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> Take a look at the Xbee...they are TTL serial, so slap on a RS232 driver
> and you are there.
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> Mike Harrison <
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> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:46:07 -0500, you wrote:
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> >I have a small sensor board that passes data from a pair of sensors to a
> remote app less than 10 meters from the sensor location. This is currently
> done with a RS232 link. The link is two-way, in that the app requests data
> and the sensor board responds. There is no handshaking of any type. I would
> like to eliminate this cabled link by transmitting the data via bluetooth
> from/to the remote app. The link must be pretty reliable. It IS NECESSARY
> for the link to ultimately present the data to the app and to the sensor
> board as RS232 data. As usual, cost is an issue.
> >
> >Is BT the way to go here? What alternate wireless solution(s) should I
> consider?
>
> BT is probably serious overkill for this, but the availability of cheap
> Bluetooth USB dongles may
> help (if you can figure out how to talk to them - not sure how
> standardised this is) - I'd look at
> short-range 433/869MHz modules or possibly Zigbee.
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