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Offline TrumpkinTopic starter

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cheap bluetooth serial adapter
« on: December 18, 2007, 01:18:04 PM »
I was searching  around on google and found this http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/412767-REG/Iogear_GBS301_Serial_Adapter_with_Bluetooth.html I never knew you could get blutooth serial adapters so cheap!
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Re: cheap bluetooth serial adapter
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2007, 02:03:29 PM »

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Re: cheap bluetooth serial adapter
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2007, 02:43:25 PM »
newegg beats all those prices for usb bluetooth

this is my usb class 1 for $20:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320016

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Re: cheap bluetooth serial adapter
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2007, 02:58:18 PM »
Admin,

What you are pointing out is different than what the OP was talking about - yours is a Bluetooth adapter for a computer. The original link was for a device-level (RS-232) bluetooth adapter, basically like a BlueSMiRF, but with an RS-232 interface instead of TTL...

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Re: cheap bluetooth serial adapter
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2007, 03:43:51 PM »
I wasn't sure if Trumpkin wanted it for the PC end or not . . . just in case ;D

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Re: cheap bluetooth serial adapter
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2007, 09:40:56 AM »
I was talking about the robot end. It's one of those things I'll probably get.....some day
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