Quick Start Guide

In this page it is showed the unboxing of the Louvre and how to use the board with its software.

Warning

The applications have been tested with a nexus 5.

Unboxing

The product is supplied with the box like this:

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And this is the content of box:

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Note

The board itself has been programmed with the Bootloader Firmware and the Application Firmware.

The board can run two possible modalities:

  • Power Mode: it runs supplied by mini-USB cable
  • powerless_mode: it runs supplied by NFC antenna

Power Mode

In order to run the Power mode interface it is needed supply the board via a mini usb cable:

  1. Check the jumper CN4 is setted correctly:
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  1. Insert mini-USB cable from PC to the CN1 connector of the board.
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  1. The Louvre display on the e-paper screen the temperature read from SE98ATP sensor and the last capacitive button pressed.
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  1. If you press a capacitive button S1, S2, S3 or S4 this will displayed on the screen.
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Powerless Mode

The powerless mode works with two different Android applications:

Louvre Image Sender

With this application :

  • use NFC to store an image on the NTAG IIC nonvolatile memory mounted on the Louvre board
  • using power harnessed from the NFC field, the Louvre microcontroller will read the image from NTAG using the IIC interface and will update the e-paper display
  • which shows the image even when the Louvre is not powered up.

Note

  • It is required have to enabled the NFC feature on the Android device
  • If you have a cover on your phone, please remove it.
  • The source project is downloadable on github
  • The application note AN11367 helps how write Android application with NFC technology
  1. Download and install the Android Application via Google Play Store, you can use the Qr Code below or search in the Google Play Store with the name Louvre Image Sender.
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  1. Start the application LouvreImgSender on the android device:
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  1. The application displays the images that you can sent to the Louvre. Select an image do you like:
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  1. Lay down the tablet on the Louvre. The Android device must cover all the antenna area of the Louvre.
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  1. The data will be transferred
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  1. Once the data transfer is done a message is reported on the device. Do not remove the device from the Louvre until the e-paper display doesn’t show the selected image.
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  1. Finally the display will show the image selected
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Louvre Firmware Update

With this software a new Application Firmware is downloaded and programmed into the Louvre microcontroller, always getting energy only from the NFC. From this application it is possible also retrieve some tag settings.

Note

  • It is required the bootloder installed on the Louvre microcontroller to enable this download even the part is in-field.
  • It is required have to enabled the NFC feature on the Android device
  • If you have a cover on your phone, please remove it.
  • The java source project is downloadable on github
  • The application note AN11367 helps how write Android application with NFC technology
  1. Download and install the Android Application via Google Play Store, you can use the QR Code below or search in the Google Play Store with the name Louvre Firmware Update.
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  1. Start the application LouvreFirmUpdate on the android device:
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  1. The application shows the main screen:
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  1. Lay down the tablet on the Louvre. The Android device must cover all the antenna area of the Louvre.
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  1. The new firmware will be transferred:
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  1. Once the firmware transfer is done a message is reported on the device.
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Now the board is programmed with a newer version of the Application Firmware. In order to have always the last application firmware, keep updated the Firmware Download Application via Google Play Store.