3. Introduction
The DA14585/586 is a family of Bluetooth Smart SoC devices that operate at very low power levels while providing world-class RF performance.
The devices are available in a small footprint while still offering a large flexibility in configuration of the on-chip interfaces making them suitable for a wide range of applications. More information can be found in the DA14585 Datasheet.
The development kit includes a set of hardware (for example, a development board with an on-board debugger) and is supported by a Software Development Kit (SDK) (that is, a development toolchain, source code examples, and so on), and documentation.
The purpose of this guide is to provide an overview of the DA14585/586 Basic Development Kit Board and describe the setup of the hardware and installation of the software tools to fully use the board.
The following hardware and software elements are required to use the DA14585/586 Development Kit:
SmartSnippets™ Studio which can be installed on Windows, see Section Section 7.
Windows users should download and install terminal software such as RealTerm, Putty or Tera Term. This document uses Tera Term for its examples.
The rest of guide is organized as follows:
Section Section 4 describes the hardware components and their initial installation and setup.
Sections Section 6 and Section 7 describe the installation of the SmartSnippets™ DA14585/586 SDK software, along with all necessary tools.
Section Section 8 contains all steps for downloading and executing your first DA14585/586 Applications.
3.1. Kit Content
The Basic Development Kit parts can be ordered via various distributors. The Basic Development Kit contains the following:
Bluetooth low energy Board
Mini USB-cable
Coin cell battery (CR2032)
More details are in this Video:
SmartBond™ DA14585 Basic Development Kit