Nuvoton NuMicro M031BT: Dual-mode Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 (BLE5.0) and open 2.4G proprietary microcontroller platform, in addition to the advantages of the controller built in the high-precision and multiple I/O peripheral, it also provides pass-through, HOGP and Heartbeat profiles, which is a good choice for product to upgrade with wireless functions #product #learning #basic #en - For more information, please visit Nuvoton Technology Website: https://bit.ly/3hVdcmC buy now: https://direct.nuvoton.com/tw/ contact us: SalesSupport@nuvoton.com

NuMicro® M031BT BLE 5.0 低功耗藍牙微控制器系列，以 Arm® Cortex®-M0 為核心，工作頻率高達 48 MHz，內建最高 128 KB Flash 和 16 KB SRAM，提供 BLE 5.0 和 2.4 GHz 雙模功能。相較於傳統集成簡單周邊的 BLE SoC，NuMicro® M031BT 系列內建豐富周邊與優異類比控制功能，實現一顆微控制器取代 BLE SoC 加控制晶片的方案，不僅大幅縮小 PCB 尺寸，QFN48封裝面積僅有 5mm x 5mm，也降低射頻佈局困難度，加上新唐參考設計方案與範例代碼，使得低功耗藍芽的應用開發變得相當容易。 NuMicro® M031BT 系列針對射頻應用提供高達 +8 dBm 的射頻發射功率、-94 dBm 的良好接收靈敏度、1 Mb/s 或 2 Mb/s 的傳輸速度，並且能在 2.4GHz 干擾嚴重的環境提供突出的抗噪表現，提升通訊距離和可靠性，滿足智慧家庭、消費電子以及工業物聯網等應用場景的需求。 NuMicro® M031BT 系列運作於 1.8V 至 3.6 V 工作電壓，內建 32 位硬體乘法器/除法器、高達 5 通道 PDMA、16 通道 12 位2 MSPS 高採樣率的 ADC 可運行在 1.8V 低電壓，提供精確且快速地效能表現，12 路 96 MHz PWM 可快速響應和精準的控制外部裝置。此外，M031BT 亦提供了豐富的周邊，例如 1 組 24 MHz SPI/I2S、3 組 6 MHz UART 並可支援單線式傳輸、2 組 I2C、1 組高彈性通用串行控制接口 (USCI) 可設為 UART, I2C 或 SPI。 NuMicro® M031BT 系列為了保護開發者的智慧財產權，內嵌一個額外的安全保護 Flash 區塊 (SPROM, Security Protection ROM)，提供一個獨立且安全加密執行區域以保護關鍵程式代碼。記憶體鎖定功能 (Flash lock bits) 設計提供韌體防止外界存取或寫入保護。每一顆M031BT 具有一個 96 位元晶片唯一序號 (Unique Identification, UID) 及一個 128 位元唯一客戶序號 (Unique Customer Identification, UCID)，大幅提升產品的保密與代碼安全性。 NuMicro® M031BT series: An low-power BLE 5.0 and 2.4GHz dual-mode microcontroller series by Arm® Cortex®-M0 core operating up to 48 MHz, with up to 128 KB Flash and 16 KB SRAM. In addition to the BLE 5.0 and 2.4GHz RF functions, the NuMicro® M031BT series built-in rich peripherals and analog control functions realize wireless connectivity. The 5mm x 5mm QFN48 package greatly reduces the PCB size and reduces RF layout difficulty. Furthermore, Nuvoton's reference design and rich sample code make the application development for low-power microcontroller with BLE/2.4G RF easier. The NuMicro® M031BT series provides up to +8 dBm RF transmit power, a good receiving sensitivity of -94 dBm, 1 Mb/s, or 2 Mb/s transmission speed RF applications, and outstanding anti-noise performance in 2.4GHz interference environments to ensure communication distance and reliability. With these, the M031BT series are expected to meet the needs of application scenarios such as industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), smart home, consumer electronics, etc. The NuMicro® M031BT series operates from 1.8V to 3.6V. It features a built-in 32-bit hardware divider, up to 5-channel PDMA, a 16-channel 12-bit 2 MSPS high sampling rate ADC that can run down to 1.8V low voltage, and 12-channel PWM running up to 96 MHz that can quickly respond and accurately control external devices. Besides, the M031BT also provides many peripherals such as one set of 24 MHz SPI/I2S, three sets of 6 MHz UART supporting single-wire transmission, two sets of I2C, and one set of highly flexible universal serial control interface (USCI) that can be configured as UART, I2C or SPI. To protect the intellectual property rights, the NuMicro® M031BT series is embedded with an additional security protection Flash block (Security Protection ROM, SPROM) to provide an independent and secure encrypted execution area to protect critical program code. Flash lock bits are designed to provide firmware to prevent external access or write protection. There is a 96-bit unique chip identification (Unique Identification, UID) and a 128-bit unique customer identification (UCID) on each M031BT, which significantly improves product confidentiality and code security. Nuvoton provides complete development tools, such as the NuMaker-M031BT evaluation board, software development kits, and sample codes, as well as free downloadable Keil MDK to speed up the end-product evaluation and development cycle. - 更多產品資訊，請至新唐科技網站 https://bit.ly/3hVdcmC 購買管道：https://direct.nuvoton.com/tw 聯絡我們：SalesSupport@nuvoton.com

Hello everyone, I am Morgan, the principal engineer of Nuvoton Technology. Today, I will show you how to use 4G LTE or NB-IoT with Mbed OS on NuMaker-IoT-M487 development board. This tutorial needs a cellular expansion board to work with NuMaker-IoT-M487 development board. You can purchase the 4G LTE expansion board, RF-EC21A, on Nuvoton Direct (https://direct.nuvoton.com/communication-module/). Please install your 4G LTE SIM card in the mini SIM card slot on the back, and install the antenna at the MAIN connector on the front of the board. Although there is an NB-IoT expansion board, it requires an NB-IoT SIM card. Using LTE is more convenient. Just use your own LTE SIM card which has data plan. Then install the expansion board to the Arduino UNO connector of the NuMaker-IoT-M487 development board. Because the power consumption of the 4G LTE module is higher, it is not enough to supply power from USB only. You need to plug in the 5V/2A power supply. If you use NB-IoT module, no additional power supply is needed. We used “New” to select a template to create a new project. This time, we use the example on GitHub to create a new project. The URL of template used for this tutorial is https://github.com/OpenNuvoton/NuMaker-mbed-Cellular-example In chrome browser, enter the URL https://ide.mbed.com to use Mbed Online Compiler environment. After you log in, make sure that NuMaker-IoT-M487 board already selected in the upper right corner. If not, please refer Nuvoton IoT Tutorial series “Get Started with Mbed OS” which has a detailed description of how to add a board. Click the second option “Import” on the upper left. In the Import Wizard, click “Click here” On the “Source URL:”, enter the tempalte URL https://github.com/OpenNuvoton/NuMaker-mbed-Cellular-example . Then move mouse cursor to “Import Name:” and click it, the Project name will be automatically fill in. Then click “Import” button. Now you can see that the sample code has loaded. Depending on the cellular module used, the configuration may need to be modified. Click on “Readme.md” to open it. It lists configurations for supported cellular modules. Because the tutorial uses RF-EC21A expansion board which includes a Quectel EC21 LTE module, let’s check and modify the configuration in mbed_app.json file. Click the “mbed_app.json” file to open it. It is a JSON file to customize compile time configuration parameters in Mbed OS. The “*” (asterisk) in “target_overrides” session indicates all development boards are applicable. You can set in the designated board session, so the settings are only applicable to the specified board. The default mbed_app.json file in the example has configured for RF-EC21A. Such as, "target.network-default-interface-type" has set to "CELLULAR" for cellular connection. Both "lwip.ppp-enabled” and "lwip.tcp-enabled" set to true. Use generic AT3GPP driver for RF-EC21A ("GENERIC_AT3GPP.provide-default": true) And the RF-EC21A UART connects on Arduino D0/D1 ("GENERIC_AT3GPP.tx": "D1" and "GENERIC_AT3GPP.rx": "D0") When your SIM card installed in your mobile phone, you can find the APN, username and password settings in your mobile phone. Or contact your telecom operator to get this information. In the example, APN has set to “internet”, no username, and no password. (Move mouse cursor around these settings) The final setting to check is PIN code. In the example, the setting is no PIN code. If your SIM card has PIN code, for example 1234, please set it like this “\”1234\”” (Move mouse cursor around the setting) Save it then build it. It is in compiling, please wait a moment. Then you can see the last message is “Success!”. The browser will download the binary firmware file directly after a successful compiling. It will be saved in a default download folder or the folder based on your browser setting. In Chrome, you can click download file and select “Show in folder”. Then we connect the NuMaker-IoT-M487 USB port to your computer and don’t forget to plug in external 5V power supply. Please find the virtual COM port assigned for NuMaker-IoT-M487 in Device Manager. In the demonstration, the “Nu-Link Virtual Com Port” is COMx. Then use your favorite terminal tool. Here we use Putty. Open the COMx port with 115200 baud rate, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, none parity, and no flow control settings. Then “Open” it. Let’s back to the download folder where you can see the binary firmware file (NuMaker-mbed-Cellular-example.NUMAER_IOT_M487.bin). Drag and drop the file to NuMicro MCU drive. You will see the copying progress dialog box. You can see the connection messages printed on terminal. It shows that the board creates a TCP connection to server “echo.mbedcloudtesting.com”, send 4 bytes data and get the data back from server. That’s all for this tutorial. Thank you. For more information, please visit Nuvoton Technology: https://bit.ly/3hVdcmC Buy now: https://direct.nuvoton.com/tw/numaker-iot-m487 #tool #training #learning #intermediate #en