Cypress CySmart Bluetooth USB developer dongle available from stock

Mouser has announced it is now stocking the CY5670 CySmart Bluetooth USB Dongle from Cypress Semiconductor. The CySmart Dongle is a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) USB based development tool that emulates a Bluetooth Generic Access Profile central device and supports Bluetooth LE application development and debugging. The CY5670 supports Bluetooth 4.1 and can connect to any Bluetooth 4.0 or 4.1 compliant device. The Bluetooth USB dongle is used for developing and debugging Bluetooth LE applications. The CY5670 is based on the Cypress PSoC(r) 5LP programmable system-on-chip, which uses an ARM(r) Cortex M3 core. This Bluetooth dongle is accessed and configured with the free Cypress CySmart Windows software which provides detailed information about the Bluetooth connection. With CySmart Windows loaded on a compatible PC, developers can monitor all Bluetooth communications and status, including a list and addresses of discovered devices, a formatted display of all discovered peripheral device communications including length of data and flags, a display of all responses received from scanned Bluetooth devices in the area, and a list of already discovered Bluetooth devices. Once a device is detected and connected to the CySmart dongle, the device name and all details and attributes are available. The CySmart Windows interface also provides support for sending commands to the dongle to modify parameters and operation. An editor interface allows sending L2CAP channel data while monitoring detailed communications information listed in raw hexadecimal. The CySmart USB dongle hardware provides a reset button and also a user programmable button. A power LED and status LED provide additional information. An on-board 10-pin connector is used for updating the PSoC 5LP firmware, says the company.