Bluetooth dongle for RasPi

dharr19 over 12 years ago

Hello All,

Has anyone found a bluetooth dongle that will work with the Raspberry Pi?

Cheers

David

pholynyk over 12 years ago

I have found two that work and one that does not. The easiest to identify is a D-Link DBT-122, with ID 07d1:f101, using a Broadcom chip. The other is a little subby thing, nicely half-round, that sticks out about 1 cm. The product ID is 0a12:0001, using a Cambridge Silicon Radios chip. Finally the non-working one is an anonymous blue dongle with a Silicon Wave chip, product ID is 0c10:0000. Apparently it used to work with older versions of BlueZ, so maybe someday it will again.
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dharr19 over 12 years ago in reply to pholynyk

Thanks

What is the name of the "little subby thing, nicely half-round, that sticks out about 1 cm. The product ID is 0a12:0001, using a Cambridge Silicon Radios chip"?

Cheers
David
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pholynyk over 12 years ago in reply to dharr19

Just to make sure I went out and bought another one ... for my laptop, yes, that's right.... It's anonymous too. The label says "Bluetooth USB Dongle" - but you already knew that. There is a little sticker on the back that says "Power Data 10020584" but I doubt that helps much. It does say "Made in China', but, again, you knew that, too. Here's a picture of the three of them:
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morgaine over 12 years ago

Updating this thread by developer request, to check date sorting.
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recantha over 12 years ago

I have a Rii Bluetooth Keyboard/Touchpad. Comes with a nano bluetooth dongle that works perfectly.
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dharr19 over 12 years ago in reply to recantha

Hi,

Which particular Rii Wireless Keyboard did you buy? Finally able to get one now and hoped to go on Amazon and pick one up. Also, is your keyboard and nano dongle connected to a powered USB Hub?

Thanks
Cheers
David
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recantha over 12 years ago

It was... *sound of furious Googling* This one (though not from this supplier, I used eBay)
http://gadgetsin.com/rii-mini-wireless-bluetooth-keyboard-with-touchpad.htm

Basically, it's the one with the pad "on the side", though sometimes I wish I'd got the one with the pad in the middle as it's a little awkward to use, but hell I'm still happy :-)

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Mike
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Former Member over 10 years ago

You can buy Bluetooth 4.0 related boards here:
http://www.elecfreaks.com/store/products_new.html
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Problemchild over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

I've found that almost any BT dongle has worked on the RPI not that I have any funny makes in my pot of gear:)
CPC/E14 have several different compatible makes available. The 2 years since this thread started as improved things tremendously!
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siliceo over 8 years ago in reply to dharr19

@David_Harrison,

I know it's been a while since this post, but for the sake of anyone else asking the same question, what I found today (11/16/2016) is the "little stubby thing" is an "Importer520 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter (CSR 8510 Chipset)" -- available at Amazon for under $10.

Cheers!
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