1. Introduction to CodeLess¶

1.1. Before you start¶

Before you start we highly recommend you to

Download the latest CodeLess SDK and SmartSnippets Studio. These can be downloaded from the Dialog Semiconductor support portal.
Download any local Terminal such as TeraTerm, Termite or any other you are familiar with.
Arrange for a temperature sensor for the tutorial. The one we have used is Adafruit MCP9808 I2C Temperature sensor
Make sure the USB Driver is installed correctly, if not the FTDI driver can be installed from here. If the driver is installed correctly, the properties of the USB driver would look something like this. Go to Device Manager -> Right-click on the correct USB serial port -> Properties -> General

Fig. 1 Working USB Driver

The aim of CodeLess development is to allow you to quickly get started with wireless IoT applications with a set of AT Commands

Enabling control of hardware interfaces as well as Bluetooth Smart via simple AT command interface
Control of the local as well as remote peer device with a single command set
Completely configurable hardware setup. No SW development required
Great for sensor evaluation (I2C or Analog input port)
Can be easily expanded
Both central and peripheral role supported in one firmware
Available as source code, hex and binary files as well as header file for implementation into an external microcontroller
It can be integrated easily in a 3rd party Microcontroller
Curently supports our DA14585 and DA14586 SoC
The supported boards are: PRO and Basic. Any other custom board using DA1458x with a 2 wire UART will also work

The keys goals of this tutorial are:

Implementation of CodeLess examples to get an idea of its vast application capabilities and ease of use.
The examples that will be covered are:
- Toggle LED on local board
- Read ADC on local board
- Write/Read I2C (using I2C Temperature sensor) on local board.
- Advertise/Scan/connect to the remote board
- Toggle LED on remote board
- Read ADC on remote board
- Write/Read I2C on remote board

CodeLess can be used for many such applications, above mentioned are only a handful. Typical applications are as shown below:

UART to UART wireless connection: CodeLess can be controlled from a PC or a 3rd party microcontroller

Fig. 2 UART to UART wireless connection

Remote access of Peripheral from the Central: The IO control, sensors and analog signals connected on the peripheral device can be remotely accessed from the Central device.

Fig. 3 Remote access of Peripheral from the Central

CodeLess for debugging: Local connection to the CodeLess for debugging and evaluation of sensor or other connected hardware is easily implemented.

Fig. 4 CodeLess for debugging

Fig. 5 Smartphone control of the peripheral