Anaren Bluetooth Smart Development Kit

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2016-Sep-14 Today the UPS truck pulled up unexpectedly and dropped off an "Anaren Bluetooth' Smart Development Kit."

Hey, it's a gift from Anaren! COOL.

  • ARM Cortex M3 processor
  • 512M RAM
  • Bluetooth Smart AKA BLE
  • Accelerometer
  • RGB LED
  • IR sensor
  • IR emitter
  • IR non-contact temperature sensor
  • Buzzer
  • Joystick w button
  • Current sensor

First thoughts. Make it portable else no point in the compass and accelerometer. So it needs a box and a battery.

Hook up a GPS module so it knows where it is. Ordered one from Sparkfun

Make big fitness monitor.

Cloud based developer page: http://atmosphere.anaren.com/


Cypress

They have a cool <$20 kit too based on the same BCM20737 PSoC but theirs is in a plastic case and includes a humidity sensor. You can get them from DigiKey.

Developer site https://community.cypress.com/

Cypress bought Broadcomm so now if you want to use the dedicated SDK instead of Atmosphere, go to https://community.cypress.com/docs/DOC-2793

Best reference to hardware is here: https://atmosphere.anaren.com/wiki/Bluetooth_Multi-Sensor_Development_Board