Bluetooth modules to send data from arduinos to a pc

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My project consists of 3~5 arduinos with a bluetooth module attached to each micro-controller.
I have not chosen which module to use but the goal is to have each arduino send data to one location, a pc.

The data I am trying to send is very simple:

  1. Name of the Arduino sending the data.
  • I plan to name each one simply using integers. If I end up having 4 arduinos, the names will be 1, 2,
    3, and 4.
  1. Send time and date when triggered.
  • I was also thinking of just sending a value of 1 to the pc and the pc logs the time and date of when
    that happened.

My request is just general guidance on where to start for my project. I will continuously update as I come up with more specific questions. I would like the initial conversation to focus on what structure of data would be easiest to work with. For example, is what I mentioned in #2 a good idea or should I have the arduino itself send the date and time?

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I think you might find it a lot simpler to have one Arduino serve as a reporting point for all the others. This means that PC only deals with one Arduino via Bluetooth, and that Arduino handles all the others. This may be better done with an NRF24 network, which is better suited for this sort of thing, but has a price and perfomance similar to bluetooth. A proper terminal programme like RealTerm can handle all the input and provides timestamp thereto using the PC clock.