BL652 DVK

Overview

The BL652 Development Kit hardware provides support for the Ezurio BL652 module powered by a Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 ARM Cortex-M4F CPU.

This development kit has the following features:

ADC
CLOCK
FLASH
GPIO
I2C
MPU
NVIC
PWM
RADIO (Bluetooth Low Energy)
RTC
Segger RTT (RTT Console)
SPI
UART
WDT

Available BL652 DVK part numbers:

DVK-BL652-SA
DVK-BL652-SC

More information about the board can be found at the BL652 Module Website [1].

Hardware

Supported Features

The bl652_dvk board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board: Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2: Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo: Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

See BL652 Module Website [1].

Connections and IOs

LED

LED1 (blue) = P0.17
LED2 (blue) = P0.19

Push buttons

BUTTON1 = SW1 = P0.11
BUTTON2 = SW2 = P0.15
Reset = SW3 = boot/reset

External Connectors

Arduino Headers

J33/J23 Power

PIN #	Signal Name	NRF52832 Functions
1	NC	N/A
2	IOREF (3v3)	N/A
3	RESET	P0.21 / RESET
4	3v3	N/A
5	5V	N/A
6	GND	N/A
7	GND	N/A
8	VIN (12V)	N/A

J31/J16 Analog in

PIN #	Signal Name	NRF52832 Functions
1	A0	P0.03 / AIN1
2	A1	P0.04 / AIN2
3	A2	P0.28 / AIN4
4	A3	P0.29 / AIN5
5	A4	P0.30 / AIN6
6	A5	P0.31 / AIN7

J30/J15 Digital I/O

PIN #	Signal Name	NRF52832 Functions
1	D0 (RX)	P0.11
2	D1 (TX)	P0.12
3	D2	P0.13
4	D3	P0.14 / TRACEDATA[3]
5	D4	P0.15 / TRACEDATA[2]
6	D5	P0.16 / TRACEDATA[1]
7	D6	P0.17
8	D7	P0.18 / TRACEDATA[3] / SWO

J32/J22 Digital I/O

PIN #	Signal Name	NRF52832 Functions
1	D8	P0.19
2	D9	P0.20 / TRACECLK
3	D10 (SS)	P0.22
4	D11 (MOSI)	P0.23
5	D12 (MISO)	P0.24
6	D13 (SCK)	P0.25
7	GND	N/A
8	AREF	P0.02 / AIN0
9	SDA	P0.26
10	SCL	P0.27

Programming and Debugging

The bl652_dvk board supports the runners and associated west commands listed below.

	flash	debug

Flashing

Follow the instructions in the Nordic nRF5x Segger J-Link page to install and configure all the necessary software. Further information can be found in Flashing. Then build and flash applications as usual (see Building an Application and Run an Application for more details).

Here is an example for the Hello World application.

First, run your favorite terminal program to listen for output.

NOTE: On the BL652 DVK, the FTDI USB should be used to access the UART console.

$ minicom -D <tty_device> -b 115200

Replace <tty_device> with the port where the BL652 DVK can be found. For example, under Linux, /dev/ttyUSB0.

Then build and flash the application in the usual way.

# From the root of the zephyr repository
west build -b bl652_dvk samples/hello_world
west flash

Debugging

Refer to the Nordic nRF5x Segger J-Link page to learn about debugging Nordic based boards with a Segger IC.

Testing Bluetooth on the BL652 DVK

Many of the Bluetooth examples will work on the BL652 DVK. Try them out:

Testing the LEDs and buttons in the BL652 DVK

There are 2 samples that allow you to test that the buttons (switches) and LEDs on the board are working properly with Zephyr:

You can build and flash the examples to make sure Zephyr is running correctly on your board. The button and LED definitions can be found in boards/ezurio/bl652_dvk/bl652_dvk.dts.