1. Abstract

This guide is intended to help customers setup getting started with the DA14535 TINY™ Bluetooth Module.

DA14535 is the latest member in the Renesas Bluetooth® SmartBond TINY™ family, targeting Bluetooth® LE applications where low power consumption, small form factor, low cost is required. DA14535, compared to other TINY™ family members, offers more memory, wider operating temperature range, larger output power and compliant to more up to date Bluetooth® spec v5.3.

2. Prerequisites

To start the evaluation or project development on Renesas DA14535 product sets, the following tools are being used here however the process is same with other development kit:

• Hardware tools:

  • Computational workstation (e.g. PC or Laptop)

  • 32-bit or 64-bit processor with 1 GHz processing speed

  • 1 GB RAM

  • 2 GB free disk space

  • DA14535-00FXDEVKT-P as a Motherboard

  • DA14535 TINY™ Module 00FXDB-P Package.

  • USB cable for power supply to the Pro Development kit and for on-board debugging

• Software tools:

  • Terminal software such as RealTerm, Putty or Tera Term. This document uses Tera Term for its examples

  • SmartSnippets™ Toolbox or later, which can be installed on Windows.

  • Software Development Kit (SDK)

  • KEIL MDK ARM

  • FTDI Driver for Windows

  • Segger J-Link SW driver

Hint

When SmartSnippets™ is installed, all the sub-component drivers and software tools needed for DA14535 development are also installed.

• Bluetooth® explorer tool:

  • Type chrome://bluetooth-internals/#devices into the address field of the Chrome Browser to use the built-in tool (PC with Win10 or MAC book)

  • Renesas Smartbond for IOS Use the QR code below

  • Renesas Smartbond for Android. Use the QR code below

Renesas SmartBond for iOS:

Figure 1 Scan the QR Code to Install Renesas SmartBond for iOS

Renesas SmartBond for Android:

Figure 2 Scan the QR Code to Install Renesas SmartBond for Android