fubbi
February 17, 2012, 12:22pm
1
I would like to send/receive serial from a roomba over the tx/rx pins on a bluetooth arduino and use the bluetooth connection to send me serial monitor feedback.
Is it possible to write serial commands to two different outputs? And how do I address them individually?
thank you
fubbi
system
February 17, 2012, 12:38pm
2
Look for SoftwareSerial, or use a Mega board, which has 4 hardware serial ports.
HTH
fubbi
February 17, 2012, 12:41pm
3
Hi
Is mega the only board that can do multiple serial?
thanks
fubbi
fubbi
February 17, 2012, 1:08pm
5
Hi
I looked at the (new)softWareSerial, that would do the trick I suppose.
So the BT interface and the tx/rx pins on a bluetooth arduino just mirrors each other?
Maybe somebody can recommend the right solution:
I need to send and receive serial from the roomba over a cable and pass on commands and feedback wirelessly to/from my computer.
I thought a BT arduino would be perfect, but maybe better with a Mega with a zigBee or BT shield?
thank you
fubbi
system
February 17, 2012, 1:14pm
6
I can't see any reason why software serial wouldn't work for this application.