Anaren AIR B-Smart BoosterPack

doctorcdf over 4 years ago

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What will be offered in this Road Test?

Ten (10) B-Smart BoosterPack kits (featuring AIR module A2541R24A AIR module with Bluetooth Smart technology) will be made available to selected element14 Road Test applicants. Each B-Smart kit will also be bundled with an MSP430 LaunchPad kit to plug it onto. When connected to your embedded application the B-Smart kit and TI's LaunchPad™ development kits enable you to quickly and easily develop an RF connection between your embedded application and a Bluetooth Smart mobile device, using the secure Em-hub web portal of our software ally, Emmoco.

What exactly is a B-Smart BoosterPack kit?

Anarenís B-Smart BoosterPack kit features the Anaren A2541R24A AIR module with Bluetooth Smart technology. Used in conjunction with several Texas Instruments LaunchPad development kits (for this RoadTest, weíll be bundling it with the MSP430 LaunchPad), the B-Smart kit helps you develop the RF connection between your our AIR module and a Bluetooth Smart enabled phone or tabletÖusing the secure Em-hub web portal of Anarenís software ally, Austin, TX-based Emmoco.

Contents of each of these 10 B-Smart BoosterPack plug-in modules

Each B-Smart kit includes the following:

One A2541R24A AIR Module BoosterPack board for connection to TI's MSP430™, Tiva C, C2000™, and other LaunchPad development tools. IN THIS INSTANCE, we will be bundling each of the 10 B-Smart kits with a TI MSP430 LaunchPad development kit.
Each BoosterPack board includes indicator LEDs, current monitoring circuitry, and provision for an on board MSP430 Value Line microprocessor
B-Smart breakout cable for easy connection to a wide variety of processors
The on-board A2542R24A AIR module…
- includes TIís CC2541 SoC
- offers a tiny 11x19x2.5 mm footprint (SMT)
- pre-certification to FCC/IC and ETSI compliant
- low power consumption
More about the moduleís firmware…
- comes with Emmoco firmware (based on TI BLE Stack), designed for easy implementation of embedded mobile connectivity. Emmoco software and tools (accessed through the ìEm-hubî) enable easy communication between an embedded device and Bluetooth Smart phones and tablets
- Emmocoís software tools and ìschemaî concept generate code that makes sharing data between embedded and mobile devices easy

What will you need to supply in order to operate your free B-Smart BoosterPack?

Ordinarily, you would need to have one of several compatible TI LaunchPad development kits on hand: However, to save you that step and expense, weíve bundled an MSP430 LaunchPad in this RoadTest. As such, you will only need the following to participate in this RoadTest:

A USB-equipped PC/laptop
Internet connection to access the Em-hub web portal, where youíll access all of the applicable Emmoco software tools, examples, the unique ìschemaî functionality, etc. to begin developing your embedded mobile connectivity via Bluetooth Smart.
And, of course, access to the embedded application/product to which you are trying to add wireless functionality/Bluetooth connectivity.

Useful links for more information

To learn more about our B-Smart BoosterPack kit, the A2541R24A AIR module, the Emmoco Em-hub, or the Texas Instruments MSP430 LaunchPad -- please use these reference links or contact AIR@anaren.com

B-Smart BoosterPack kit support & reference:

Product brief
Userís Manual
Useful videos:
A2541x24x AIR module featuring Bluetooth Smart technology
Emmoco and Em-hub development portal:
- Em-wiki (from here, you will access the Em-hub by opening an account)
- Emmoco corporate website
Texas Instruments MSP430 LaunchPad development kit
- TI LaunchPad ecosystem home page
- TI MSP430 LaunchPad home page

Requirements for participants in B-Smart RoadTest

The Anaren team is looking for 10 qualified RoadTest participants to review its new B-Smart BoosterPack kit (demonstrating the A2541R24A AIR module with Bluetooth Smart technology). As described in the RoadTest summary, this kit is used in conjunction with Texas Instruments MSP430 ñ which will be included free as part of the RoadTest.

Applicants for this RoadTest will be deemed ìqualifiedî for participation in the drawing for its 10 free kits based on the following criteria:

participant must be interested achieving ìmobile connectivityî between their embedded product/application and a Bluetooth Smart phone or tablet.
participant agrees to test and review the kit (via blog on Element 14) within 2 months of the kitís receipt at the participant's location
participant agrees to answer a minimum of 5 of the following questions in his/her review:
1. What did you think of the kit when it first arrived, even before you opened the box?
2. On opening the box, what struck you first about the layout of its contents and the overall component packaging?
3. On unpacking the box and looking at all the parts, what did you feel we could have added to the kit, or even excluded from the kit, for that matter?
4. Were you successful in connecting the kit to your embedded application?
5. Were you successful in connecting your kit/embedded application to the ìEm-hubî using the tools and instructions included with the kit?
6. How was your experience with the Em-hub itself?
7. Did the kit live up to, exceed, or fall short of your expectations?
8. Would you recommend this kit to your customers and colleagues?
participant agrees to allow Anaren to promote / republish the resulting blog via its website or other means.

RoadTest Reviews

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kas.lewis over 8 years ago in reply to gsgill112

Hello gsgill112

Do you mean you do not want to use "Atmosphere" from Anaren but would prefer to use CCS from TI? If this is what you are looking for I'm not sure you can or rather that they let you. But if this is what you are looking for I can put you in touch with someone from Anaren who may be able to help you.

Kas

P.s added links below, hopefully one of them will be helpful for you.

https://atmosphere.anaren.com/wiki/Main_Page
https://atmosphere.anaren.com/downloads
https://atmosphere.anaren.com/platform/development
https://atmosphere.anaren.com/wiki/Atmosphere_App
https://atmosphere.anaren.com/forum
https://atmosphere.anaren.com/products
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gsgill112 over 8 years ago

Dows anyone Have a Compiler for this or have some know about to changing the default start to TI One so that I can use this for one of my Project ?
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gsgill112 over 11 years ago

After a very long wait, Finally I got a link to update em-Hub tools to V14, and get a pre release Android application
http://lin14.emmoco.com:8090/display/EM/Em-Builder+Installation

Hope this works or I am able to download !!

The support for this product is practically non Existent !! think twice before getting this !!
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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago in reply to gsgill112

Maybe it comes as a disappointment, but i cannot do a comprehensive review on something i cannot test. Best thing i can do is an unboxing and general theoretical presentation. I'm sorry too for not knowing android software developing, as this boosterpack offers pretty advanced tech. to test on. Thnks.
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gsgill112 over 12 years ago in reply to gsgill112

Or Not ! I have been playing and searching all arroung for help with android but disappointed.
John Hoeschele Do you have a tentative date for android application release !!

+1 to sorel, I am too stuck there, as i have a CC2541 USB DOngle lying @my lab , i was able to see the GATT profile but that was it !

Further, after investigation i found that anaren had released the app for Android but withdrew it ? i don't know why, i did get a copy of the app but it doesn't work on my Nexux 4 !

hopefully the android support will come soon !
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gsgill112 over 12 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

Hi Surya, Finally I got the Kit today, it was shipped by Element14 INDIA on 14th I guess. Finally, can do my experiments
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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago in reply to gsgill112

No, I haven't get any reply. And I am still waiting for the kit. I think we are the only roadtesters from India. And that's the reason, we haven't get our kits.
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gsgill112 over 12 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

Hi Surya , Did you get any Reply from Christian. I haven't still got the Board, and it's kinna worrying as it never took so long before.
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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago in reply to gsgill112

I haven't received it. I e-mailed Christian regarding this and didn't get any reply.
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gsgill112 over 12 years ago

I haven't Still received the Board, Did everyone else get It ?
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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

Hello Element14 participants in our B-Smart kit RoadTest. Most if not all of you should have received your kits by now... One point of clarification, and we apologize if this was not made clear/evident in the description of our RoadTest: While we will be launching an Android version of the kit later this fall, our currently available B-Smart kit -- aka: the one we're focused on with the current RoadTest -- is exclusively for iOS applications. Apologies, once again, for not expressly calling attention to that fact, but our hope is that many of you who are participating are focused on/able to test the kit in an iOS context. Thank you. John H., Anaren Marketing Communications Mgr.
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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago in reply to gsgill112

I'm not into developing so much but em-hub doesn't seem to have a support for android phones. can't controll the anaren module with a mobile phone without a minimal software. i managed to program the blink example on the launchpad-anaren with em-builder ide but that's about all i could do for now.
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gsgill112 over 12 years ago

hi sorel , you got the kit , thats awesome i am still w8ing for mine to arrive. and I guess there are many examples of using BLE Stack on Android, does em-hub have a sample template for iOs or what ?
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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

Hmm, having an android mobile phone is a disadvantage. No mobile software support for android on em-hub, only for ios.
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gsgill112 over 12 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

I haven't got it yet ! Dr. Christian DeFeo said that the kits were dispatched & the shipping method had been changed, so now instead of direct shipping, they first dispatch the kits to the regional element14 warehouse, which then send the kit to us. I guess.
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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

Did anyone got this product? Any news about delivery?
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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

Nice, thank you.
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gsgill112 over 12 years ago

Thanks Anaren, Element14 and Special thanks to Christian DeFeo.
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doctorcdf over 12 years ago
Many thanks to all who applied; Anaren have made their selection from all the interesting applications we received. They have chosen:
Alin Sorel Ion A.
Surya Teja Cheeella
Gurinder Singh Gill
Michael Hopper
Murali K
Michael Köhler
Georg Lempe
Carl Pawley
Wayne Rust
Alberto Trujillo
Thanks again to all!
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doctorcdf over 12 years ago

Thank you to all who applied for this RoadTest; the applications have been passed on to Anaren for them to consider. As soon as they have selected the testers, we will make an announcement.
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