Post by thread:[EE:] Bluetoth to serial converter wanted

Can anyone recommend a Bluetooth to "RS232" serial converter. I haven't found any for sale in my country yet. There are a few on the web, but sourcing one that somebody has had positive experiences with would be useful. Ideally I'd like to talk to it at 300 baud (!!!) although faster (eg 9600) would be OK if necessary. Some I found worked at strictly limited baud rates. Others didn't specify a limit but, given that some don't handle all baud rates, this may turn out to be common practice. Application is to add a USB to Bluetooth adaptor to a PC and use it to talk to the Bluetooth to serial device connected to an existing product. At this stage it's a one off for a proof of concept demonstrator. 802.11B to serial would be an alternative. Probably cheaper at the PC end and better range easily (which is not a major issue here). Russell McMahon -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email spam_OUTlistservTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Can anyone recommend a Bluetooth to "RS232" serial converter. I haven't found any for sale in my country yet. There are a few on the web, but sourcing one that somebody has had positive experiences with would be useful. Ideally I'd like to talk to it at 300 baud (!!!) although faster (eg 9600) would be OK if necessary. Some I found worked at strictly limited baud rates. Others didn't specify a limit but, given that some don't handle all baud rates, this may turn out to be common practice. Application is to add a USB to Bluetooth adaptor to a PC and use it to talk to the Bluetooth to serial device connected to an existing product. At this stage it's a one off for a proof of concept demonstrator. 802.11B to serial would be an alternative. Probably cheaper at the PC end and better range easily (which is not a major issue here). Russell McMahon -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listservKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

If you're interested in taking another route, check out http://www.iosoft.co.uk/index.php They have 802.11b to PIC dev kits, and then you could either bit bang the RS232 or use a USART (if unused in their board). HTH Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Russell McMahon wrote: {Quote hidden}> Ideally I'd like to talk to it at 300 baud (!!!) although faster (eg 9600) > would be OK if necessary. Some I found worked at strictly limited baud > rates. Others didn't specify a limit but, given that some don't handle all > baud rates, this may turn out to be common practice. > > Application is to add a USB to Bluetooth adaptor to a PC and use it to talk > to the Bluetooth to serial device connected to an existing product. At this > stage it's a one off for a proof of concept demonstrator. > > 802.11B to serial would be an alternative. Probably cheaper at the PC end > and better range easily (which is not a major issue here). -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

If you're interested in taking another route, check out http://www.iosoft.co.uk/index.php They have 802.11b to PIC dev kits, and then you could either bit bang the RS232 or use a USART (if unused in their board). HTH Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Russell McMahon wrote: {Quote hidden}> Ideally I'd like to talk to it at 300 baud (!!!) although faster (eg 9600) > would be OK if necessary. Some I found worked at strictly limited baud > rates. Others didn't specify a limit but, given that some don't handle all > baud rates, this may turn out to be common practice. > > Application is to add a USB to Bluetooth adaptor to a PC and use it to talk > to the Bluetooth to serial device connected to an existing product. At this > stage it's a one off for a proof of concept demonstrator. > > 802.11B to serial would be an alternative. Probably cheaper at the PC end > and better range easily (which is not a major issue here). -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listservKILLspam.....mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Hi, I would advise you look at modules based on Cambridge Silicon Radio chipset`s. We recently used a module from Mitsumi, actuallly interfaced to it at the HCI layer. This is dead easy if you don`t actually require a full bluetooth stack on your micro. However to make it even easier mitsumi will sell you the module with the bluetooth stack situated internally. It then appears as a transparent serial connection. To get some consumer products based on this goto http://www.brainboxes.com . Regards, Andy Andrew Seddon(EraseMEandrew.seddonspam_OUTTakeThisOuTcamsig.co.uk) Cambridge Signal Processing(http://www.camsig.co.uk) TEL: 01354 742563 FAX: 01354 740693 --- Josh Koffman <listsjoshspam_OUT3MTMP.COM> wrote: If you're interested in taking another route, check out http://www.iosoft.co.uk/index.php They have 802.11b to PIC dev kits, and then you could either bit bang the RS232 or use a USART (if unused in their board). HTH Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Russell McMahon wrote: {Quote hidden}> Ideally I'd like to talk to it at 300 baud (!!!) although faster (eg 9600) > would be OK if necessary. Some I found worked at strictly limited baud > rates. Others didn't specify a limit but, given that some don't handle all > baud rates, this may turn out to be common practice. > > Application is to add a USB to Bluetooth adaptor to a PC and use it to talk > to the Bluetooth to serial device connected to an existing product. At this > stage it's a one off for a proof of concept demonstrator. > > 802.11B to serial would be an alternative. Probably cheaper at the PC end > and better range easily (which is not a major issue here). -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email @spam@listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList KILLspampiclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspammitvma.mit.edu>

Hi, I would advise you look at modules based on Cambridge Silicon Radio chipset`s. We recently used a module from Mitsumi, actuallly interfaced to it at the HCI layer. This is dead easy if you don`t actually require a full bluetooth stack on your micro. However to make it even easier mitsumi will sell you the module with the bluetooth stack situated internally. It then appears as a transparent serial connection. To get some consumer products based on this goto http://www.brainboxes.com . Regards, Andy Andrew Seddon(RemoveMEandrew.seddonTakeThisOuTcamsig.co.uk) Cambridge Signal Processing(http://www.camsig.co.uk) TEL: 01354 742563 FAX: 01354 740693 --- Josh Koffman <spamBeGonelistsjoshspamBeGone3MTMP.COM> wrote: If you're interested in taking another route, check out http://www.iosoft.co.uk/index.php They have 802.11b to PIC dev kits, and then you could either bit bang the RS232 or use a USART (if unused in their board). HTH Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams Russell McMahon wrote: {Quote hidden}> Ideally I'd like to talk to it at 300 baud (!!!) although faster (eg 9600) > would be OK if necessary. Some I found worked at strictly limited baud > rates. Others didn't specify a limit but, given that some don't handle all > baud rates, this may turn out to be common practice. > > Application is to add a USB to Bluetooth adaptor to a PC and use it to talk > to the Bluetooth to serial device connected to an existing product. At this > stage it's a one off for a proof of concept demonstrator. > > 802.11B to serial would be an alternative. Probably cheaper at the PC end > and better range easily (which is not a major issue here). -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email TakeThisOuTlistservEraseMEspam_OUTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList RemoveMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu