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Getting Started with the IoT-Prototyping Kit

Last Modified: 2019-04-19 15:29:00Supports NXP® Rapid IoT Prototyping Kit

Contents of this document

  • 1

    Plug It In
  • 2

    Get Software
  • 3

    Build, Run
  • 4

    Create
  • 5

    Learn

1. Plug It In

1.1 Get Familiar with Rapid IoT Prototyping Kit

Let's take your Rapid IoT Prototyping Kit for a test drive. You have the choice of watching the sequence in a short video or following the detailed actions listed below.


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    1.2 Unboxing

    Here is an overview of the Rapid IoT box.


    1. Begin by opening the box and reviewing the kit content. The Rapid IoT unit comes with a printed Quick Start Guide, a SIM tool, and a micro-USB cable

    2. The printed Quick Start Guide provides useful information like the location and the numbering of the Touch or Push buttons as well as the menu architecture of the Factory application

    1.3 Power On

    Begin by charging the battery of your Rapid IoT. Connect one end of the micro-USB cable to your computer USB port (or to any USB charger) and the other end to the micro-USB connector of your Rapid IoT board.


    The RGB and White/Blue LED’s on the top front will blink for few seconds to confirm that the preprogrammed Bootloaders loaded successfully (more details in the dedicated chapter).


    While the factory application is loading the NXP and the Atmosphere logos will be displayed.


    Then the Welcome menu with the Rapid IoT logo and the clock will show up on your Rapid IoT screen.


    With the help of the printed Quick Start Guide, you can navigate through the different screens with the Touch electrodes, and change the options with the Push buttons.

    The factory application divides into four main categories: Application, Settings, Info, and Sensors.

    From the Application section, you can access mini-Apps that leverage the sensors onboard in different use-cases such as a thermostat, barometer, air-quality, motion or fall detection, or color-light controller.


    From the Settings section, you can change the Wireless mode (Bluetooth or Thread), enable/disable the internal access to the NFC-tag or the Sensor-tag (Sensor data pushed through wireless), turn on/off the buzzer or the screen backlight, or restart your Rapid IoT board.


    From the Info section, you can verify the version of the firmware programmed in your board or scan the QR code to quickly download the Android or iOS Phone App to monitor/control your Rapid IoT over Bluetooth.


    From the Sensors section, you can enable/disable each sensor onboard to create your custom monitoring profile and extend your Rapid IoT battery lifetime.


    By default, the application is configured to stream all the sensor data (Sensor tag) over Bluetooth radio to an Android or iOS Phone/Tablet. Thanks to the dedicated phone App the sensor data will be automatically pushed through WiFi or Cellular connectivity to the Cloud.

    1.4 Connection to the Phone

    1. Go to the Google or the Apple App store to download and install the NXP Rapid IoT phone App for Android or iOS

    2. Then launch the Rapid IoT phone App from your phone/tablet.

    3. You will need a free NXP account to connect to the Rapid IoT phone App.
      If you already have an account press LOGIN NXP SSO and you will be automatically redirected to the NXP Sign In page.
      If you don’t have an account yet simply select the link please access the NXP Community Portal and register an account there or the link Register Now from the NXP Sign In page.


    4. Enter the requested information (First/Last Name, Email, Password, Country and Company Name).
      Check the box to confirm that you have read and accept the Term of Use and Privacy Policy and the box to confirm that you are not a Robot

    5. Finalize your registration by pressing the Register button

    6. Visit the mailbox used during the registration and open the email sent by: nxpupdt1@contact.nxp.com
    7. Click on the enclosed link to verify your email

    8. You are now ready to login with your NXP account.
      Press the button LOGIN NXP SSO.
      Enter you Email Address and Password and press Sign In
    9. At the first connection to the Rapid IoT phone App with your SSO account a window with the User Agreement will appear.
      Check the box Accept Term of Use and Privacy Policy and press SUBMIT

    10. The phone App will automatically launch the Dashboard view
    11. Open the left panel by selecting the icon located in the top left corner.
      Select the Device view to pair your equipment with your Rapid IoT board.


    12. Select the icon located in the top right corner to scan the Bluetooth devices in the range

    13. Each Rapid IoT board has a unique MAC address printed on a sticker at the back of the casing.
      The phone App indicates the list of the Bluetooth devices detected with the type of Application programmed in their memory as well as the last four Hexadecimal numbers of their MAC address.

    14. Select your Rapid IoT board and press PROVISION

    15. The phone App will automatically launch the phone App interface for the Out of the Box Demo.
      It takes approx. 5s for the first sensor value to appear on the phone App.
      Control the color of the RGB LED remotely by selecting one of the options in the phone App.


      Congratulations you now successfully monitor and control your Rapid IoT with the phone App over Bluetooth.

    1.5 Cloud Monitoring

    We will now monitor your Rapid IoT board from the Cloud.

    To visualize your Rapid IoT data remotely, you need another Android/iOS terminal with the phone App installed - or you can simply use the web browser of your computer.

    The instruction below will apply for a computer access.

    1. Open your web browser and visit the dedicated Rapid IoT Studio portal at:
      http://rapid-iot-studio.nxp.com
    2. Login with the same NXP account used to connect to the phone App.
      The Dashboard view will open automatically

    3. Open the right panel by selecting the icon located in the right edge

    4. Choose the option Data Graph to display from the Cloud the sensor value in a graphic

    5. A blank graphic will now be added to your Dashboard. Select the icon Configure located in the top right corner to setup your graphic

    6. First give a name to your graphic (ex. Sensors) and press Next

    7. Select the Rapid IoT application connected to the Cloud over Bluetooth via the phone App (ex. Out Of the Box Demo) and press Next

    8. Select the X-Axis data for your graphic (ex. _timestamp) and press Next

    9. Now select the Y-Axis data or Sensors that you want to display (multiple selection is allowed) and press Submit

    10. The graphic named Sensors in your Dashboard will now display and update automatically the value of the selected sensors from the Cloud

    Congratulations you now successfully monitor your Rapid IoT from the Cloud.

    2. Get Software

    Choose a Developmet Path

    2.1 Rapid IoT Studio

    • Easy to use Graphical User Interface based programming
    • Robust Library with numerous hardware and software IoT building blocks
    • Simultaneous creation of embedded, mobile app and web app code
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    2.2 MCUXpresso Software Development Kit (SDK) + Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

    • True debug support via SWD and JTAG
    • High software flexibility
    • Full set of peripheral drivers with source
    • Application examples and project files
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    3. Build, Run

    3.1 Choose a Development Path

    4. Create

    4.1 Choose a Development Path


    5. Learn

    5.1 Choose a Developmet Path

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