RF-BT-DIP Bluetooth Module

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Hi All,

Anybody have the manual for the RF-BT-DIP? I’ve searched this site and the Blue Radios site to no joy.

Do the examples for the modern BLE modules apply?

I’ve had it for years and never used it.

Thanks…John

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Hi John.

What SparkFun part number are you asking about? Our part numbers will be three letters, a dash then five numbers. [DEV-13975 would be an example of a SparkFun part.](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13975)

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Hi TS-Chris

The part number is RF-BT-DIP and I ordered two of them in 2006. This might have been before the new numbering system.

It was SparkFun Invoice #DHD which is where I got the old part number.

Also, the bluetooth radio on the SparkFun board has the p/n WML-C30AH. There is a SparkFun.com silkscreen with “BlueSM1RF”.

When I power up the device I can see it on my laptop. I’ve used the Arduino examples trying to pass-through commands to get it into CMD mode but get nothing.

Thanks…John

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Hi John.

Oh wow, that is an oldie! It looks like a module that carried over when SparkFun changed I.T. systems 15 years ago.

I’ve gone back as far as I can look in our system and the only thing I’ve been able to find is a few data sheets but nothing on the AT commands list. I’ve attached what I’ve found, but I don’t know that this will help much.

It looks like Mitsumi originally made the module on these and then BlueRadios bought the design but I don’t know if BlueRadios sold that to someone later on. You might try contacting [BlueRadios to see if they have a command reference somewhere in their archives.

Also, I found a page on the BlueRadios site that might help. Link is below.

https://www.blueradios.com/hardware_C40.htm](https://www.blueradios.com/)

RF-BT-DIP.zip (468 KB)

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Thanks Chris! I’ve been a SF customer for a long time and still have all my items from many years ago.

I’m a retired industrial controls engineer and just want to play a little with the stuff I currently have to get back into the swing of things.

I’ll follow your advice about contacting BlueRaidos and thanks for the attachment.

John

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@TS-Chris.

You will not believe this but I found the documentation for the RF-BT-DIP. I was going through and cleaning my Geek Room and found a hard copy of the Blue Radios manual. 44 pages.

I have scanned the document to a PDF. If anybody wants a copy I setup a link on my OneDrive…

Be aware that it’s 13 mb.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AlKjpQ64JuFVgb1JIYJ … g?e=qxCpav

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Thanks John!

I’ll add that to our documentation so that if anyone else asks, we will have it for them. :slight_smile:

Hope you have a good weekend!