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SWRU271H–October 2010–Revised April 2019
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Preface
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SWRU271H–October 2010–Revised April 2019
Preface
The purpose of this document is to give an overview of the TI CC2540 and CC2541 Bluetooth Low Energy
software development kit. This document also introduces the Bluetooth Low Energy standard, but should
not be used as a substitute for the complete specification. For more details, see [13].
Trademarks
Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Related Documentation
The following references are included with the TI Bluetooth Low Energy v1.5.x stack release.
NOTE: Path and file references in this document assume you have installed the Bluetooth Low
Energy development kit software to the path: C:\Texas Instruments\BLE-CC254X-1.5.x\. This
path is referred to as $INSTALL$.
1. TI Bluetooth Low Energy Vendor-Specific HCI Reference Guide,
$INSTALL$\Documents\TI_BLE_Vendor_Specific_HCI_Guide.pdf
2. TI CC2540 Bluetooth Low Energy API Guide, $INSTALL$\Documents\BLE_API_Guide_main.htm
3. Advanced Remote Control Quick Start Guide,
$INSTALL$\Documents\TI_CC2541_ARC_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf
4. Advanced Remote Control User’s Guide, $INSTALL$\Documents\TI_CC2541_ARC_User_Guide.pdf
5. TI CC2540 Bluetooth Low Energy Sample Applications Guide,
$INSTALL$\Documents\TI_BLE_Sample_Applications_Guide.pdf
6. Universal Bootloader (UBL) Guide, $INSTALL$\Documents\Universal Boot Loader for SOC-8051 by
USB-MSD Developer's Guide.pdf
7. OSAL API Guide, $INSTALL$\Documents\osal\OSAL API.pdf
8. HAL API Guide, $INSTALL$\Documents\hal\HAL API.pdf
Also available for download from TI.com:
9. Texas Instruments: TI CC2540DK-MINI Bluetooth Low Energy User Guide v1.1
10. Texas Instruments: Measuring Power Consumption Application Note
11. Texas Instruments: CC2541/43/44/45 Peripherals Software Examples
12. Texas Instruments: CC254x Chip User’s Guide
Available for download from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) website:
13. Specification of the Bluetooth System, Master Table of Contents & Compliance Requirements:
https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/bluetooth-core-specification
14. Device Information Service (Bluetooth Specification), version 1.0 (24-May-2011),
https://www.bluetooth.org/docman/handlers/downloaddoc.ashx?doc_id=238689
Links
15. Latest BLE-Stack SDK download: www.ti.com/ble-stack
16. Support forum: www.ti.com/ble-forum
17. How to qualify your BLE product: www.ti.com/ble-qualification