4. Introduction
The DA1459x is a family of wireless dual core (ARM Cortex® M33™ + Cortex® M0+™) microcontrollers that
integrate an embedded flash (eFLASH) for execution in place (XIP).
The DA1459x SoCs combine :
The Arm Cortex® M33™ application processor with floating point unit (FPU)
Advanced power management functionality
A security accelerator with AES/HASH support
Analog and digital peripherals
Audio HW accelerator
Software configurable protocol engine with a radio, compliant to the Bluetooth® 5.2 low energy standard.
More information can be found in the DA1459x Datasheet .
4.1. Guide Purpose
The purpose of this guide is to provide an overview of the DA1459x DEVKIT_PRO board, describe the setup of the hardware as well as the installation of the software tools to fully take advantage of the board.
The following hardware and software elements are required:
The DA14592 DEVKIT-PRO or The DA14594 DEVKIT-PRO and Software Development Kit (SDK)
e²studio 2025-01 (or newer) which can be installed on Windows or Linux hosts.
Windows users should download and install terminal software such as RealTerm, Putty or Teraterm. The rest of the document uses RealTerm. Linux users can use Putty.
The rest of guide is organized as follows:
Section 5 describes the hardware components and their initial installation and setup.
Section 6 and Section 7 describe the installation of the SmartBond™ DA1459x SDK software, along with all necessary tools.
Section 8 contains all steps for downloading and executing your first DA1459x Application.
4.2. How long should it take?
This tutorial requires 45-60 minutes to complete. For more information the user may consult the accompanied documentation. These are mentioned as for further reading.
4.3. Kit Content
The DA14592 DEVKIT-PRO or DA14594 DEVKIT-PRO can be ordered via various distributors.
For instance, the DA14592 DEVKIT-PRO contains the following: