User Manual Part 1

CY8CKIT-042-BLE Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) Pioneer Kit Guide, Doc. # 001-93731 Rev. *A 33
Kit Operation
3.5 Updating BLE Dongle for CySmart PC Tool
The dongle, shown in Figure 3-17, provides a BLE Central mode capability using the CySmart PC
tool (see CySmart PC Tool on page 160) on the PC. The CySmart PC tool is used to connect and
validate the example projects loaded on the BLE Pioneer Kit (baseboard with one of the modules)
through BLE. The CySmart PC tool on the PC is the interface with which to configure the dongle and
analyze the BLE data transferred after connecting with a BLE peripheral.
Figure 3-17. Dongle
After being connected to the PC through the USB port, the dongle enumerates as a composite
device, similar to the BLE Pioneer kit. When enumerated, it allows similar features, such as
programming/debugging of the onboard PRoC BLE, USB-UART bridge, and USB-I
2
C bridge.
Additionally, the interface is used to communicate with the CySmart PC tool and emulate a BLE
Central device on PRoC BLE.