Adding Bluetooth to Vex

[foobert]

Originally Posted by Vex13

I'm pretty new to all this and wanted to just confirm a couple points, if someone would be so kind... Thanks in advance for your time and help!

1) With the programming dongle, any rs232 bluetooth device should work fine since it has a level shifter built in. Is that a correct statement?

there's also a microcontroller on the programming dongle. don't know that anyone has actually watched the traffic between ifiloader and the programmer or if anyone has tried looking at the debug info from the controller using hyperterminal. in short, dunno. but probably.

2) Is there power provided on pin 9. I.e. for the devices mentioned (the aircable card http://www.aircables.net/serial.html, and the smart bluetooth module http://zbausa.com/bluetooth_serial_port_adapter.asp)? If not, what would be the easiest way to provide power to these devices? Preferably it would come from the vex module, but an easy external source would be fine too.

5v and ground are available at any of the io and interrupt ports. don't try to get power off the motor ports. that's 7.6v.