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BLUESMiRF communication between microcontrollers (prop and arduino)

RyoshimaRyoshima Posts: 34
edited 2011-07-24 16:42 in Propeller 1
I posted this in the wireless forum and got no answers.

Hello, I am new to bluetooth and was wondering if there were any tutorials that gave examples of using the BLUESMiRF. I have found a few examples but was wondering if there are preferred websites that I could use to help me. I am trying to wirelessly communicate between a propeller microcontroller and an arduino.

After looking over the material more, would you just send a string of text to the BLUESMiRF and issue a command to it that way?

Comments

  • KyeKye Posts: 2,200
    edited 2011-07-24 09:10
    The blue tooth dongle is meant fro microcontroller to PC communication. It will not pair with another one of itself.

    It you want micro to micro communication use the RF solutions available. They are not bluetooth compatible but will allow the micros to communicate still to each other.
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2011-07-24 09:30
    Have you looked at the info at Sparkfun? What is it you need specifically?
  • RyoshimaRyoshima Posts: 34
    edited 2011-07-24 10:53
    I need the bluetooth module on the prop to connect to the bluetooth module on the arduino. The bluetooth on the arduino will be the master device and the one on the prop the slave. I want to track signal strength of the prop to the arduino by direction using a yagi antenna. The only information that needs to be sent and received would be data relevent to keep the two connected and data to send and receive to read the time it took the data to make a round trip from prop to arduino to prop.
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2011-07-24 11:06
    So which modules do you have and what have you tried so far?
  • RyoshimaRyoshima Posts: 34
    edited 2011-07-24 11:09
    I have BlueSMiRF RP-SMA (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/158) which will be connected to the yagi and this modem is connected to the prop. I have the BlueSMiRF Gold (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/582) which will be connected to the arduino. I haven't been able to do anything will them thus far, but I've just gotten some solder and soldering iron so I can put some mounting pins in each modem so they can be put on a breadboard.
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2011-07-24 16:42
    After looking over the material more, would you just send a string of text to the BLUESMiRF and issue a command to it that way?
    Looks like that's what you do.
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