On 04/01/2012 10:24 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > I didn't now there were challenges in getting Bluetooth working on > embedded systems. Let me guess...the standard is proprietary and licensed?
There's a nice bluetooth transceiver module that provides RS232 TTL RX/TX, easy to interface to embedded processors, like PICs , ATmegas and such for about $6 or so. I bought a few last year from dealextreme: <https://www.dealextreme.com/p/wireless-bluetooth-rs232-ttl-transceiver-module-80711> There's also some software that allows one to put a custom firmware into these, but it uses a proprietary toolchain (although with gcc for crosscompiling), which is more or less easy to get if you google a bit or check the comments threads on that dealextreme product page. Here's someone with a homebuilt firmware programmer for the above and nice tutorials: <http://hackaday.com/2012/01/30/firmware-programmer-for-a-cheap-bluetooth-module/> And some more info with another similar module: <http://hackaday.com/2012/03/13/control-an-arduino-from-android-over-bluetooth/> <http://www.instructables.com/id/Androino-Talk-with-an-Arduino-from-your-Android-d/> Or just search hackaday.com for bluetooth, there's a bunch of interesting projects. Cheers, Nuno -- http://slug.aeminium.org/ _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list Hardwarehacking@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking