BlueDuino firmware needed

[velocipedecreative]

Managed to soft-brick my BlueDuino and had to flash the bootloader to get it running again. I was successful with the Sparkfun Pro Micro 3.3V/8MHz image, but I haven't been able to send or receive any data through the BTE module. I'd rather start with your original BlueDuino firmware image. I didn't see it in Github anywhere. Is there a board support package for the Arduino IDE I can download?

Thanks.

[velocipedecreative]

Update: I am able to talk to the BTE module using serial_test, but it will only take AT+NAME[name]. It won't respond to any other AT commands. It's not connected to any phone.

Thanks for the help!

[volca]

Please try the AT command

AT+VERS?

It will show the firmware version. I'd like to know the current firmware version in your hand.

BTW: What name is the BLE module?

[velocipedecreative]

I never get a response. Even a simple "AT" doesn't get an "OK" back.

Module name comes up as BlueShield on my phone when it connects. UUID is null.

[volca]

Could you please paste the code for serial_test? The default sketch should be the code for software serial port.

Did you test it with the Serial Monitor from Arduino IDE?

[velocipedecreative]

Thanks so much for your help on this.

Yes, I've been using the Arduino Serial Monitor to send and receive.

Here's the code:

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

// Blueduino comunicate with BLE module through pin11, pin12 as soft serial.
SoftwareSerial mySerial(11, 12); //RX,TX

int RXLED = 17;

String tmp; 

void setup() {
  pinMode(RXLED,OUTPUT);
  // It's just for test with "Serial Monitor" of Arduino IDE. It can be removed.
  Serial.begin(9600);
  while (!Serial) {
    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
  }
  Serial.println("hello!");

  // Start soft serial
  mySerial.begin(9600); 
};

void loop() {
  // Read soft serial
  while (mySerial.available() > 0)  {
    tmp += char(mySerial.read());
    delay(2);
  }

  // If it got data from soft serial port then display on "Serial Monitor"
  if(tmp.length() > 0) {
    Serial.println(tmp);
    tmp = "";
  }

  // If it got data from hard serial port, then write data to soft serial port.
  if (Serial.available()) {
    mySerial.write(Serial.read());
  }
}

[volca]

The firmware BlueShield does not support the upgrade function.

Did you test the BLE communication with the app LightBlue? The characteristic for RX/TX is

RX characteristic: D3E60004-8F36-40D6-B2D5-C5D9F5E81869
TX characteristic: D3E60005-8F36-40D6-B2D5-C5D9F5E81869

It only 4 AT commands.

You can found the description here: http://wiki.viewc.com/cc2540-module.html

[velocipedecreative]

Just tested the board out with LightBlue on an iPhone 5S and it's working fine. I can send and receive data from both sides with no issues.

Resolution for the AT commands failing: The shield firmware requires a termination character for all commands (I could see it was stripping off the last character from AT+NAME commands). Adding either a CR or LF caused all 4 AT commands to work. Having "No line ending" set in Serial Monitor was the reason AT commands were failing. Simply setting to "Newline", "Carriage Return" or "Both NL & CR" fixes the issue.

Appreciate all the help. I'll close this one out.

[volca]

the previous firmware have some issues with the AT commands.

Thank you for your information.