Mbed Connect Cloud

Overview¶

The Mbed Connect Cloud platform is designed for use with Arm Mbed and is a complete starter kit featuring the u-blox ODIN-W262 MCU and multiple sensors that allows quick prototyping of a variety of applications for Internet of Things. The support for dual‑band Wi‑Fi enables easy connectivity for a wide range of applications. The platform boasts 5 different environmental sensors on board and multiple user controlled GPIOs which are all supported and available using Arm Mbed.

Features¶

MCU

• ODIN‑W262 with onboard antenna Wi-Fi
• Integrated MCU, STM STM32F439ZIY6
  • Arm Cortex-M4 with FPU
  • 168 MHz
  • 2 MB flash
  • 256 kB RAM

Peripherals

• C12832A1Z - 128 x 32 LCD
• RGB LED
• User configurable LED x 7
• User configurable switch x 2
• CCS811 - Indoor air quality sensor
• TSL2561 - Ambient light sensor
• SHT31-DIS-B - Temperature and humidity sensor
• MMA7660FC - 3-Axis accelerometer sensor
• VL53L0X - Time of flight laser distance sensor
• MX25R3235FM1IH0 - SPI flash

Pin Map¶

Example programs¶

Getting Started with Mbed¶

1. Connect your microcontroller to a PC¶

Use the USB lead to connect your Mbed to a PC. The status light will come on, indicating it has power. After a few seconds of activity, the PC will recognize the Mbed Microcontroller as a standard USB drive.

Windows XP example	Mac OS X example

2. Click the MBED.HTM link to get logged in¶

Go to the new USB Drive, and click MBED.HTM to open it in a web browser.

If you do not have an Mbed account, choose "Signup", and create your Mbed Account. Otherwise, log in with your normal username and password.

This will give you access to the website, tools, libraries and documentation.

PC Configuration¶

Your Mbed Microcontroller can appear on your computer as a serial port. On Mac and Linux, this will happen by default. For Windows, you need to install a driver:

From a host PC to communicate with Mbed you will need a terminal application. This allows the Mbed Microcontroller to print to your PC screen, and for you to send characters back to your Mbed.

• Terminals - Using Terminal applications to communicate between the Host PC and the Mbed Micrcontroller

Some terminal programs (e.g. TeraTerm) list the available serial ports by name. However, if you do need to know the identity of the serial port so that you can attach a terminal or an application to it:

	Windows		Mac		Linux
	Find the identity of the COM port by opening ''Device Manager''. To do this navigate ''Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager''.		To find the device name under Mac OS X, use the command ''ls /dev/tty.usbmodem*''		To find the device name under Linux, use the command ''ls /dev/ttyACM*''

On both Mac and Linux PCs, the port with the higher number will be the USB serial debug port. For example, if you have Linux and get ports /dev/ttyACM0 and /dev/ttyACM1, ttyACM1 will be the debug port and ttyACM0 the AT command/secondary port.

Downloading A program¶

1. Save a program binary to the Platform¶

Download the appropriate "Blinky" binary:

• Mbed Connect Cloud Blinky: Download

Save the program binary file to your Mbed Microcontroller Disk, just like you would with a normal USB disk. The PWR LED will flash as the PC writes the file to the Microcontroller disk. The file is now consumed.

2. Press the Reset Button¶

When the Reset Button in pressed, the microcontroller will be reset and the last programmed application will begin to run.

3. Blinky!¶

The Microcontroller is now running the program; flashing LED_GREEN forever! If you reset the Microcontroller, or disconnect and reconnect the power, the program will simply restart.

DAPLink Interface Firmware Upgrade¶

The Mbed board includes the DAPLink interface. Firmware for the board will be included in DAPLink releases. To update the interface firmware on your board, follow these steps:

• Hold 'RESET' button down
• Plug the Mbed into PC via micro USB
• Observe drive "CRP 'DISABLD'
• Open the drive, and delete the file called "firmware.bin"
• Download the required firmware
• Copy the .bin file onto the "CRP DISABLD" drive.
  • On Windows, replace firmware.bin with the above firmware
  • On Linux/Mac, use command: dd if={new_firmware.bin} of={firmware.bin} conv=notrunc
• Unplug your board, and plug it back in
• It should now appear as a disk drive called DAPLINK

You can re-program your Mbed Board at any time by plugging it in with the button held down. This will cause it to appear as the "CRP DISABLD" drive, at which point you can follow the steps above.

Technical Resources¶

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