arduini uno bluetooth

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Hi everyone.
I have an arduino uno and want to control it via bluetooth. I am looking for recomandations for bluetooth modules.

Thanks

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There are a LOT of different units available. It really depends what you want to do with it. Can you give some more information about what you're trying to accomplish?

Also, are you sure you need bluetooth? It's kind of a cumbersome technology. Unless you're trying to interact with an existing commercial bluetooth device (phone, mouse, whatever), there are definitely easier solutions available.

I've used everything from simple EBay serial-to-bluetooth modules to the quite capable BlueGiga WT12 and WT32 (BT Audio) modules. Jeff Rowberg sells a very nice breakout for the WT12 on InMojo (http://goo.gl/YE85C) that is very, very nice. The BlueSMIRF units from SparkFun are easy to use as well, but it's hard to beat the BlueGiga devices in terms of capability and ease-of-use.

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What i wanted to do is control my arduino uno using my cell phone. You said its a cumbersome technolgy. Is there another way to cominicate wirelessly thats better then bluetooth?

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roybenmo:
Is there another way to cominicate wirelessly thats better then bluetooth?

Not if you're talking to a cellphone.

The BlueSMIRF units from SparkFun or the BlueGiga (with Jeff Rowberg's breakout) make this about as painless as it gets. You could probably get something working with the cheaper ebay units, but you will be spending a lot more time fighting with hardware.

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Great.

Thanks for the help