Two process intensive Serial devices, ruh roh!

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I desperately want to use a bluetooth module, and a TLC5940 together in a project. The TLC5940 will be very, very busy, so I know that it absolutely cannot use NewSoftSerial, but Bluetooth should be kind of periodic. Can I reliably use a bluetooth module with Software Serial?

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dpmattox:
I desperately want to use a bluetooth module, and a TLC5940 together in a project. The TLC5940 will be very, very busy, so I know that it absolutely cannot use NewSoftSerial, but Bluetooth should be kind of periodic. Can I reliably use a bluetooth module with Software Serial?

The TLC5940 uses SPI, not serial. So I wouldn't worry about that.

Brad.

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You sir, are a genius! I on the other hand, open foot-insert mouth. I read "On the left-hand side of the board all serial inputs are broken out" on the sparkfun product page for the breakout, and assumed they UART, not even considering SPI... Thank you!