Hi everyone,
Now that the we have a family extension with the AGENT watch would it not be a good idea to make a Low Power Bluetooth module for the GO, to make it talk directly to our GO boards.
Spread you ideas!

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#1Posted 23 May 2013 - 11:04 AM Hi everyone,
Now that the we have a family extension with the AGENT watch would it not be a good idea to make a Low Power Bluetooth module for the GO, to make it talk directly to our GO boards.
Spread you ideas! Van SchOten Ict Diensten en Services #2Posted 23 May 2013 - 07:00 PM Do you have specific uses in mind?
Internally, we have built a number of BLE boards. One of them is a Gadgeteer-compatible module, shown above our electronic BLE advent wreath in the attached picture. We currently have no plans for producing larger lots, but might consider it if there is enough interest and if we better understand the community's requirements for the firmware.
We have done several iterations of the hardware, it works well. However, firmware development is rather time-consuming (and requires expensive tools), so we focused on our immediate needs. Basically, a more general NETMF driver would issue remote procedure calls over the UART to the BLE microcontroller. But if all BLE features were supported, this could become a rather large API and driver.
Maybe Chris can say more how the AGENT BLE API looks like?
Best regards
Cuno
Attached Files#3Posted 23 May 2013 - 11:30 PM
You could do lots of cool things with Bluetooth (or Bluetooth LE), indeed!
Cuno -- right now, we're just using System.IO.SerialPort to shuttle data back and forth. Our prototypes used a single-mode radio while the AVR/SAM4S-powered devboards and production watches have the new dual-mode radio.
Bluetooth LE will popularly be used with specific device types--but devs will want to shuttle around small chunks of data. We're still sorting out exactly what we want that to look like; right now all of our Bluetooth LE prototyping is based around a virtual UART.
Cool stuff there in that photo, Cuno!
Chris
#4Posted 23 May 2013 - 11:51 PM My first idea, secure wireless connection from netduino Go to my AGENT watch.
I want my Netduino Go to talk to my watch to secure access to certain vehicles.
Every vehicle will have his own netduino hardware setup and watches that allow access.
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