1. Abstract

This guide is intended to help customers setup the hardware development environment, install required software and download and run an example application on the DA1468x development platform.

2. Figures

Figure 1 The DA1468x ProDK DK

Figure 2 The daughter-boards a) QFN60 and b) WLCSP to combine with the DA1468x ProDK Development Kit

Figure 3 USB2 (DBG) connector

Figure 4 Windows driver installation

Figure 5 Device Manager Ports

Figure 6 Ports assigned to ProDK

Figure 7 K2 RESET button in ProDK

Figure 8 Setting port and testing connectivity via RealTerm

Figure 9 Chip version in RealTerm in Windows

Figure 10 Chip version in PuTTY in Linux

Figure 11 Automatically install J-Link

Figure 12 Select Smart Snippets Studio install directory

Figure 13 Tools that require manual installation

Figure 14 Start Ozone download

Figure 15 Automatic Ozone download failed

Figure 16 SEGGER Ozone download page

Figure 17 Set Ozone installation directory

Figure 18 Set J-Link installation directory

Figure 19 SystemView Download fails

Figure 20 Download SystemView installer

Figure 21 Set SystemView installation directory

Figure 22 Automatically install the J-Link

Figure 23 Select SmartSnippets™ Studio install directory

Figure 24 Tools that need manual installation

Figure 25 Start the Ozone download

Figure 26 Automatic Ozone download fails

Figure 27 The SEGGER Ozone download page

Figure 28 Set the Ozone installation directory

Figure 29 Set the J-Link installation directory

Figure 30 Download the SystemView installer

Figure 31 J-Link installation directory

Figure 32 Extract SDK to Workspace (on Windows)

Figure 33 LED D2 on ProDK

Figure 34 SmartSnippets™ Studio welcome page

Figure 35 Project import

Figure 36 Build Blinky in Release RAM configuratione

Figure 37 Start Debug in RAM mode

Figure 38 Build Blinky in Release QSPI configuration

Figure 39 Write Blinky to QSPI Flash

Figure 40 Start Debug in QSPI mode

Figure 41 Executing the Blinky project in Eclipse

Figure 42 LED D2 - Pro DK

5. Terms and definitions

CLI Command Line Tool

COM Communication Port

DBG Debug

FTDI Future Technology Devices International

FTP File Transfer Protocol

GPIO General Purpose Input/Output

HW Hardware

IDE Integrated Development Environment

IRQ Interrupt Request

LED Light Emitting Diode

LLD Low-Level Driver

OPT One Time Programmable

OS Operating System

PC Personal Computer

RAM Random Access Memory

RTOS Real Time Operating System

SDK Software Development Kit

SoC System on Chip

SW Software

UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

USB Universal Serial Bus

6. References

[Ref_01]DA14680, Datasheet, Dialog Semiconductor.
[Ref_02]UM-B-057-SmartSnippets_Studio_user_guide, User manual, Dialog Semiconductor.
[Ref_03]UM-B-056 DA1468x Software Developer’s Guide, User manual, Dialog Semiconductor
[Ref_04]UM-B-044-DA1468x Software Platform Reference, User manual, Dialog Semiconductor
[Ref_05]UM-B-060-DA1468x_DA1510x Development kit – Pro, User manual, Dialog Semiconductor
[Ref_06]UM-B-083 SmartSnippets Toolbox, User manual, Dialog Semiconductor
[Ref_07]AN-B-046 DA1468x Booting from serial interfaces, Application Note, Dialog Semiconductor
[Ref_08]UM-B-094 DA14683 USB Kit, User manual, Dialog Semiconductor

7. Prerequisites

  • SmartSnippets™ Studio package
  • Dialog’s Semiconductor SmartSnippets™ DA1468x SDK
  • Operating System (Windows or Linux)
  • Pro DK DA1468x and accessories
  • Serial-port terminal software (e.g. RealTerm)
  • A USB connection supporting USB-Serial (FTDI)