September, 2019 − Rev. 2

1 Publication Order Number:

EVBUM2614/D

EVBUM2614

RSL10-SENSE-GEVK (and

RSL10-SENSE-DB-GEVK)

UserGuide

Introduction

The RSL10−SENSE−GEVK (and

RSL10−SENSE−DB−GEVK) is a comprehensive,

compact, node−to−cloud IoT sensor platform that allows

development of various Bluetooth Low Energy based use

cases. Along with the hardware and software, the

RSL10−SENSE−GEVK includes a mobile app to interact

with sensors and actuators. The board features RSL10,

Industry’s lowest power Bluetooth

5 SoC and several

sensors from ON Semiconductor and Bosch. By combining

motion, environmental, ambient light sensing with the

ultra−low power of the Bluetooth 5 Certified RSL10 and

will enable customers to realize a new class of battery

powered static, mobile and wearable smart sensors targeting

consumer and industrial applications in the IoT.

The overall deep sleep consumption of 20 mA results in a

battery life of over 1 year. For further increase in battery life,

software configuration wizard allows flexible timing setup

as discussed in the following sections.

Variants

There are two SKUs of the RSL10 Sensor kit. Both

variants are pre−loaded with an ultra−low power firmware

and include a 3 V CR2032 coin cell and a flexible NFC

antenna.

Figure 1.

RSL10−SENSE−GEVK: Firmware can be flashed via

10−pin needle adapter (e.g. TC2050 from Tag−Connect)

(not included). The 10−pin header for debugger is not

populated on the board.

RSL10−SENSE−DB−GEVK: The “debug” (−DB) version

of the board also includes a low cost Segger debugger

J−Link LITE CortexM and a USB cable. Users can directly

debug/communicate/flash the firmware over the

populated−pin header.

Figure 2.

Scope

The board starts functioning as soon as the coin cell is in

place. This document covers the setup, software

architecture, documentation and provides instructions on

downloading firmware to the board. The details regarding

the mobile app and cloud connectivity are not covered in this

document.

Default Configuration

In addition to the RSL10 SiP (System−in−Package), the

following sensors are present on the board.

• NOA1305, ambient Light sensor

• N24RF64, NFC EEPROM

• BME680, environmental sensor (temperature, humidity,

pressure, air quality)

• BHI160 + BMM150, 3−axis accelerometer, gyroscope,

magnetometer. Together returnabsolute orientation

supported in software

• INMP522 −> ultra−low power microphone for audio

applications

• User can insert NFC flexible antenna into dedicated

connector and bend underneath the battery holder for

custom packaging / cases.

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