Simplest Bluetooth 4.0 BLE & Arduino for $7

by ClintK2

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Intro: Simplest Bluetooth 4.0 BLE & Arduino for $7

This tutorial is intended to show the minimum steps to get a Bluetooth 4.0 CC2540 Module to connect to an Android Smartphone or tablet.

STEP 1: Buy Arudino Nano on Ebay for $3

STEP 2: Buy a Bluetooth BLE "SMART" Serial Uart on Ebay for $3.46

STEP 3: Connect the Nano and the Bluetooth Serial Module

STEP 4: Select Board Type to Be a Nano and Then Upload ASCII Example Code to Your Arduino

STEP 5: Download HM BLE Terminal APP From Google Play Store

STEP 6: Launch the BLE Terminal App

STEP 7: Open the Menu Button Then Hit Connect So You Can Scan for New Devices

STEP 8: Connect to the Serial Module

The android device will then search for available devices.

It should find a BT05. Select this device to connect to.

STEP 9: Hit the Reset Button on the Arduino and You Should See the Communication Happen

From here you can write your own code. A Serial.print(" your text or data here "); is all that is needed.

Note you need to hit the clear screen button on the android app to see new data from your device.

I hope it works for you.

STEP 10:

11 Comments

tszebeni 2 years ago

Hi,
I have such device in a similar setup. I can receive data as reading from serial but for some reason I cannot write to it. The same code works with a HC-05/06 device and I'm able to send and receive data, but with BLE device I can only read from it. Any write simply is not shown on the phone inside serial app. Does any of you know why it could be?
Thanks

spidermonkey1187 4 years ago

Hello, thank you for the very easy to follow instructions. For connecting the the TXD->RX0 ports, say so the student could send a text string from the bluetooth app over the phone, is a resistor divider network also necessary?

fmarengo 6 years ago

Hi ClintK2!

Thank you for this instructable! I want to transfer 100 samples/s from an Arduino Nano to the smartphone, via BLE. Is this instructable useful for my needs? Thanks, God bless you!

spidermonkey1187 4 years ago

Your question is a little hard to understand. If you change the code at the bottom to do the following you can send an infinite amount of data:

if (thisByte == 126) { // you could also use if (thisByte == '~') {
thisByte = 33;
}

The word sample tends to be an overloaded term so in what context do you intend?

spidermonkey1187 4 years ago

No password was required for my device and my Google Pixel 2

SairamB 6 years ago

How to work with UUID's.

I have a temperature and humidity sensor , how can deal with UUID's.

Malang77 8 years ago

Will this work for iPad 2nd generation?

seamster 8 years ago

Good info, thank you for sharing.