Discussions

Bluetooth connection between APM and Mission Planner

Posted by Boas61 on July 9, 2014 at 9:52am

Hi all.

Thanks for a great forum.

The USB-port on my APM is beginning to get unstable so I have bought a bluetooth HC 05 to serial module. I have now digged through the forum threads I could find regarding the connections, but are still unsure as to how the module should be hooked up to the APM.

I want to be able to program the APM from mission planner via bluetooth on my computer. Could any of you possibly send me a picture or drawing describing how the bluetooth module should be connected to the APM? The bluetooth thing has 4 connections: rxd txd vcc gnd, which I believe is two communication ports, 3.3v and ground respectively.

Thanks a lot for any input.

You need to be a member of diydrones to add comments!

Join diydrones

Email me when people reply –
Follow

Replies

  • Boas61 June 2, 2015 at 6:46am

    I know the thread is old, but I just want to "close" the topic. As replied by floyd and Dave, the bluetooth module HC 05 is not worth it. I never got it to work and bought a cheap telemetry-kit instead.

  • floyd July 10, 2014 at 8:42am
    I have one of these and after trying every combination of settings and baud rates I never got it to work .
  • Dave July 9, 2014 at 1:01pm
    Why not buy a telemetry set. They are cheap on ebay. That way you will have a longer range. I did build a bluetooth set for my tablet. I use the telemetry on my quad and then i hook up a bluetooth to the other telemetry module. Then I connect bluetooth on my android tablet to my telemetry bluetooth ground station.
This reply was deleted.

Activity

Neville Rodrigues liked Neville Rodrigues's profile
Jun 30
Santiago Perez liked Santiago Perez's profile
Jun 21
More…