BLE Extended Advertising Peripheral#

1. Purpose / Scope#

This application demonstrates how to connect RS9116W EVK with remote BLE device in Extended Advertising peripheral mode.

2. Prerequisites / Setup Requirements#

Before running the application, the user will need the following things to setup.

2.1 Hardware Requirements#

figureSetup Diagram for AE Peripheral Example using RS9116 EVK figureSetup Diagram for AE Peripheral Example using RS9116 ACX Expansion board

2.2 Software Requirements#

  • WiSeConnect SDK

  • Embedded Development Environment

  • Download and install the Silicon Labs EFR Connect App in the android smart phones for testing BLE applications. Users can also use their choice of BLE apps available in Android/iOS smart phones.

3. Application Build Environment#

3.1 Platform#

The Application can be built and executed on below Host platforms

3.2 Host Interface#

  • By default, the application is configured to use the SPI bus for interfacing between Host platforms(STM32F411 Nucleo / EFR32MG21) and the RS9116W EVK.

  • This application is also configured to use the SDIO bus for interfacing between Host platforms(EFM32GG11) and the RS9116W EVK.

3.3 Project Configuration#

The Application is provided with the project folder containing Keil and Simplicity Studio project files.

  • Keil Project

    • The Keil project is used to evaluate the application on STM32.

    • Project path: <SDK>/examples/_internal/Wireless_Examples/ble/ble_ae_peripheral/projects/ble_ae_peripheral-nucleo-f411re.uvprojx

  • Simplicity Studio

    • The Simplicity Studio project is used to evaluate the application on EFR32MG21.

    • Project path:

      • If the Radio Board is BRD4180A or BRD4181A, then access the path <SDK>/examples/_internal/Wireless_Examples/ble/ble_ae_peipheral/projects/ble_ae_peripheral-brd4180a-mg21.slsproj

      • If the Radio Board is BRD4180B or BRD4181B, then access the path <SDK>/examples/_internal/Wireless_Examples/ble/ble_ae_peripheral/projects/ble_ae_peripheral-brd4180b-mg21.slsproj

      • User can find the Radio Board version as given below

EFR Radio Boards

  • EFM32GG11 platform

    • The Simplicity Studio project is used to evaluate the application on EFM32GG11.

      • Project path:<SDK>examples/_internal/Wireless_Examples/ble/ble_ae_peripheral/ble_ae_peripheral-brd2204a-gg11.slsproj

3.4 Bare Metal Support#

This application supports bare metal . By default, the application project files (Keil and Simplicity Studio) are provided with bare metal configuration.

4. Application Configuration Parameters#

The application can be configured to suit your requirements and development environment. Read through the following sections and make any changes needed.

4.1 Open ae_peripheral.c file

4.1.1 User must update the below parameters

Set below macro to enable second set of advertising

#define ADV_SET2            1

The length of the advertising data needs to be filled in the following macro

#define BLE_AE_ADV_DATA_LEN    0x19

Below mentioned macro needs to be populated with data

#define BLE_AE_ADV_DATA    "AE_PERIPHERAL_DATA_1"

Mention the address type of the device which needs to be whitelisted

#define RSI_BLE_WHITELIST_DEV_ADDR1_TYPE LE_RANDOM_ADDRESS

Fill the address of the device to be whitelisted in the below mentioned variable

ble_whitelist_addr1[6] = { 0xDA, 0x81, 0xE0, 0xB8, 0xB9, 0x42 };

Power save configuration

By default, The Application is configured without power save.

#define ENABLE_POWER_SAVE 0

If user wants to run the application in power save, modify the below configuration.

#define ENABLE_POWER_SAVE 1

4.1.2 The desired parameters are provided below. User can also modify the parameters as per their needs and requirements.

Following are the event numbers for advertising, connection and disconnection events

#define RSI_APP_EVENT_ADV_REPORT                       0
#define RSI_APP_EVENT_CONNECTED                        1
#define RSI_APP_EVENT_DISCONNECTED                     2

Following are the non-configurable macros in the application.

BT_GLOBAL_BUFF_LEN refers Number of bytes required by the application and the driver

#define BT_GLOBAL_BUFF_LEN                             15000

4.2 Open rsi_ble_config.h file and update/modify following macros,

The minimum avertising interval:

#define RSI_BLE_ADV_INT_MIN     0x020

The maximum advertising interval:

#define RSI_BLE_ADV_INT_MAX     0x020

Channel map selection:

#define RSI_BLE_ADV_CHANNEL_MAP 0x07

Maximum extended advertisingevents:

#define BLE_MAX_AE_EVNTS 0

Extended advertising filter policy

#define BLE_AE_ADV_FILTER_POLICY  0x00

Extended advertising TX Power

#define BLE_AE_ADV_TX_PWR         0x7f

Secondary advertising max skip count:

#define BLE_AE_SEC_ADV_MAX_SKIP   0x00

Advertising SID

#define BLE_AE_ADV_SID            0x00

Event properties can be set by enabling the respective bits in the following macros

#define BLE_CONNECTABLE_ADV        (1 << 0)
#define BLE_SCANNABLE_ADV          (0 << 1)
#define BLE_LOW_DUTY_DIR_CONN_ADV  (0 << 2)
#define BLE_HIGH_DUTY_DIR_CONN_ADV (0 << 3)
#define BLE_LEGACY_ADV             (0 << 4)
#define BLE_ANONYMOUS_ADV          (0 << 5)
#define BLE_TX_WR_ADV              (0 << 6)
#define RSI_BLE_PWR_INX                                30
#define RSI_BLE_PWR_SAVE_OPTIONS                       BLE_DISABLE_DUTY_CYCLING

Opermode command parameters

#define RSI_FEATURE_BIT_MAP                            FEAT_SECURITY_OPEN
#define RSI_TCP_IP_BYPASS                              RSI_DISABLE
#define RSI_TCP_IP_FEATURE_BIT_MAP                     TCP_IP_FEAT_DHCPV4_CLIENT
#define RSI_CUSTOM_FEATURE_BIT_MAP                     FEAT_CUSTOM_FEAT_EXTENTION_VALID
#define RSI_EXT_CUSTOM_FEATURE_BIT_MAP                 0

Note: rsi_ble_config.h files are already set with desired configuration in respective example folders user need not change for each example.

5. Testing the Application#

Follow the steps below for the successful execution of the application.

5.1 Loading the RS9116W Firmware#

Refer Getting started with PC to load the firmware into RS9116W EVK. The firmware binary is located in <SDK>/firmware/

5.2 Building the Application on the Host Platform#

5.2.1 Using STM32#

Refer STM32 Getting Started

  • Open the project <SDK>examples/_internal/Wireless_Examples/ble/ble_ae_central//projects/ble_ae_central-nucleo-f411re.uvprojx in Keil IDE.

  • Build and Debug the project

  • Check for the RESET pin:

    • If RESET pin is connected from STM32 to RS9116W EVK, then user need not press the RESET button on RS9116W EVK before free run.

    • If RESET pin is not connected from STM32 to RS9116W EVK, then user need to press the RESET button on RS9116W EVK before free run.

  • Free run the project

  • Then continue the common steps from Section 5.3

5.2.2 Using EFX32#

Refer EFx32 Getting Started, for settin-up EFR & EFM host platforms

  • Import the EFR32/EFM32 project from <SDK>/examples/_internal/Wireless_Examples/ble/ble_ae_central//projects

    • Select the appropriate .slsproj as per Radio Board type mentioned in Section 3.3 for EFR32 board. (or)

    • Select the *.brd2204a-gg11.slsproj for EFM32GG11 board.

  • Compile and flash the project in to Host MCU

  • Debug the project

  • Check for the RESET pin:

    • If RESET pin is connected from EFX32 to RS9116W EVK, then user need not press the RESET button on RS9116W EVK before free run

    • If RESET pin is not connected from EFX32 to RS9116W EVK, then user need to press the RESET button on RS9116W EVK before free run

  • Free run the project

  • Then continue the common steps from Section 5.3

5.3 Common Steps#

  1. Configure the remote BLE device in Central mode and scan for the DUT's address and give a connect.

  2. Observe that the connection is established between the desired device and RS9116W EVK.

  3. After successful program execution the prints in docklight looks as shown below.

Prints in docklight window

Compressed Debug Logging#

To enable the compressed debug logging feature please refer to Logging User Guide