Main features:
• Facilitates the development of Bluetooth-enabled products such as thermostats, wireless game controllers, barcode scanners, and diagnostic tools.
• Integrates a PIC32 microcontroller with LEDs, analog sensors, user-defined pushbuttons, USB and I2S/SPI connectivity, and mTouch® capacitive touch sensing.
• Supported by the Quick Start Package and Software Development Kit for Microchip's SPP Bluetooth Library
Microchip announces the new PIC32 Bluetooth® Starter Kit. This complete kit incorporates a PIC32 microcontroller, an HCI-based Bluetooth radio, a high-intensity Cree multicolor LED, 3 standard single-color LEDs, a 3-axis analog accelerometer, analog temperature sensors, and 5 pushbuttons for user-defined inputs. In addition, the kit includes PICkit™ On Board (PKOB), which eliminates the need for an external debugger/programmer; USB connectivity; and GPIO for rapid development of Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), USB, and general applications. This starter kit also incorporates a plug-in interface for an audio CODEC daughter card that it plans to announce at a later stage as support for Bluetooth audio. The Bluetooth Starter Kit includes a PIC32MX270F256D mainframe microcontroller running at 83 DMIPS with 256 KB Flash and 64 KB RAM, and has a powerful feature set including USB, I2S/SPI, mTouch® capacitive touch sensing, and a 8-bit Parallel Master port. The kit reduces software development time by providing a free, optimized Bluetooth SPP stack for the embedded PIC32 microcontroller to configure emulated serial port connections between two Bluetooth devices. The Bluetooth Starter Kit targets low-cost applications in the consumer market, such as Bluetooth thermostats and wireless game controllers. Within the medical and industrial market, its applications include blood glucose meters, wireless diagnostic tools, Bluetooth GPS receivers, Bluetooth serial adapters, and wireless barcode scanners. The PIC32 Bluetooth Starter Kit is supported by Microchip's free MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and MPLAB Harmony integrated software environment. In addition, the free Quick Start Package, which incorporates a development environment for Android™ applications, is now available. It also includes a Software Development Kit (SDK) with the application source and binary code for Microchip's Bluetooth SPP library. Both are optimized for the embedded PIC32 microcontroller and are now available as a free download under the documentation and software section at http://www.microchip. com/get/1AVL. The PIC32 Starter Kit (DM320018) is priced at $79,99 and is available to purchase now. For more information, visit the Microchip website at http://www.microchip.com/get/1AVL.
