Thread: DIY your BlueTooth GPS

Originally Posted by owenjh

Thats what im wondering. By the looks of things you can get a USB bluetooth adapter and a Aircable serial module for $49 and pair the dongle with the module and have a wireless serial > bt > USB link.
I think this would be quite good if it works with any BT dongle, because the total wireless link would be $49 for serial adapter and $30 for a USB BT dongle.

I have e-mailed them asking them if it will work with any bt dongle. fingers crossed hopefully it will.

I've checked that page
IT IS NOT A pure BLUETOOH SERIAL
it will be searched as another BT device but can works fine as a serial

OEM BLUE TOOTH GPS MODEL - III SPECIFICATION

General Specification:
Outside Dimensions: 80mm (L) x 35mm (W) x 10mm (H)
Weight: 65grams
GPS Engine (module): SEIKO EPSON, Japan
Battery Operation Time: 8 hours (per charge, continuously)
Display: 5 color LED (power on / charge / Blue Tooth / Linkage / Low Battery)
Power Switch: One Soft Touch, Touch On then Touch OFF
Connectors: One MINI USB Socket for Battery Charge only
Operating Temperature: -40 to +85 degree C
Storage Temperature: -55 to +105 degree C
Relative Humidity: 20% - 90% (no condensing)
Feature of Product (model II only): can be buddled to specific single host device
(In this mode, this BT-GPS can be used with ONE buddled host device ONLY,
And can not be found by other Blue-Tooth host's serarch)
Other Features: The thinnest BT-GPS would wide update

GPS Performance Specification:
Power Consumption: lower than 100mW (30mA@3.3V without Active Antenna)
Data output Standard: NMEA 0183 Version 3.0, Default serial at 9600/N/8/1
Max Data Update Rate: 1Hz
Frequency: L1 Band (1575.42MHz) C/A code, 8 channel, continuous tracking receive
Sensitivity: -150dBm
Horizontal Accuracy: < 6 meters (50%), < 9 meters (90%)
Altitude Accuracy: < 11 meters (50%), < 18 meters (90%)
Acquisition
Reacquisition: < 2 seconds (90%)
Hot Start: < 14 seconds (50%), < 18 seconds (90%)
Warm Start: < 38 seconds (50%), < 45 seconds (90%)
Cold Start: < 90 seconds (50%), < 170 seconds (90%)
Dynamics: 4g
Operational Limits: Altitude < 18000m or Velocity < 515m/s (1854Km/h)

Transparency Blue Tooth UART Performance Specification:
Compliant with Blue Tooth specification v1.1
+4dBm power class 2 support
SMD multi-layer chip antenna inside
Default work range 10 meters
Standard UART interface, TX/RX/RTS/CTS at rate 9600bps -1.5Mbps (Default at 9600/N/8/1)
Power saving mode support
Authtoration and security support
Built-in qualified RF+BB-chip and link manager protocols and supports these protocols:
LM, LC, L2cap, SDP, RFCOMM, and BlueTooth serial port profile

Photo of OEM BT-GPS model-II for reference only

pic of II

the model-II is 5 in one(RS232/RS232cmos/USB/BT/IR)