Sparkfun (http://www.sparkfun.com) have some interesting Bluetooth (and
other) solutions.

-marc

On 11/3/05, alan smith <micro_eng2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Take a look at the Xbee...they are TTL serial, so slap on a RS232 driver
> and you are there.
>
> www.maxstream.net <http://www.maxstream.net>
>
>
> Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:46:07 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >I have a small sensor board that passes data from a pair of sensors to a
> remote app less than 10 meters from the sensor location. This is currentl=
y
> done with a RS232 link. The link is two-way, in that the app requests dat=
a
> and the sensor board responds. There is no handshaking of any type. I wou=
ld
> like to eliminate this cabled link by transmitting the data via bluetooth
> from/to the remote app. The link must be pretty reliable. It IS NECESSARY
> for the link to ultimately present the data to the app and to the sensor
> board as RS232 data. As usual, cost is an issue.
> >
> >Is BT the way to go here? What alternate wireless solution(s) should I
> consider?
>
> BT is probably serious overkill for this, but the availability of cheap
> Bluetooth USB dongles may
> help (if you can figure out how to talk to them - not sure how
> standardised this is) - I'd look at
> short-range 433/869MHz modules or possibly Zigbee.
>
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