BLOG 3 : The Kit Arrives

9 Nov 2017

Hello everyone, Sorry for delay in blogs, I was in transit and I am currently located HERE So It Kinna difficult to stay connected to the world.

Moving on, as the part of the Challengers Kit we received the following Hardware,

But first lets go through the Unboxing Video sorry for camera orientation

UNBOXING VIDEO

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STM32L476RG NUCLEO	The Main processor board The board is based on STM32L476RG MCU which boasts ARM 32-bit Cortex-M4 CPU with FPU & ART Accelerator @ 80MHz 1MB Flash memory 128KB SRAM USB OTG 2.0 full-speed RTC with HW calendar, alarms and calibration 24 capacitive sensing channels 16x timers 1x USER LED 1x USER LED Arduino style headers + ST Morpho connectors (20x2 +20x2 Headers) ... And many more DATASHEET Download For more details ON Development Board Click Here Click here for info on the MCU
BLE Expansion Board	BLE Expansion Board - X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1 This Board is based on SPBTLE-RF BlueNRG-MS RF module and connects to the main Controller board over SPI BUS and Interrupts. It has Arduino comparable connectors and can be used with a Arduino comparable board. The Kit is FCC Certified so you are goos to get the same in the final product. And I am a huge fan of the Star Ground Pad on the 2x20 Header Click here for E14 product page Click here for ST page
Sensor Expansion Board	MEMS Sensor Expansion Board X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 This is a All in One Sensor package by ST which boasts the following ST LSM6DSL MEMS 3D accelerometer (± 16 g) and 3D gyroscope (±2000 dps) ST LSM303AGR MEMS 3D accelerometer (±16 g) and 3D magnetometer (±50 gauss) ST LPS22HB MEMS pressure sensor, 260 - 1260 hPa ST HTS221HTS221 capacitive relative humidity and temperature sensor It also packs the Arduino Headers It connects all the sensors on an I2C bus for easy connectivity. and features some advance configurations like Free Fall detection, Single/Double tap gesture detection with sensitivity adjustment, Etc. Click here for E14 product page Click here for ST page
WiFi Expansion Board	WiFi Expansion Board X-NUCLEO-IDW01M1X-NUCLEO-IDW01M1 This is a WiFi Expansion board based on the SPWF01SA module. The module itself is an STM32 WiFi SoC seen in wafer package. It boasts 512KB on chip memory 1 MB program flash memory Integrated TCP/IP, TLS/SSL AT command set host interface Click here for E14 product page Click here for ST page

Moving on.

First Impressions

The unboxing of the package was more like a Squashed fruit opening, with the box completely crushed and the pins of the board somewhat damaged (nothing a powerful nail couldn't fix)