which Bluetooth parts to use?

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Posted by sparrow2: Fri. Feb 5, 2016 - 01:16 PM
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I have to make a bluetooth system that control a servomotor (perhaps stepper motor), from a smartphone, what is the best/cheapest way to do it?

 

Today I use BLE121 modules for other things, they would work fine but have a high cost!

 

My guess is that there are some cheap hobby things out there, that even include the motor. 

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Posted by valusoft: Fri. Feb 5, 2016 - 01:36 PM
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I presume that you have found/read this one already?

 

http://www.techbitar.com/bluetoo...

 

Ross McKenzie ValuSoft Melbourne Australia

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Posted by js: Fri. Feb 5, 2016 - 08:22 PM
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The HC05 or HC06 are about $5 from ebay, I have used the HC06 but not the HC05 yet (I have purchased one).

 

There are a few Android terminal programs (I have Blueterm) but don't know of any fancier, ideally I would love to have ucon for Android but that would be stretching the friendship with Ed Sutter.

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Posted by edsut: Mon. Jun 20, 2016 - 02:16 PM
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Hey John,

Hope all is well with you.  I just stumbled on this post...

While I certainly won't be porting uCon to Android in the near future, it may not be

too difficult to give uCon a Bluetooth back-end on Windows (similar to telnet/ssh). 

Would this be of any use?

Ed

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Posted by js: Mon. Jun 20, 2016 - 09:37 PM
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Hi Ed

 

Well I already use uCon with a Bluetooth dongle on my PC (Blue Soleil), it has 2 Bluetooth "com ports", so it's simply a matter of selecting one of those ports.

 

However when I use my Samsung phone or tablet for field work I'm stuck with the nicely working Blueterm but I miss the programmable "function keys" and buttons of uCon and of course the scripts and Xmodem transfer facilities. wink

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Posted by edsut: Mon. Jun 20, 2016 - 10:42 PM
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Sheesh, I guess I never even thought of that...

I have bluetooth built in to my W7 machine and have not figured out how to access it as a com port.

Figured I had to do some programming...  I guess not, I'll just buy one of those dongles.  Thanks!

 

Regarding the "uCon App"... 

I've been wanting to play in this space (haven't yet); so if I ever do, I promise I'll look into it!

Just don't hold your breath!  :-)

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Posted by js: Tue. Jun 21, 2016 - 02:43 AM
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Oh and of course fully VT100 compatible.......breathing out now......devil

 

What language is uCon written in? C or maybe visual basic? A lot of people praise the "BASIC for Android" program (B4A also available for rotten Apples)  to build apps, been tempted to get it myself.

 

edit. typo

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Last Edited: Tue. Jun 21, 2016 - 03:29 AM
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Posted by awneil: Tue. Jun 21, 2016 - 06:51 AM
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You need to be clear whether you're using "classic" Bluetooth, or Bluetooth low energy (aka "Smart" or BLE).

 

"classic" Bluetooth defines a "serial port" profile,  but there is no such thing standardised for "Smart" - so, if you want to work with a "terminal" app, it'll have to be "classic".

 

Having said that, most (all?) BLE chipmakers have their own proprietary "UART-over-BLE"

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