• Designed to use with Arduino Pros and LilyPad Arduinos
• Low power consumption: 25mA avg
• Serial communications: 2400-115200bps
• RoHS Compliant
The SFE Bluetooth Mate for Arduino is very similar to the BlueSMiRF modem, but it is designed specifically to be used with the Arduino Pros and LilyPad Arduinos. These modems work as a serial (RX/TX) pipe, and are a great wireless replacement for serial cables. Any serial stream from 9600 to 115200bps can be passed seamlessly from your computer to your target. These units have been tested successfully over open air at 350ft (106m). It has the same pin out as the FTDI Basic, and is meant to plug directly into an Arduino Pro, Pro Mini or LilyPad Mainboard. Because the pins has been arranged to do this, you cannot directly plug the Bluetooth Mate to an FTDI Basic board (you'll have to swap TX and RX). This unit ships with an RN-41 class 1 Bluetooth module, a very easy-to-use and well documented Bluetooth module.
It has on-board voltage regulators, so it can be powered from any 3.3 to 6VDC power supply. The level shifting has been all set up so the RX and TX pins on the remote unit are 3-6VDC tolerant. Do not attach this device directly to a serial port. You will need an RS232 to TTL converter circuit if you need to attach this to a computer. The unit comes without a connector. The 6-pin right-angle female header is suggested if you want to connect it to an Arduino Pro.
Features:
• Designed to work directly with Arduino Pro's and LilyPad main boards
• FCC approved class 1 Bluetooth® radio modem
• Very robust link both in integrity and transmission distance (100m)- no more buffer overruns
• Low power consumption: 25mA avg
• Hardy frequency hopping scheme- operates in harsh RF environments like WiFi, 802.11g and Zigbee
• Encrypted connection
• Frequency: 2.4~2.524 GHz
• Operating voltage: 3.3V-6V
• Serial communications: 2400-115200bps
• Operating temperature: -40 ~ +70°C
• Built-in antenna
• Supplier code : WRL-09358