Join me on this episode to learn how to get started with Renesas’ DA14592, a low-power, multi-core Bluetooth 5.2 solution designed for applications like asset tracking, connected health, and IoT. With features like ultra-low power consumption and advanced security, this system on chip is perfect for compact, energy-efficient devices!

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My name is Lazina, and I’m a Technical Marketing Engineer at Future Electronics.

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Meet Renesas’ DA14592, a compact yet powerful Bluetooth LE chip that boasts ultra-low power consumption and an incredibly small footprint, making it perfect for everything from smart medical gadgets to asset trackers. With multi-core processing capabilities, plenty of on-chip memory, and just six external components needed, this chip is a powerhouse of efficiency and versatility!

I’m going to show you how to get started with the evaluation board.

We’re going to need a couple of things:

On the hardware side, we will need the DA14592 DEVKIT-PRO

And on the software side we will need a few things:

• a windows or Linux operating system
• e2 studio
• Smart Snippets toolbox
• And the Renesas SmartBond App

In the box we have:

• DA14592-00HQDEVKT-P main Board
• Mini USB-cable
• The DA14592-00HQDB-P daughter board

The daughter board has a switch to select the power source for the device. When the switch is in the left position, the daughterboard is powered by the motherboard, which is the default. When the switch is in the right position the daughterboard can be powered by a battery and can operate stand-alone without the mother board.

 Connect the daughter board to the main board like so:

Next, connect the boards through the USB1 connector using a standard mini-USB cable to your host PC.

Next, let’s prepare our software environment for our first demo!

We’ll need the e² studio, download the latest version from the Renesas website.

All Renesas BLE Development boards include a SEGGER J-Link debugger with standard debug features like single stepping, breakpoints, and software download.

Run the installation file, select custom install, then Next.

In the Select Install Type page, select Custom Install, then click Next.

In the Device Families page choose DA (Dialog)

In the Additional Software page, select the GNU ARM Embedded 7.2.2017q4 to be installed, then click Next. This page is not shown if you selected Quick Install.

The Results page is shown when the installation is complete. Click OK to proceed.

Launch e² studio if it didn’t already open a window.

For our first demo we will run the pxp reporter. This application is a sample implementation of the Proximity Reporter within the Proximity Profile. It includes the mandatory Link Loss Service and also supports the optional Immediate Alert and Transmit Power Services.

We need to import the project into our workspace.

Go into File > import > Dialog SDK Project

You’ll be prompted to select an SDK directory:

Select browse, then the da1459 sdk folder, scroll down and select the pxp_reporter box

The project will open up in the Project Explorer pane. Expand the config folder, then select the pxp_reporter_config.h file. We’re going to change the advertising name, right now the default name is “Renesas PX Reporter”, if you’d like to personalize it, modify line 38 between the quotations.

Save, and build the project using the hammer icon

Next we need to debug, select the drop down button next to the bug icon

and select debug configurations

Select the option with debug eFlash, without SUOTA under Renesas GDB Hardware debugging, select debug.

Select the play button to run the demo

you’ll know that you’re successfully running the demo if you see this in the bottom lefthand corner:

The next part of this demo requires use of the Smartbond app. Please launch it on your phone, be sure that your Bluetooth and location services are enabled.

You’ll be greeted with a screen like so:

If you’re not able to find your device advertising, please hit reset on the board. If you are using an iOS environment, you may see the old name advertising, to overcome that, delete the cache by disconnecting and starting your Bluetooth connection settings. Once you see your DA14592 advertising, select connect.

Under the client tab, select immediate alert> alert level, select the arrow.

Under select alert level, select the drop down arrow, and we have 3 choices.

For the medium alert level, the LED blinks at slow rate, for the high alert level the LED blinks at fast rate

That was pretty easy, we didn’t require any code modification!

This wraps up the first part of our tutorial on getting started with Renesas’ DA14592 kit.

 In the next video, we’ll dive into advanced features like the SmartSnippets Toolbox and the Power Profiler, exploring how to measure and optimize power consumption for efficient device performance. Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you in Part 2!