STM32WB Bluetooth® LE – Heart Rate Sensor Project

Revision as of 18:11, 26 January 2022 by Registered User (→‎Heart Rate Profile Presentation)

1. Heart Rate Profile Presentation

Heart Rate Profile (HRP) [1] is a Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) based low energy profile defined by the Bluetooth® Special Interest Group[2]
The HRP, widely used in fitness applications, defines the communication between a GATT-server of a Heart Rate Sensor device, such as a wrist band, and a GATT-client Collector device, such as a smartphone or tablet.
Heart Rate Sensor is the device that measures heart rate data and other information, it can be defined as a GAP peripheral and GATT server implemented with the Heart Rate Service [3]

This wiki page is the description of the Heart Rate Sensor project provided within the STM32CubeWB MCU Package[4]

Bluetooth® LE Heart Rate profile overview
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2. Heart Rate Sensor Example

2.1. Requirements

2.1.1. Software and System requirements

Software required are the following:
minimum IDEs version:

  • IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (EWARM) toolchain V8.20.2
  • RealView Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK-ARM) toolchain V5.31
  • STM32CubeIDE toolchain V1.7.0 [5].


Programmer:

  • STM32CubeProgrammer[6] : To flash the board with an already generated binary

2.1.2. Hardware requirements

A Nucleo board[7], a STM32WB USB dongle[7], or a STM32WB Discovery Kit[8] is necessary to install the application.

Hardware platforms illustration
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Plus a smartphone with ST BLE Sensor application (for Android[9], or iOS[10]).

2.1.3. Project Directory

The "BLE_HeartRate" application is available by downloading STM32CubeWB MCU Package[11].

Heart Rate project directory
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2.2. Project Description

2.2.1. Structure

2.2.2. Application Initialization

2.2.3. GAP & GATT Initialization & Interaction

Interaction between Middleware and User Application is described in the following illustration. lionel to explain...

Heart Rate project architecture
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2.3. Build and Install

Follow steps described in Bluetooth® LE Build and Install Application page, applying it for BLE_HeartRate project.

2.4. Handle

Once the BLE Heart Rate application installed on the STM32WB platform, launch the ST BLE Sensor smartphone application.

Click on Connect one Device interface:

Heart Rate application interface 1
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Your device should be visible from this interface, connect to it:

Heart Rate application interface 2
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Now bpm measurement is displayed in real time.

Heart Rate application interface 3
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With Discovery Kit Platform, the Heart Rate is also visible from the board LCD screen, and Heart pulse is illustrated:

Heart Rate on DK illustration
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3. References