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RN4677 BLUETOOTH
®
4.0
DUAL MODE MODULE
USERS GUIDE
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
RN4677 Bluetooth
®
4.0 Dual Mode Module. Items discussed in this chapter include:
Document Layout
Conventions Used in this Guide
Recommended Reading
The Microchip Web Site
Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service
Customer Support
Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the RN4677 Bluetooth
®
4.0 Dual Mode Module
as a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The document
is organized as follows:
Chapter 1. “Introduction” – This chapter describes the operating modes of the
RN4677 Bluetooth 4.0 Dual Mode Module and presents how to establish
Bluetooth connection.
Chapter 2. “Command Reference” – This chapter describes the general
command categories of the RN4677 Bluetooth 4.0 Dual Mode Module in detail.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and
documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs
and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site
(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.
Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each
page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is
“DSXXXXXXXXA”, where “XXXXXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level
of the document.
For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB
®
IDE online help.
Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files.
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®
4.0 Dual Mode Module User’s Guide
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CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE
This manual uses the following documentation conventions:
DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS
Description Represents Examples
Italic characters Referenced books MPLAB
®
IDE User’s Guide
Emphasized text ...is the only compiler...
Initial caps A window the Output window
A dialog the Settings dialog
A menu selection select Enable Programmer
Quotes A field name in a window or
dialog
“Save project before build”
Underlined, italic text with
right angle bracket
A menu path File > Save
Bold characters A dialog button Click OK
A tab Click the Power tab
Text in angle brackets < > A key on the keyboard Press <Enter>, <F1>
Plain Courier New Sample source code #define START
Filenames autoexec.bat
File paths c:\mcc18\h
Keywords _asm, _endasm, static
Command-line options -Opa+, -Opa-
Bit values 0, 1
Constants 0xFF, ‘A’
Italic Courier New A variable argument file.o, where file can be any
valid filename
Square brackets [ ] Optional arguments mcc18 [options] file
[options]
Curly brackets and pipe
character: { | }
Choice of mutually exclusive
arguments; an OR selection
errorlevel {0|1}
Ellipses... Replaces repeated text var_name [, var_name...]
Represents code supplied by
user
void main (void)
{ ...
}
Notes
A Note presents information
that we want to re-emphasize,
either to help you avoid a
common pitfall or to make you
aware of operating differences
between some device family
members. A Note can be in a
box, or when used in a table
or figure, it is located at the
bottom of the table or figure.
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RECOMMENDED READING
This user's guide describes how to use RN4677. Other useful documents are listed
below. The following Microchip document(s) are recommended as supplemental
reference resources.
RN4677 Bluetooth
®
4.0 Dual Mode Module Data Sheet (DS50002370A)
This document provides the technical specifications for the RN4677 module and is
available for download from the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.
THE MICROCHIP WEB SITE
Microchip provides online support via our web site at www.microchip.com. This web
site is used as a means to make files and information easily available to customers.
Accessible by using your favorite Internet browser, the web site contains the following
information:
Product Support – Data sheets and errata, application notes and sample
programs, design resources, user’s guides and hardware support documents,
latest software releases and archived software
General Technical Support – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), technical
support requests, online discussion groups, Microchip consultant program
member listing
Business of Microchip – Product selector and ordering guides, latest Microchip
press releases, listing of seminars and events; and listings of Microchip sales
offices, distributors and factory representatives
DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS CUSTOMER CHANGE NOTIFICATION SERVICE
Microchip’s customer notification service helps keep customers current on Microchip
products. Subscribers will receive e-mail notification whenever there are changes,
updates, revisions or errata related to a specified product family or development tool of
interest.
To register, access the Microchip web site at www.microchip.com, click on Customer
The Development Systems product group categories are:
Compilers – The latest information on Microchip C compilers and other language
tools
Emulators – The latest information on the Microchip MPLAB
®
REAL ICE™
in-circuit emulator
In-Circuit Debuggers – The latest information on the Microchip in-circuit
debugger, MPLAB ICD 3
MPLAB X IDE – The latest information on Microchip MPLAB X IDE, the
Windows
®
Integrated Development Environment for development systems tools
Programmers – The latest information on Microchip programmers including the
PICkit™ 3 development programmer

RN4677-V/RM100

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Description:
Bluetooth Modules (802.15.1) Bluetooth 4.0 Dual-Mode Module
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