hey everyone, So I'm working on connecting my Bluefruit LE UART Friend. When I connect it, it runs through the whole "factory resetting" process. It takes a while but after a few seconds it just prints out "??"x100. If I change the baud rate it then resets the build and then is completely unreadable. I can connect a device to the bluefruit and it has blinking lights and a blue light on it. I am using the exact example code from the blueart_cmdmode.h example.
This is the output-
Adafruit Bluefruit Command Mode Example
---------------------------------------
Initialising the Bluefruit LE module: OK!
ATE=0
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Here are some pictures of the setup
Share your Arduino IDE code as well.
I think its baud rate problem, check the baud rate of your device using AT command or datasheet and make sure its same as in Arduino code.
I sent a baud rate command of 9600 and the serial is 9600. I've tried as many different baud rates as are available and its always just "??"
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*********************************************************************/
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include "Adafruit_BLE.h"
#include "Adafruit_BluefruitLE_SPI.h"
#include "Adafruit_BluefruitLE_UART.h"
#include "OneWire.h"
#include "DallasTemperature.h"
#include "BluefruitConfig.h"
#if SOFTWARE_SERIAL_AVAILABLE
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#endif
/*=========================================================================
APPLICATION SETTINGS
FACTORYRESET_ENABLE Perform a factory reset when running this sketch
Enabling this will put your Bluefruit LE module
in a 'known good' state and clear any config
data set in previous sketches or projects, so
running this at least once is a good idea.
When deploying your project, however, you will
want to disable factory reset by setting this
value to 0. If you are making changes to your
Bluefruit LE device via AT commands, and those
changes aren't persisting across resets, this
is the reason why. Factory reset will erase
the non-volatile memory where config data is
stored, setting it back to factory default
values.
Some sketches that require you to bond to a
central device (HID mouse, keyboard, etc.)
won't work at all with this feature enabled
since the factory reset will clear all of the
bonding data stored on the chip, meaning the
central device won't be able to reconnect.
MINIMUM_FIRMWARE_VERSION Minimum firmware version to have some new features
MODE_LED_BEHAVIOUR LED activity, valid options are
"DISABLE" or "MODE" or "BLEUART" or
"HWUART" or "SPI" or "MANUAL"
-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#define FACTORYRESET_ENABLE 0
#define MINIMUM_FIRMWARE_VERSION "0.6.6"
#define MODE_LED_BEHAVIOUR "MODE"
/*=========================================================================*/
// Create the bluefruit object, either software serial...uncomment these lines
/*
SoftwareSerial bluefruitSS = SoftwareSerial(BLUEFRUIT_SWUART_TXD_PIN, BLUEFRUIT_SWUART_RXD_PIN);
Adafruit_BluefruitLE_UART ble(bluefruitSS, BLUEFRUIT_UART_MODE_PIN,
BLUEFRUIT_UART_CTS_PIN, BLUEFRUIT_UART_RTS_PIN);
*/
/* ...or hardware serial, which does not need the RTS/CTS pins. Uncomment this line */
// Adafruit_BluefruitLE_UART ble(Serial1, BLUEFRUIT_UART_MODE_PIN);
/* ...hardware SPI, using SCK/MOSI/MISO hardware SPI pins and then user selected CS/IRQ/RST */
Adafruit_BluefruitLE_SPI ble(BLUEFRUIT_SPI_CS, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_IRQ, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_RST);
/* ...software SPI, using SCK/MOSI/MISO user-defined SPI pins and then user selected CS/IRQ/RST */
//Adafruit_BluefruitLE_SPI ble(BLUEFRUIT_SPI_SCK, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_MISO,
// BLUEFRUIT_SPI_MOSI, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_CS,
// BLUEFRUIT_SPI_IRQ, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_RST);
// A small helper
void error(const __FlashStringHelper*err) {
Serial.println(err);
while (1);
}
/**************************************************************************/
/*!
@brief Sets up the HW an the BLE module (this function is called
automatically on startup)
*/
/**************************************************************************/
void setup(void)
{
while (!Serial); // required for Flora & Micro
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println(F("Adafruit Bluefruit Command Mode Example"));
Serial.println(F("---------------------------------------"));
/* Initialise the module */
Serial.print(F("Initialising the Bluefruit LE module: "));
if ( !ble.begin(VERBOSE_MODE) )
{
error(F("Couldn't find Bluefruit, make sure it's in CoMmanD mode & check wiring?"));
}
Serial.println( F("OK!") );
ble.print("AT+BAUDRATE=");
ble.println(9600);
// check response stastus
if (! ble.waitForOK() ) {
Serial.println(F("Failed to send?"));
}
if ( FACTORYRESET_ENABLE )
{
/* Perform a factory reset to make sure everything is in a known state */
Serial.println(F("Performing a factory reset: "));
if ( ! ble.factoryReset() ){
error(F("Couldn't factory reset"));
}
}
/* Disable command echo from Bluefruit */
ble.echo(false);
Serial.println("Requesting Bluefruit info:");
/* Print Bluefruit information */
ble.info();
Serial.println(F("Please use Adafruit Bluefruit LE app to connect in UART mode"));
Serial.println(F("Then Enter characters to send to Bluefruit"));
Serial.println();
ble.verbose(false); // debug info is a little annoying after this point!
/* Wait for connection */
while (! ble.isConnected()) {
delay(500);
}
// LED Activity command is only supported from 0.6.6
if ( ble.isVersionAtLeast(MINIMUM_FIRMWARE_VERSION) )
{
// Change Mode LED Activity
Serial.println(F("******************************"));
Serial.println(F("Change LED activity to " MODE_LED_BEHAVIOUR));
ble.sendCommandCheckOK("AT+HWModeLED=" MODE_LED_BEHAVIOUR);
Serial.println(F("******************************"));
}
}
/**************************************************************************/
/*!
@brief Constantly poll for new command or response data
*/
/**************************************************************************/
void loop(void)
{
int reading = analogRead(0);
float voltage = reading * 5.0;
voltage /= 1024.0;
float temperatureC = (voltage - 0.5) * 100 ; //converting from 10 mv per degree wit 500 mV offset
float temperatureF = (temperatureC * 9.0 / 5.0) + 32.0;
Serial.print(temperatureF); Serial.println(" degrees F");
// Check for user input
char inputs[BUFSIZE+1];
if ( getUserInput(inputs, BUFSIZE) )
{
// Send characters to Bluefruit
Serial.print("[Send] ");
Serial.println(inputs);
ble.print("AT+BAUDRATE=");
ble.println(9600);
// check response stastus
if (! ble.waitForOK() ) {
Serial.println(F("Failed to send?"));
}
}
// Check for incoming characters from Bluefruit
ble.println("AT+BLEUARTRX");
ble.readline();
if (strcmp(ble.buffer, "OK") == 0) {
// no data
return;
}
// Some data was found, its in the buffer
Serial.print(F("[Recv] ")); Serial.println(ble.buffer);
ble.waitForOK();
}
/**************************************************************************/
/*!
@brief Checks for user input (via the Serial Monitor)
*/
/**************************************************************************/
bool getUserInput(char buffer[], uint8_t maxSize)
{
// timeout in 100 milliseconds
TimeoutTimer timeout(100);
memset(buffer, 0, maxSize);
while( (!Serial.available()) && !timeout.expired() ) { delay(1); }
if ( timeout.expired() ) return false;
delay(2);
uint8_t count=0;
do
{
count += Serial.readBytes(buffer+count, maxSize);
delay(2);
} while( (count < maxSize) && (Serial.available()) );
return true;
}
I have also changed from uart to cmd mode with no change whatsoever.
@tomshenstone, please post your solution.