Hello everyone,
I have an issue with the communication between my arduino duemilanove and the Mindset(via sparkfun's bluesmirf HID).
I have learnt by heart this certain pdf which is supposed to guide me through the setting up of the communication and still, I have
no results.
The pdf that I mentioned above (http://developer.neurosky.com/docs/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=app_notes:interfacing_thinkgear_with_arduino.pdf)
According to the instructions, when I upload the ProgramBlueSMiRF.pde to the board, the bluesmirf should establish a connection with my
Mindset and the Led of the board (pin13) should start blinking. There are times when the led begins to blink and there are times that it doesn't, but the bluesmirf has not been connected in any case.
Although I have tried to reset the bluesmirf to its factory settings (by changing the FACTORYRESET from 0 to 1 or by hardwiring pin 11 with pin 22, as a tutorial that I saw on youtube says) and yet I got no results.
I was worried if the bluesmirf, that I bought, was malfunctioning and I started trying other ways of communicating with it.
Using only the bluetooth connector of my laptop, I was able of connecting with it but I wasn't able of communicating.
I thought that it would be a great idea while the bluesmirf was connected with my laptop wirelessly, I could upload I program to the arduino with my table computer and through the board's serial communication I could send a string to the bluesmirf and see it to my laptop's screen. Guess what, no results! When I try to upload a program the bluesmirf is disconnected from my laptop.
This is the wiring that I have done
This is a particular case that I am facing, I know.. But if someone has or had the same problem that I do, I would like to read his opinion.
Thanks in advance