Re: Q wrt Bluetooth, USB, RS232 and controllers

From: bit eimer (bit_eimer.keinewurst_at_cox.net)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:28:31 -0700

This looks promising, although $60 seems on the high side, at least compared
to what you pay for a USB/Bluetooth "dongle" for the PC. The website did
not show any sources in the US - where did you get your module? Or are you
in Sweden?

So, does the code on the PIC deal with the Bluetooth module just as if it is
an RS232 device? 

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"US" <me@nospam.com> wrote in message news:4091f623$1@news.wineasy.se...
> bit eimer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to this forum - hope to find some answers/help on the following:
> >
> > I doing a project in which a laptop needs to communicate with a remote
> > PIC-based device.  I had originally planned to use RS232 at each end
talking
> > through a pair of 900 MHz Linx transceivers.  Since this was to be a
one-off
> > prototype, I kind of ignored the regulatory issues.
> >
> > Now, I'm thinking that maybe I would like to switch to Bluetooth,
primarily
> > because there should be no licensing/FCC approval required.  This
approach
> > would also simplify the PC side since I could (I think) just use a
USB-based
> > Bluetooth unit (like D-Link).  But on the PIC-based remote, I'm at a
loss.
> > ...snip...
>
> A couple of weeks ago I successfully used a Bluetooth module from
> Free2Move with a PIC. I even managed to reprogram the PIC via Bluetooth
> using an open source serial boot loader.
>
> See http://www.free2move.se/products.htm for a list of modules. The one
> I used was the F2M03AC2. These modules has the Bluetooth stack built-in.
>
> I think the F2M03AC cost just over $60 a piece.
>
> /us

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