[BC660K-GL] Is the VIO_SEL - GND connection essential for 3.3 V operation?

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Hello all :slight_smile:

I have a MCU which runs at 3.3 V, and have interfaced that with a BC660K-GL through the main UART port. Due to prototyping reasons the VIO_SEL pin was unfortunately not connected to GND as was specified in the design guide (it’s at the bottom of the chip, therefore difficult to solder). Also, the 1 kOhm resistors were left out as well.

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Now the problem is that my main MCU is not able to communicate with the BC660K, even though all the other connections are as they should be (as far as I can tell). So the question is, could the reason for the problem be that VIO_SEL is not connected to GND (or the missing resistors)? Or should it be able to function nonetheless?

Any feedback is much appreciated!

N.B. With the BC66 I managed to interface it to a 3.3 MCU with the main UART port, without any level conversion and then went fine (even though the hardware design guide advises to use level conversion). So I was hoping that for the BC660K-GL the same applies.

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@herbert.pan-Q , any ideas? :slight_smile:

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I think we can check by the following methods
1、First, just test whether main_tx/rx of the module is communicating properly
2、Determines whether the baud rates of the mcu match

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Thank you. I tried that, but there was no response from the BC660.