[Bluetooth] Is it possible to connect two slaves to the HC-05 or HC-06 bluetooth modules?

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Hello! I would like to make something similar to the [8BitDo Wireless USB Adapter using the Arduino Leonardo. The particular feature of this product I’m interested in is the capability of using both Nintendo Switch Joy-con controllers as a full controller for my PC.

I’ve been looking for bluetooth modules to use with Arduino and the most popular are HC-05 and HC-06. Most tutorials/examples teach how to make one-to-one connections and I will need a two-to-one connection since each Joy-con is a bluetooth device. As far as I get from those tutorials, it is not possible to connect two slaves to a master HC-05 or HC-06. Is this true? I have read Sparkfun Bluetooth Basics tutorial and I’m aware a master can connect up to 7 devices.

Can someone give me some light regarding this HC-05/HC-06 connection aspect or suggest a better way (like a more suitable bluetooth module) to make this work?

Thank you in advance!](8BitDo USB Wireless Adapter | 8BitDo)

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While we don’t sell those, it looks like this person https://forum.arduino.cc/t/hc05-bluetoo … s/274151/5 found a way to achieve something similar

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Thank you, @TS-Russel! That will help me a lot.

Although I see HC-05 being used a lot I have the impression it is somewhat outdated. The Products Sparkfun sells look more updated. Thinking about using something newer, would you mind suggesting a Sparkfun bluetooth module for Arduino?