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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: Hanoush on March 26, 2009, 10:45:01 AM

Title: Question about arduino and Tx,Rx pins
Post by: Hanoush on March 26, 2009, 10:45:01 AM

I want to connect a GPS and BlueSnurf to "arduino Duemilanove"  at the same time.so, can I  connect the gps to RX(pin 0) and TX(pin1) and connect the BlueSmirf to pin2 and pin3 and configure them as TX,RX ? is that possible ? if it isn't possible,is there another way that will make this possible ?

Title: Re: Question about arduino and Tx,Rx pins
Post by: pomprocker on March 26, 2009, 01:26:29 PM

Bluesnurf..hah thats a new one...

Yes this is possible

http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/SoftwareSerial (http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/SoftwareSerial)

Also, if you need more check out the multiplexer from sparkfun.com

You could in theory have around 16 serial connections