Adapter provides easy Bluetooth connections

connectBlue's adapter implements the master side of the IC bus interface and makes it possible to wirelessly enable a number of slaves on an IC bus

connectBlue has released a Bluetooth based IC OEM adapter which enables a cost-efficient and easy to use wireless solution when connecting devices such as displays, sensors and signal convertors. The multimaster serial computer bus is used to attach devices to, for instance, an embedded system.
Connecting the new Bluetooth IC bus adapter to the IC bus removes the need to to connect the IC master device directly to the IC bus.

Instead, the adapter implements the master side of the IC bus interface and makes it possible to wirelessly enable a number of slaves on an IC bus.

The 'original' IC master implements a simple IC look-alike protocol based on the Bluetooth serial port profile (SPP).

The master device can then access all IC slaves available on the IC bus over Bluetooth wireless technology.

'The advantage of a bus connection is how it logically can connect multiple devices over the same set of wires; and via our new Bluetooth IC Bus Adapter, it can now make this connection wirelessly', said Rolf Nilsson, President of connectBlue.

'Thus, when you connect mobile or temporary devices or when you want to overcome complicated and costly installations of displays and sensors, the Bluetooth IC Bus Adapter provides an efficient and easy to use solution'.

With a few additions, the Bluetooth IC Bus Adapter is configured using the same AT commands as the connectBlue standard Serial Port Adapters.

Typically, the adapter is pre-configured using a toolbox or AT commands and then mounted and used for reading and writing data to and from the slaves on the IC bus.

It is also possible to use the Bluetooth IC Bus Adapter more dynamically and/or to re-configure it over air.