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Platform: LinkIt 7697

LinkIt 7697 is an Arduino-compatible dev board of the LinkIt IoT platform with onboard Bluetooth Low energy and Wi-Fi communication. It provides hardware development kits (HDKs) for user to develop prototypes of IoT devices. LinkIt 7697 can interact with App Inventor through Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi.

Key features:

• ARM Cortex-M4 based MT7697 SoC @ 192MHz
• 802.11b/g/n wireless connectivity
• Bluetooth 4.2 Low Energy
• 352 KB of RAM
• 4 MB external Flash memory
• Micro-USB port for power supply
• Virtual COM port through onboard CP2102N USB-to-UART chipset
• Two buttons for system reset and external interrupt
• Peripheral interfaces including GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, EINT, ADC, IrDA, I2S
• Pin headers for SWD debugging
• LinkIt SDK GCC, IAR Embedded Workbench, and Keil uVision IDE
• Additional add-on Package for Arduino IDE support
• Size: 48 x 26 mm
• Open hardware board reference design including schematic, layouts and pin details.

Please follow our tutorials to get start:

• LED blinking (BluetoothLE) — Control the onboard LED by button and voice through Bluetooth.
• Soil moisture detection (BluetoothLE) — Detect soil moisture level by moisture sensor through Bluetooth.
• Wheeled robot (BluetoothLE) — Control a two-wheel robot through Bluetooth.
• Walking robot (BluetoothLE) — Control a two-legged walking robot through Bluetooth.
• RGB LED blinking (Wi-Fi) — Control a RGB LED through Wi-Fi.
• Wheeled robot (Wi-Fi) — Control a two-wheel robot through Wi-Fi.