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Part Number: BM-77-PICtail

BM77 BLUETOOTH DUAL MODE PICTAIL™/PICTAIL PLUS BOARD


  • Enables rapid development with the BM77 Dual Mode Module
  • PICtail™ and PICtail Plus interfaces for connection to Microchip Explorer 16 (DM240001) , PIC32 I/O Expansion board (DM320002) or PIC18 Explorer (DM183032) development boards
  • Configuration Library for PIC18, PIC24F and PIC32 to enable easy integration
  • Onboard connection and data status LEDs
  • Onboard USB to UART bridge for easy development from PC

Overview


The BM77 PICtail™/PICtail Plus Board is a Bluetooth® Dual Mode development board that showcases the Microchip BM77 module, a fully-certified Bluetooth Version 4.0 Dual Mode module that supports both Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy. This flexible development board includes a convenient USB interface for plug-and-play capability in standalone mode and has a PICtail™/PICtail Plus interface for connecting to Microchip development boards. The board also includes on-board connection and data status LEDs.

To facilitate rapid development and prototyping, a BM77 driver is also provided for 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers. The BM77 PIC MCU driver provides a programming API for BM77 configuration and control functions. The driver is fully-compatible with MPLAB® X and the BM77 PICtail™/PICtail Plus interface.
Package Contents
  • BM77 Bluetooth Dual Mode PICtail™/PICtail Plus board
  • Mini-USB cable

Documentation


Title
Document Id
BM77 PICtail/PICtail Plus Board User's Guide Download 6156dec0-d659-4501-9327-e9c40aac0a9c
BM77 PICtail Schematic Download fe8c8e93-f04e-4635-9427-30730ed6c9ca
BM77 Product Brief Download 82a0c752-b9fe-4490-bfd8-25b51a9e9094

Software


Title
Date
BM77 PICtail Configuration Library v1.0 Download 06 Feb 2015
BM77 PICtail Demo Download 16 Dec 2014
BM77 Android App Demo Download 02 Oct 2014
PC ChatTool Download 02 Oct 2014
MCP2200/MCP2221 Windows Driver and Installer Download 08 Mar 2021