Bluetooth Serial Dongle?

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  • December 4, 2014 at 7:45 am #7095
    Zootalaws
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    I am wandering why I cannot use HC-06 ?
    Iā€™m asking because i have one somewhere at home and i was thinking about trying it.

    Maybe you can – I have HC-05 and HC-06 and I’ve had no luck getting the HC-06 working this way. But, that’s not to say you can’t. I have had my fill of HC-06 devices and just don’t bother with them any more. I tried using one for my second TinyG but it wasn’t having any of it, so I went back to the HC-05 and had it working in about 2 minutes.

    The process should be the same, so following these instructions should be right.

    From the Wiki:

    The modules with the HC-03 and HC-05 firmware are the Master and Slave integrated Bluetooth serial modules with firmware which allows you to modify master and slave mode at any time. HC-03 are industrial grade products, HC-05 are commercial grade products.

    The modules with the HC-04 and HC-06 firmware are the modules which are factory set to be Master or Slave modules. Master and slave mode cannot be switched from the factory setting. HC-04 is an industrial grade product, HC-06 is a commercial grade product.

    So, unless you know which module you have, master or slave, will probably determine what you can do with it.

    From a hardware perspective, the HC-05 and HC-06 are identical, with different firmware. If you have the right tools, you can reprogram them.

    http://wiki.pinguino.cc/index.php/SPP_Bluetooth_Modules

    December 16, 2017 at 11:42 pm #10704
    Zootalaws
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    Many years down the track…

    I am currently implementing 2.4GHz WiFi connection to enable Chilipeppr / Serial comms via an ESP8266 or ESP32-based wireless serial bridge, if anyone is interested. If it’s already been done, let me know and I’ll cease development.

    The specific product I’m using is a WeMos D1 mini, but I have a bunch of old esp chips of various vintages around that, once I have the solution nailed, will try out in case there are any variances.

    The nice part is that the TinyG provides more than enough power through the 3.3V output at the serial connector to power the thing and it’s easy enough to blob it on to the top of the USB connector with a spot of hot-glue if you are comfortable with bush finish šŸ™‚ Of course I will end up soldering it properly with a protoboard and mounting it with PCB offsets (cough)…

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