This is DFRobot Bluno Bee Turn Arduino to a Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) Ready Board. 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.

Apps (Play Bluno) are available 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.

Note: Bluno Family does not support other brand BLE devices since the difference of Bluetooth profile.

For more info., click below.

1. Product Wiki
2. SchematicV1.1
3. Xbee shield for Arduino
4. IO Expansion shield for Arduino V7
5. Mega IO Expansion Shield V2.3 For Arduino Mega
6. IO Expansion Shield for Launchpad
7. DFRobot Leonardo with Xbee socket
8. BlunoBasicDemo
9. Play Bluno

Features:

1. AT command to debug the BLE
2. support the master-salve machine switch
3. Transparent transmission
4. Wireless programming for Arduino processor (Compatible with Arduino UNO,Fio and Mega)
5. support usb update BLE chip program
6. support bluetooth HID
7. convenient to upgrade firmware of BLE
8. support Android and IOS applications,open source code,suitable for secondary development by the user
9. Power consumption: working: 10.6mA average, ready mode: 8.7mA
10. Pin Layout: Compatible with Xbee pinout
11. Transfer rate: 1Mbps
12. Modulation: GFSK, bluetooth low power, V4.0

Package Includes:

1 x DFRobot Bluno Bee Turn Arduino to a Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE) Ready Board