Saturday, October 09, 2004

Bluetooth Components Selected

I've found the Bluetooth components that will work, and for much less money than I thought they would be, though still for a fee.

These are:

DBT-120 PersonalAir Wireless USB Bluetooth Adapter
Price:
Around $40.00
Support Docs:
http://support.dlink.com/SupportFAQ/default.asp?model=DBT%2D120%5FrevB4

and two of these:

Promi-SD101 Bluetooth Module
Price: $136.00 each (I need two for each tap shoe microchip so, $272.00)
Products Docs:
http://www.lemosint.com/bluetooth_specs/Promi-SD_manual.pdf
http://www.lemosint.com/scripts/bluetooth_promi.asp

Here is the product specs for the USB adapter:

General:
-supports up to 7 slave devices
-on-module RAM enables firmware updates from host computer

Standards:
-Bluetooth 1.1
-USB 1.1

USB hub is self-powered at 500 mA per port.
USB 1.1 allows maximum of 12 Mbits per second (12,000,000 bits per second)

Transfer Rates:
-723 kbps asymmetrical (723,000 bits per second) meaning data is sent in one direction and is the only thing I will be using.
-433.9 kbps symmetrical (433,900 bits per second) meaning data is sent in both directions, but I don’t care about this.

Encryption:
-128-bit

RF-Wireless Frequency:
2400 – 2483.5 MHz

Antenna:
-2dBi On-Board
-Integrated Chip

Receiver Sensitivity:
(minimum value of average received power to achieve a 1 x 10^-10 bit error ratio)
- negative 80 dBm typical across passband under high interference environments

Range:
-Up to 33 feet (peer-to-peer)

RF Technology:
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

Systems Supported:
Windows CP USB
Mac OS X v 10.2 USB

Operating Voltage:
5VDC +/- 10%

Power Consumption:
Max 33mA in transit mode
Max 38mA in Receive mode
Max 259 microA in sleep mode

Here are the product specs for the Bluetooth module (which will be attached to the microchip through a serial port):

General:
RS232, Female DSUB-9, 1200~115200 baud
Max Distance:
30 meters

Current Consumption:
At 9600bps, using 35.3 mA, 5 hrs 20 min
At 115200bps, using 40 mA, 4 hrs 30 min

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