Hi,
I need info on bluetooth transceiver chips. If anyone can help me find one, that would be great. It needs to be able to receive a message from a bluetooth enabled phone.. Im not too clued up on where to go for one. I am building a project and need one asap.
Thanks.
Tom
I don't know where you can get just the chips. The best idea I can come up with is using a Bluetooth USB key to interface with. They are fairly inexpensive, and you could interface with it directly from the USB port.
transceivers chip are electronic devices that receive and demodulate an RF signal, then modulate and transmit a new signal.
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