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Beginning in Bluetooth device development

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I want to some Bluetooth connected devices, and I have no idea where to begin in designing with this technology. Are there pre-packaged Bluetooth development kits available? Is it difficult to design for from your experience? I am jumping on board long after its prime, so I am hoping for easy tool for easy development. At least I hope it's to this level by now.
 
 
My goal is to make some simple devices that communicate with cell phones. But first things, first. Make a hello world device.
 
 
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    I've only played around with the BlueSMiRF from Sparkfun. It's pretty much a "black box" with TX and RX lines (UART really).

    Power it up and anything sent to the TX line will appear through the COM port on the computer / send anything from the computer, and it'll arrive at the RX line. Simple!

    (Now it's very simplified, and quite expensive.)

     

    For more communication abilities, how about something like this €34 chip from Bluegiga? It has UART, SPI, USB, 6GPIO and a lot of other control! Here's the Datasheet.

    This looks like a good option to me. I haven't tried it, so I can't personally recommend it though. There may be better ones out there.

    (The BlueSMiRF is actually a very similar chip, but it only has the power and TX & RX lines broken out.)

     

    A quick search shows there are some development kits, but they are quite pricey, and I'm not so sure they are necessary.

    Finally, I'm sure you can delve deeper into the actual Bluetooth technology and design than these boards, but I can't help you there.

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    Robert,

     

    Thank you for the reply. It is a good launching off point for me in Bluetooth development.

     

    I may try the Bluegiga, based on price!

     

    Cabe