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====== n-PRO-30======
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| License        | GPL 2.0                                                      |
| Status         | Tested-Blink                                                 |
| Buy at:        |                                                              |
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| Hardware repo  | [[https://bitbucket.org/nimbus_it/pcba-n-pro-30|Bitbucket]]  |
| Firmware repo  |                                                              |
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n-PRO-30 is an mbed-enabled Bluetooth Low Energy development board from the n-Blocks family, in the standard [[nblocks:formfactor|n-Blocks pro form factor]].
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===== Overview=====
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[[nblocks:n-ble|n-PRO-30]] is a simple Bluetooth Low Energy board  based on Nordic nRF58232. It consists of temperature/humidity sensor, acceleration sensor and ambient light sensor which can be used to collect data and transmit it over bluetooth.  The board supports the standard Nordic Software Development Tool-chain using Keil, IAR and GCC. It also supports ARM mbed tool-chain for rapid prototyping and development using mbed’s IDE and tool-chain with an extensive range of open-source software libraries.
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===== MCU Features ====
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   * 2.4 GHz transceiver
         * -96 dBm sensitivity in Bluetooth® Low Energy mode
         * Supported data rates: 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps Bluetooth Low Energy mode
         * -20 to +4 dBm TX power, configurable in 4 dB steps
         * On-chip balun (single-ended RF)
         * 5.3 mA peak current in TX (0 dBm)
         * 5.4 mA peak current in RX
         * RSSI (1 dB resolution)
  * ARM® Cortex®-M4 32-bit processor with FPU, 64 MHz
         * 215 EEMBC CoreMark score running from flash memory
         * 58 μA/MHz running from flash memory
         * 51.6 μA/MHz running from RAM
  * Flexible power management
         * 1.7 V–3.6 V supply voltage range
         * Fully automatic LDO and DC/DC regulator system
         * Fast wake-up using 64 MHz internal oscillator
         * 0.3 μA at 3 V in System OFF mode
         * 0.7 μA at 3 V in System OFF mode with full 64 kB RAM retention
         * 1.9 μA at 3 V in System ON mode, no RAM retention, wake on RTC
  * Memory
         * 512 kB flash/64 kB RAM
         * 256 kB flash/32 kB RAM
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  * Nordic SoftDevice ready
  * Support for concurrent multi-protocol
  * Type 2 near field communication (NFC-A) tag with wakeup-on-field and touch-to-pair capabilities
  * 12-bit, 200 ksps ADC - 8 configurable channels with programmable gain
  * 64 level comparator
  * 15 level low power comparator with wakeup from System OFF mode
  * Temperature sensor
  * 32 general purpose I/O pins
  * 3x 4-channel pulse width modulator (PWM) unit with EasyDMA
  * Digital microphone interface (PDM)
  * 5x 32-bit timer with counter mode
  * Up to 3x SPI master/slave with EasyDMA
  * Up to 2x I2C compatible 2-wire master/slave
  * I2S with EasyDMA
  * UART (CTS/RTS) with EasyDMA
  * Programmable peripheral interconnect (PPI)
  * Quadrature decoder (QDEC)
  * AES HW encryption with EasyDMA
  * Autonomous peripheral operation without CPU intervention using PPI and EasyDMA
  * 3x real-time counter (RTC)
  * Single crystal operation
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===== n-PRO-30 Features =====
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  * Tayio module integrates nRF52832 and antenna
  * Simple and Low Power
  * Additional "industry standard" [[nblocks:rfmodulesocket|RF module socket]] 
  * Miniature Li-Ion battery connector (optional)
  
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  * [[https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/?tvend=11|mbed]] compatibility supports BLE and easy development (use [[https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/Nordic-nRF51822/|Nordic nRF52-DK]] platform)
  * [[https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-low-energy/nRF5-SDK-for-Mesh |nRF5 SDK for Mesh]]
  * [[https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-low-energy/nRF5-SDK-for-IoT |IoT SDK for applications using IPv6 over Bluetooth low energy]]
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=====Board Pinout=====
n-PRO-30 is a **HOST** board with four Hirose DF30-series 60-pin low profile connectors at bottom side,  following the [[nblocks:nproformfactor|n-Blocks PRO form factor]].\\

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===== Getting started=====
===Blinky using Nordic SDK===
  *Follow the first part of this [[https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/tutorials/7/|tutorial]] 
  *Download and install [[https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm/downloads | GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain]]
  *Update the PATH variable(s) to include the GNU tools, something like: 

  C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\7 2017-q4-major\bin

  *Test the path by typing 

  arm-none-eabi-gcc --version
 
  *Download and UNZIP in a convenient directory [[https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-low-energy/nRF5-SDK |nRF5 SDK Software Development Kit for the nRF51 Series and nRF52]] 
  *Download and UNZIP in a convenient directory the build tools from [[https://github.com/gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools/releases | here]]
  *Update the PATH to include Build Tools directory, or copy the .exe files from .bin directory to blinky project directory
  *Set the toolchain path in **makefile.windows**, located in

  <SDK>/components/toolchain/gcc


  *It should be something like:

  GNU_INSTALL_ROOT := $(PROGFILES)/GNU Tools ARM Embedded/4.9 2015q3   // Toolchain path
  GNU_VERSION := 4.9.3  
  GNU_PREFIX := arm-none-eabi

  * Copy the .exe files from .bin directory to blinky project directory
  * Edit main.c, changing the GPIO line that is connected to the LED:

<code c++>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include "nrf_delay.h"
#include "boards.h"

int main(void)
{
    NRF_GPIO->DIRSET = (1 << 17);   // GPIO17 output,n-DAP LED

    /* Toggle LED */
    while (true)
    {
            NRF_GPIO->OUTSET = (1 << 17); // GPIO17 HIGH
            nrf_delay_ms(100);
            NRF_GPIO->OUTCLR = (1 << 17); // GPIO17 LOW
            nrf_delay_ms(100);
    }
}
</code>

  * Open command-line and change directory to

  <SDK>\examples\peripheral\blinky\pca10040\blank\armgcc
  
 

  *Run 

  make


  *Program the Flash Memory n-BLE with the created ''.bin'' file:

  F:\prj_soft\nRF5_SDK_12.3.0_d7731ad\examples\peripheral\blinky\pca10040\blank\armgcc\_build\nrf52832_xxaa.bin
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===Blinky with mbed online compiler===

  * Select target ''Nordic nRF52-DK''
  * Create a blinky program like below
<code c++>
#include "mbed.h"

DigitalOut led1(P0_17);

// main() runs in its own thread in the OS
int main() {
    while (true) {
        led1 = !led1;
        wait(0.05);
    }
}
</code>
  * Program the Flash memory with the created ''.hex'' file  
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=====Flash Memory Programming=====
====Programming with Nordic nRF52-DK board====
  * [[https://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/Bluetooth-low-energy/nRF52-DK |nRF52-DK]] can be used as SWD programmer.\\
  * A DIY adaptation cable is needed.\\
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  * nRF52-DK appears as a USB DISK. Just drag and drop the file created from compiler to the disk.\\ 
  * nRF52-DK can use  both ''.hex'' and ''.bin'' files.\\
  * mbed on-line compiler produces ''.hex'', while GCC produces ''.bin'' and ''.hex''

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=====USE-CASE examples=====
  *BLE Beacon Humidity & Temperature Sensor
  *BLE Beacon Environmental Sensor
  *LoRa Sensor with BLE Commisioning
  *BLE simple Beacon for Localisation
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=====Related articles in this Wiki=====
  *[[ ]]


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