Bluno Bee

Bluno Bee is a serial to bluetooth 4.0 module, it adopts XBEE form factor which is compact and is compatible with all shields with XBEE socket. Bluno Bee is designed to have voltage regulator which supports both 5V and 3.3V MCUs.
Bluno Bee is talking to your Arduino serial port , and able to turn your arduino to bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) ready instantly. Simply get an Arduino IO Sensor Expansion Shield and plug this module to xbee socket, you have an Arduino BLE ready board.
With two Bluno Bee, two arduino are able to communicate with each other via Bluetooth. You can enjoy features like point-to-point wireless transparent transmission, master-slave machine setting, wireless code (sketch) uploading and HID connection with PC.
For more compact size or want an all in one arduino ble board, we recommend our Bluno series, they are based on Arduino Uno or Arduino Mega and with Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) build-in, they are more cost effective and compact.

We've also developed Apps (Play Bluno) on both Android and IOS platform for you to start playing between phone and arduino immediately. At the same time, we provide developers more freedom and support: users can not only debug Bluno - An Arduino Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) Board through AT command, but also update BLE chip firmare via USB.

It is suitable for applications like wearable device, for example a smart pedometer bracelet with Arduino + Android/IOS. By linking into star network of low power consumption, BLE achieves rapid real-time communication.

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		Bluetooth 2.0 Module V3 For Arduino	Bluetooth 2.0 Bee Module For Arduino	Bluno Link - A USB Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) Dongle	Bluetooth Adapter Mini
SKU	TEL0073	TEL0026	TEL0023	TEL0087	TEL0002
BLE Chip	TI CC2540	CSR BC417143	CSR BC417143	TI CC2540	—
Frequency	2.4GHz	2.4 ~ 2.48GHz unlicensed ISM band	2.4 ~ 2.48GHz unlicensed ISM band	2.4GHz	2.4 ~ 2.48GHz FHSS
Transfer rate	1Mbps GFSK	Asynchronous: 2.1Mbps (Max) / 160 kbps; Synchronous: 1Mbps/1Mbps	Asynchronous: 2.1Mbps (Max) / 160 kbps; Synchronous: 1Mbps/1Mbps	1Mbps GFSK	3Mbps
BLE protocol	V4.0	V2.0 + EDR	V2.0 + EDR	V4.0	V2.0
Modulation	GFSK	GFSK	GFSK	GFSK	FHSS
Power consumption	10.6mA average, ready mode: 8.7mA	—	—	10.6mA average, ready mode: 8.7mA	—
Sensitivity	-93dBm	≤-84dBm	≤-84dBm	-93dBm	≤-84dBm
Working Voltage	3.3V	+3.5 V ~ +8 V DC and 3.3V DC/50mA	3.3V	3.3V	—
Operating temperature	-40 ℃ ~ +85 ℃	-20 ℃ ~ +55 ℃	-20 ℃ ~ +55 ℃	-10 ℃ ~ +85 ℃	-20℃ ~ +55℃
Transmission distance	30m	20 ~ 30m	20 ~ 30m	10 ~ 20m	<10m
Dimension	32*22mm	40*20*13mm	32*24*9mm	32mm * 16mm	20*16*8mm
Weight (g)	10	10	12	10	10
AT command to debug the BLE	√	√	√	√	—
master-salve machine switch	√	√	√	√	—
Transparent transmission	√	√	√	√	—
Wireless programming	√ (Available for Bluno series)	—	—	√	—
iBeacons	√	—	—	—	—
BLE HID	√	√	√	√	√
Mobile App Control	√	√	√	—	—
Key Features	support Android and IOS applications,open source code,suitable for secondary development by the user	Compatible with APC220 communication interface, can be directly used in I/O Expansion Shield, Romeo, XBoard and etc,.	It can be plugged into the Arduino controller using the XBEE base for Bluetooth wireless control.	Standard USB interface. Support for firmware update via USB. Install Arduino UNO USB driver, default host mode.	USB2.0 standard interface. supports the native Windows Bluetooth stack.

Features

• AT command to debug the BLE
• support the master-salve machine switch
• Transparent transmission
• Wireless programming for Arduino processor (Compatible with Arduino UNO,Fio and Mega)
• support usb update BLE chip program
• support bluetooth HID
• convenient to upgrade firmware of BLE
• support Android and IOS applications,open source code,suitable for secondary development by the user

Specification

• Chip:TI CC2540>
• Working Voltage: +3.3 -5v DC
• Power consumption: working: 10.6mA average, ready mode: 8.7mA
• Pin Layout: Compatible with Xbee pinout
• Frequency: 2.4GHz
• Transfer rate: ≤1Mbps
• Modulation: GFSK, bluetooth low power, V4.0
• Sensitivity: -93dB
• Operating temperature： -40 ℃ ~ +85 ℃
• Transmission distance: 60m in free space
• Size:32mm * 22mm (1.26 * 0.87")

Documents

• Product Wiki
• Schematic V1.1

Hardware Compaitibility

• Xbee shield for Arduino
• IO Expansion shield for Arduino V7
• Mega IO Expansion Shield V2.3 For Arduino Mega
• IO Expansion Shield for Launchpad
• DFRobot Leonardo with Xbee socket
• Any devices with xbee socket

Demo Tutorial

• Wireless Programming Simple Tutorial
• Bluno Basic Demo

Shipping List

• Bluno Bee x1