Product category:
Wireless Communications
News Release from: RF Solutions | Subject: LinkMatik
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 January 2006
Bluetooth module needs no RF design
expertise
The LinkMatik Bluetooth module enables designers to add wireless communications capability to their products without the need for RF and antenna design expertise.
The LinkMatik Bluetooth module from RF Solutions is a simple-to-use plug-in device that enables designers to add wireless communications capability to their products without the need for RF and antenna design expertise The compact module is able to transfer serial data at rates up to 50Kbit/s full duplex, over distances up to 100m
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Sep 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Housed in an 18-pin dual-inline package, the LinkMatik module requires a 3 to 5V supply and contains all necessary RF circuitry, including an integral antenna and controller.
Unlike most other Bluetooth modules, the LinkMatik is a true serial port and requires no AT commands.
The module manages itself and it is not necessary to control it from a host computer.
Once implemented the LinkMatik module can interface with many standard Bluetooth devices such as laptop computers, PDAs and mobile phones, as either a master or slave.
In slave mode the new module initialises itself and waits for a remote device to connect.
In master mode it looks for specific devices to connect to.
It is also possible to pair two LinkMatik modules.
The pair manages themselves with no external control, although baud rate (selectable between 1200K and 1500K), device name and other details can be reconfigured from a PC via the Bluetooth connection.
Other features of the modules include Bluetooth PIN code and encryption, hardware flow control or no flow control, and a Bluetooth error correction layer.
The LinkMatik Bluetooth module is FCC/CE/IC compliant and does not need recertification if the integral antenna is used.
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