Agus Kurniawan - Bluno Beetle Development Workshop

Bluno Beetle Development Workshop

Agus Kurniawan

1st Edition, 2015

Copyright 2015 Agus Kurniawan

** Logo and Bluno Beetle board are copyright by DFRobot, http://www.dfrobot.com .

Bluno Beetle is another milestone in wearable electronics device area, which makes DIY users have more options in the project design. It is fully compatible with Bluno in instructions and procedures, supporting Bluetooth HID and ibeacon modes. And it not only supports USB programming, but also wireless programming method. With the V shaped gilded I/O interface, it is convenient to screw conductor wire on it, which could a good choice in the wearable market.

Product features:

• ATmega328@16MHz
  
• Bluetooth Low Energy (BT 4.0). Bluetooth Chip: CC2540
  
• Micro USB port
  
• Super Compact Size
  
• Support Bluetooth HID and ibeacon
  
• Comaptible with all DFRobot Bluno Series
  
• Support Wireless Programming
  

You can buy this product on your local electronic store. You also can order it by online. Find it on http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1259.

We need electronic components to build our testing, for instance, Resistor, LED, sensor devices and etc. I recommend you can buy electronic component kit.

Store website: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoStarterKit

Store website: http://shop.fritzing.org/ .

You can buy Fritzing Starter Kit with Arduino UNO or Fritzing Starter Kit with Arduino Mega.

Store website: http://www.cooking-hacks.com/index.php/shop/arduino/starter-kits/arduino-starter-kit.html

Store website: http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/arduino-sidekick-basic-kit-p-775.html

Alternative online store

http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Sidekick-Basic-Kit-Version/dp/B007B14HM8/

http://www.exp-tech.de/Zubehoer/Arduino-Sidekick-Basic-Kit.html

To develop a program for Bluno Beetle, we use Arduino software. You can download it on http://www.arduino.cc .

On chapter 2, we will explore this tool and set up Bluno Beetle board for Arduino Software.

For testing, I used Bluno Beetle on OSX, Linux and Windows 10 platforms with Arduino IDE.

I also used Arduino Sidekick Basic kit for electronic components.

This chapter explains how to work on setting up Bluno Beetle board on a computer and then, access it from Arduino software.

In this chapter, we set up Bluno Beetle board development using Arduino software. The following is a scheme of Bluno Beetle board.

source https://www.dfrobot.com/wiki/index.php?title=Bluno_Beetle_SKU:DFR0339

In this section, we try to set up Bluno Beetle development for Arduino software. You can download the program on http://www.arduino.cc .

Arduino software form on OSX platform can be seen in Figure below.

The following is Arduino software form on Windows 10.

You don't need to install additional Add-on for Bluno Beetle because Bluno Beetle has the same architecture from Arduino Uno.

Now you can connect Bluno Beetle board to computer. Then, verify which serial port is used for the board. On Mac platform, you type this command.

On Linux platform, you type this command.

You can use Device Manager on Windows platform.

After that, you should see serial port of Bluno Beetle board which is attached on the computer. On Windows, it's detected as Arduino Uno.

The following is detected Bluno Beetle board on Device Manager from Windows platform.

My OSX also detected my Bluno Beetle board as /dev/cu.usbmodem1421 serial port.

Now you're ready to develop programs for Bluno Beetle target board.

In this section, we build a blinking LED program using Arduino software. You need a LED to execute this demo

Let's start to write our Blink program.

Firstly, we build hardware wiring as follows:

• LED is connected D5
• Other pin of LED is connected to GND

A sample of hardware wiring can be seen in Figure below.

Now open Arduino software and write this code.