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Permalink Reply by Xander on July 24, 2009 at 7:00am

Tada!

Can't actually comment on how well it works though...

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Graham Dyer on July 24, 2009 at 8:09am

Looks really imteresting, I don't know much about these sorts of things but what else would be required to/would it be possible to hook that up to the ArduPilot board?. And how would one set it up to receive the output from a laptop?

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Permalink Reply by Xander on July 24, 2009 at 8:31am

I'm...not entirely sure. I'll try to read up on it a bit more later. You should just have to hook up the Tx and Rx lines on the module to the Rx and Tx lines of your ardupilot (and power of course). Then your laptop should see it as a bluetooth device. Not sure how to send serial commands via bluetooth, but that's probably a pretty common thing to do.

You may also consider using Xbees. Programming an Arduino wirelessly via Xbees is pretty well documented. See here: http://www.ladyada.net/make/xbee/arduino.html

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Permalink Reply by Peter Seddon on July 24, 2009 at 11:47am

I have used bluetooth with a Mikrokopter to provide data whilst it is in flight and it works quite well although not over large distances.

Bluetooth modules only require serial data and a dongle on the PC does the rest nand looks like a standard COM port.

I would tend to use Xbee as the distances are greater.

Peter

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Permalink Reply by Jan on July 12, 2012 at 2:26am

Hi,

I hooked up a bluetooth module similar to this one (http://www.goodluckbuy.com/serial-bluetooth-rf-transceiver-module-r...) to my APM1.
It works quite well at normal bluetooth range of course. Ideal for tuning instead of using the USB.
The idea is to use this bluetooth interface while waiting for my 3DR telemetry set.

Moreover I use this app on my android which allows me to change PID and monitor my APM1. (http://code.google.com/p/copter-gcs/wiki/GUI)
Nice when you are out in the field and you want to change some settings.

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Graham Dyer on July 13, 2012 at 10:32am

I have two of these boards but I can't get them to connect. How are yours wired?

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Permalink Reply by Zachary Eldridge on July 12, 2012 at 5:21am

Bluetooth examble don't have to use the iphone connector can go to a battery.

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