3.10 Bluetooth® Low Energy Transparent UART Peripheral with LE Coded PHY

This section assists users in creating a peripheral device and sending/receiving characters between two connected BLE devices over the Microchip proprietary Transparent UART Profile with LE Coded PHY. The peripheral device will be a Curiosity board, and the central device will be another Curiosity board.

User can either choose to just run the precompiled application example .hex files on the Curiosity board and experience the demo or can go through the steps involved in developing this application from scratch.

These examples are incrementally structured upon one another. Recommendation is to follow the examples in order, by learning the basic concepts first and then progressing to the more advanced topics.

Hardware Requirement

Table 3-19. Hardware Required
Tool	Quantity
Curiosity Board	2
Micro USB cable	2

Software Requirement

MPLAB X IPE: For programming the precompiled hex file.
MPLAB X IDE: For programming the application example.
Teraterm: Terminal Emulator for displaying UART output.

Programming the Precompiled Hex file or Application Example

Programming the .hex File using MPLAB X IPE

Precompiled .hex file for peripheral is located in “<Harmony Content Path>\apps\peripheral_trp_uart_codedPhy\hex“ folder.
Precompiled .hex file for central is located in “<Harmony Content Path>\apps\central_trp_uart_codedPhy\hex“ folder.
For more information on the programming steps, refer to the Programming a Device in MPLAB IPE.
Note: Users must choose the correct device and tool information.

Programming the Application using MPLAB X IDE

Follow the steps mentioned in Running a Precompiled Example
Open and program the peripheral application example “peripheral_trp_uart_codedPhy_xxxx.X” where xxxx refer to device (for example: WBZ451, project file: peripheral_trp_uart_codedPhy_wbz451.X) located in “<Harmony Content Path>\apps\peripheral_trp_uart_codedPhy\firmware” using MPLAB X IDE.
Open and program the central application example “central_trp_uart_codedPhy_xxxx.X” where xxxx refer to device (for example: WBZ451, project file: central_trp_uart_codedPhy_wbz451.X) located in “<Harmony Content Path>\apps\central_trp_uart_codedPhy\firmware” using MPLAB X IDE.

For more details on finding the Harmony content path, refer to Installing the MCC Plugin.

Demo Description

Refer BLE Transparent UART Peripheral with LE Coded PHY Demo Description.

Developing the Application from Scratch using MCC

This section explains the steps required by a user to develop this application example from scratch using MCC

Note: It is recommended that new users of MCC to go through the MPLAB® Code Configurator (MCC) User's Guide.

Create a new MCC Harmony Project by selecting the device. For more details, refer to Creating a New MCC Harmony Project.
Launch the MCC from the toolbar as illustrated below. The project graph will open with the default components.
Figure 3-108. MCC
In the Device Resources window, expand Libraries > Harmony > Wireless > Application Services. Then, click the Plus Symbol to add the Transparent App Service Component to the project
Figure 3-109. Transparent App Service
All BLE Transparent App Service-related components will be added into the project graph. Accept dependencies or satisfiers by selecting Yes.
For configuring BLE Config App Service component based on the device refer to Adding BLE Config App Service Component to Project Graph and Selecting the Device in Getting Started with WME Bluetooth Low Energy Applications from Related Links.
To enable digital and communication interfaces, refer to Enabling Digital Input/Output and Communication Interfaces Through System Hardware Definition (SHD) component in Getting Started with WME Bluetooth Low Energy Applications from Related Links.
Change the Transparent App Service component settings as illustrated in the following figure.
Figure 3-110. Transparent App Service
Change FreeRTOS component settings, refer to the Configuring FreeRTOS in Getting Started with WME Bluetooth Low Energy Applications from Related Links.. Additionally, change FreeRTOS component settings as illustrated in the following figure.
1. For WBZ451 FreeRTOS component setting is as illustrated in the following figure
  Figure 3-111. FreeRTOS
2. For WBZ351 FreeRTOS component setting is as illustrated in the following figure
  Figure 3-112. FreeRTOS
For WBZ451
1. Verify if the project graph window has all the expected components, as illustrated in the following figure:
  Figure 3-113. Project Graph
For WBZ351
1. Verify if the project graph window has all the expected components, as illustrated in the following figure:
  Figure 3-114. Project Graph
Change BLE Stack component setting, as illustrated in the following figure:
Figure 3-115. BLE Stack

Figure 3-116. BLE Stack

Generating a Code

For more details on code generation, refer to the MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC) Code Generation.

Files Containing User Application Code

Source code for the application will be generated from the MCC interface by clicking on Generate Code. User can add or edit the code in the highlighted files as illustrated in the following figure.

Details on files that user can modify

Table 3-20. Source Files
Source Files	Usage
`app.c`	Application State machine, includes calls for Initialization of all BLE stack (GAP,GATT, SMP, L2CAP) related component configurations
`app_ble_callbacks.c`	All the event functions related to GAP, GATT, SMP and L2CAP events that user can use or modify.
`app_trspc_callbacks.c`	All the event functions related to `trspc` event handles that user can use or modify.
`app_utility.c`	Contains generic utility functions that serve the purpose of providing reusable, common functionalities that can be applied across various parts of a program.

Note: app.c is auto generated and has a state machine based application code sample. Users can use this template to develop their application. Main application logic is implemented in

void
                        APP_Tasks()

function.

References

Bluetooth Low Energy Transparent UART Peripheral with LE Coded PHY Application for: WBZ451
Bluetooth Low Energy Transparent UART Peripheral with LE Coded PHY Application for: WBZ351