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Re: Multiple serial ports for Pocket PC?

From: Ralf Ackermann <>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 12:19:37 +0200 (CEST)

Hello Carl,

thinking about your application scenario again I considered another 
solution that might be easiest to deploy.
It uses Bluetooth - either your PDA is already equipped with it - or you 
may use a CF BT card.

For your serial data sources => you may use a module that does a serial 
cable replacement over BT. The most compact one that I'm aware of (and 
that I actually use sucessfully) is a module made by TDK
	http://www.tdksystems.com/tdk_bluetooth/bluetooth_serial_module.asp

Software on your PDA will let you set up multiple serial connections over 
Bluetooth in parallel (at least with a PDA running Linux and the Bluez BT 
stack). Your application on the PDA can then individually cope with the 
data coming from each source.

Maybe that is an approach for you.
Regards
 Ralf

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