CY8CKIT-042-BLE Bluetooth® Low Energy Development Kit

Bluetooth Low Energy Made Easy

• The Infineon CY8CKIT-042-BLE development kit supports system-level designs using PSoC Creator which includes numerous example projects to enable Bluetooth Low Energy mixed-signal embedded designs.
• The Bluetooth Low Energy v4.1 specification has been abstracted into the new Bluetooth Smart Component in PSoC Creator, allowing for easy drag-and-drop designs.
• The development kit has been designed to allow for maximum design flexibility enabling Arduino shields hardware compatibility and easy-to-use, FCC-certified PSoC 4 BLE and PRoC BLE modules.

Low System Cost

• The CY8CKIT-042-BLE development kit provides users easy access to the new PSoC 4 BLE and PRoC BLE devices, while maintaining the familiar Pioneer kit design footprint.
• The development kit includes a USB BLE dongle that pairs with the CySmart master emulation tool, converting your Windows® PC into a powerful Bluetooth LE debug environment.
• The kit has been designed to allow for easy development at a low cost. The kit design and layout allows for customers to easily develop embedded solutions that require both mixed-signal capabilities and a Bluetooth LE radio.

Lowest System Power

• The CY8CKIT-042-BLE development kit has been designed to allow customers to develop low-power designs.
• The kit provides both power measurement jumpers and a coin cell holder and battery for low-power evaluation.
• The kit allows the user to evaluate lower-power modes in a wide operating voltage range of 1.7 - 5.5 V.

Bluetooth Qualification

• Infineon's BLE solutions pass Bluetooth SIG qualification process and are now listed on the Bluetooth SIG website as certified solutions.
• Infineon's qualification is modular, allowing greater flexibility to customers.
• A list of Infineon's Qualified Design IDs (QD ID) are as follows: 63199, 61908, 62243, 62245, 63368, 62887, 63683.
• Please refer to http://www.bluetooth.org for detailed qualification guidelines.

RF Regulatory Certification

• CY8CKIT-142 PSoC 4 BLE and CY5671 PRoC BLE modules are FCC Part 15, Canadian RSS-210 (IC), CE and JRF/TELEC compliant.

Kit Contents

• BLE Pioneer baseboard preloaded with CY8CKIT-142 PSoC 4 BLE module
• CY5671 PRoC BLE module
• BLE dongle (CySmart USB dongle)
• Quick-start guide
• USB standard A to mini-B cable
• Four jumper wires (4 inch) and two proximity sensor wires (5 inch)
• Coin cell battery

How to Get Started

1. Watch the Bluetooth Low Energy Pioneer Kit video
2. Download PSoC Creator
3. Buy the Bluetooth Low Energy Pioneer Kit (CY8CKIT-042-BLE) below
4. Read the Quick Start Guide
5. Watch the PSoC 4 BLE 101 Video Series for tutorials on how to design with PSoC 4 BLE

Note: The CY5671 PRoC BLE Module and CY5670 CySmart USB Dongle may be purchased separately from the BLE Pioneer Kit.

Related Files

• CY8CKIT-042-BLE Quick Start Guide: http://www.cypress.com/?docID=51381
• CY8CKIT-042-BLE User Guide: http://www.cypress.com/?docID=51311
• CY8CKIT-042-BLE Design Files: http://www.cypress.com/?docID=51379
• Designing Next Gen Bluetooth Low Energy System for the Internet of Things By: Gagan Luthra