 Updated: - Part number item 27 Table 4.
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