Question about Bluetooth Serial Adapters

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) Hardware Interfacing
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Hi

I am trying to use the BlueSmirf shield along with an Arduino Uno to send a status of a pin to an Android App. I will also be receiving data from the Android App which I will use to set the status of digital input pins to HIGH.

My question is will I be able to achieve this by just using the BlueSmirF, Amarino Toolkit, Arduino Uno, Android Phone and a Bluetooth Dongle. I noticed in some sample Hello World Applications , the FireFly Bluetooth Serial Adapter was used? What is the purpose of this Adapter and do I need it if I have a USB dongle?

Sorry for the silly questions, I am newbie to all this.

Thanks
Natasha

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The firefly is what the PC sees a Smirf as using whatever is on the PC. The dongle you have will work fine and when you pair with your Smirf, it will show as "Firefly".

Have you looked at CellBots?
http://www.cellbots.com/
They have the Android phone in the mix. I have only done bluetooth to the PC.