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The Laird BL654 Development Kit provides a platform for rapid wireless connectivity prototyping, providing multiple options
for the development of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) plus Near Field Communication (NFC) applications.
The Laird BLE development kit is designed to support the rapid development of applications and software for the BL654
series of BLE modules featuring Laird’s innovative event driven programming language – smartBASIC or for use with the
Nordic SDK for C development. More information regarding this product series including a detailed module user’s guide and
smartBASIC user guides are available on Laird’s BL654 product page: http://www.lairdtech.com/products/bl654-ble-thread-
nfc-modules
This document is applicable to the version of development board which has PCB silk screen text DVK-BL654-1.0.
Development Kit for 451-00001 module – Integrated antenna
Development Kit for the 451-00002 module – External antenna
Applicable to the following BL654 module part numbers:
Bluetooth v5/802.15.4/NFC module – Integrated antenna
Bluetooth v5 / 802.15.4 / NFC module – External antenna
All kits contain the following items:
The development board has the required BL654 module soldered onto it and exposes all
available hardware interfaces.
▪ USB cable – Type A to micro type B. The cable also provides serial communications via
the FTDI USB – RS232 converter chip on the board.
▪ DC barrel plug for connection to external power supply (5.5 VDC max)
▪ 3x AAA battery holder fitted on underside of development board
▪ Coin-cell holder (powers module only) fitted on underside of development board
Two-pin jumpers
for pin headers (5)
Five jumpers for 2.54 mm pitch headers used on BL654 development board.
Supplied (1 by 1 female to female jumper cable) to allow simple connection of any BL654
module pins (available on plated though holes or headers on J44, J47, J48, J41, J29, J1, J12, J1,
J5, J17, J21, J6 and J36).
External BLE
dipole antenna
Supplied with development kit part # 455-00002 only.
External antenna, 2 dBi, FlexPIFA (Laird part #001-0022) with integral RF coaxial cable with 100
mm length and IPEX-4 compatible RF connector.
Supplied with development kit part # 455-00002 only
Laird NFC flexi-PCB antenna – Part # 0600-00061
Provides links to additional information including the BL654 user guide, firmware, terminal
utilities, schematics, quick start guides, firmware release notes, and more.
Note: Sample smartBASIC applications are available to download from the Laird
https://github.com/LairdCP/BL654-Applications
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