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Bluetooth To Serial Modules: Deal Extreme, Part # 80711

Bluetooth to serial modules can be used to connect microcontrollers to Bluetooth devices. The modules require 3.3V power and use a MAX232 circuit to convert voltages for serial communication. Commands like ATNAME and ATBAUD allow changing the module name and baud rate when in command mode, entered by connecting pin 14 to power. Testing showed successful communication at 9600 baud using Tera Term serial monitor.

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Bluetooth To Serial Modules: Deal Extreme, Part # 80711

Bluetooth to serial modules can be used to connect microcontrollers to Bluetooth devices. The modules require 3.3V power and use a MAX232 circuit to convert voltages for serial communication. Commands like ATNAME and ATBAUD allow changing the module name and baud rate when in command mode, entered by connecting pin 14 to power. Testing showed successful communication at 9600 baud using Tera Term serial monitor.

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Bluetooth to Serial Modules

d. bodnar revised 09-24-11

Introduction I recently came across a number of vendors on eBay and elsewhere sellin small circuit boards that billed themselves as !"ireless #S2$2 Bluetooth %ransceiver Modules!. %hese really cau ht my interest for a number of reasons. &irst was their low cost' many could be had for well under (20.00 with the one from )eal *+treme comin in around (,.00. My -rimary interest was to connect one of these devices to a microcontroller based device in one of my railroad controllers so that I could ather telemetry data from a movin train. It also has the -otential to be used to control a train via Bluetooth. I ordered units from a few vendors and be an e+-erimentin when they arrived. Hardware Overview .ll of the units that I ordered are very similar and are based on the same chi- set. %he unit shown here is from )eal *+treme' -art / 00111. %he antenna is at the ri ht and the connections to the board are on the to-' left and bottom ed es. %hey are referenced by callin the to- ri ht indentation !1! and countin se2uentially in a counter cloc3wise direction around the board with the last connection numbered !$4!. %here are 1$ connections on the to-' 0 on the left side and 1$ on the bottom. %he -lated contacts can be seen more clearly in the -hoto of the bac3 of the board.

First Experiences %he modules re2uired $.$ volts )4 with the e+ce-tion of one that could run with either $.$ or 5 volts due to the inclusion of a volta e re ulator on the secondary circuit board. Brin in the boards to !life! was as sim-le as a--lyin volta e to the a--ro-riate -ins. %he units with an on-board indicator 6*) be an to flash indicatin that they were ready to be found by another Bluetooth device. Since the )eal *+treme boards were bare an 6*) and 410 ohm current limitin resistor were added to -ins 22 7 round8 and 24' referred to as 9I:718. :nce -ower was a--lied I used a Bluetooth e2ui--ed .ndroid tablet 7and later my .ndroid -hone8 to attach to the boards. %heir default names were all !linvor! and each was found without any trouble. :n the .ndroid devices I used a terminal -ro ram called Blue %erm to attach to them. ;nfortunately there is nothin that you can do beyond attachin unless somethin is attached to the serial -ort on the module. %o e+-eriment with the serial -ort I connected the round' transmit and receive -ins to -ins 5' 2 and $ on a )B 9 and hoo3ed u- to my 94 throu h a serial to ;SB ada-ter. .fter a number of unsuccessful tests and e+-eriments with baud rates and settin s I discovered that the volta es on the modules was not a--ro-riate to tal3 to a com-uter without some modification. I found a number of entries on the Internet that indicated that the best way to accom-lish this modification was to use a M.<2$2. MAX232 Circuit %he circuit that I used is shown below. %he ca-acitors are tantalum 4.1 uf devices. %he documentation for the M.< 2$2 calls for 1 uf but all I had on hand were the 4.1s and they wor3 fine. I used a 5 volt re ulator 7106058 to su--ly the M.<2$2. %o et the lower volta e for the module I -ut three silicon diodes in series dro--in the 5 volts to 2.9 volts. %he circuit -erforms very well and allows direct connection between the Bluetooth module and either my .ndroid device or the com-uter. It also wor3s with both 9I4 and 9I4.<* microcontrollers. %he -ro ram that I use on the com-uter is called %era %erm. Since "indows 1 does not include =y-er%erminal it is a ood substitute and the -rice is ri ht 7freeware>8.

Circuit Prototype %his -hoto shows the circuit built for testin on a -rototy-e board. %he Bluetooth module is at the left. %he ?um-er is in the far left. %he $ -in header connects to the )B-9.

AT Commands In order to -ut the module into command mode' which is used to chan e the baud rate and name' you need to connect -in $4 to the -ositive volta e terminal. %he schematic shows a ?um-er that can be used to connect these contacts. "hen I first o the module wor3in with %era %erm I ty-ed .% on the terminal and the module res-onded :@. I tried other commands that were in various documents that I found and never received a re-ly from the device. . bit of e+-erimentation determined that ?ust ty-in the commands did not serve to communicate with the module. I needed to use a different method. ;sin %era %erm I selected 4:A%#:6 from the -ull down menu then B#:.)4.S% 4:MM.A). "ith the settin s shown below I was able to communicate with the Bluetooth module. .s you can see the command !.%BC*#SI:A8 returns !linvolC1.5!.

:ther commands that wor3 with these modules includeD

.%BA.M*newnamehere

can be used to chan e the name of the module. ;sin .%BA.M*)*-three chan es the name to !)*-three!

.%B9IA++++ sets the -assword 79IA number8 - I have not tested this as I left all of my modules set to the default 12$4 .%BB.;)/ where / is a di it between 1 and 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 1200 2400 4800 9600 (Default) 19200 38400 57600 115200 230400 sets -arity - not tested

.%B9A

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