Bluetooth+Communication

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So what is Bluetooth?
Bluetooth is a wireless communication protocol that can be used with many different devices. Your cell phone probably has bluetooth on it to allow you to use a headset without wires. We are using the bluetooth protocol, or set of rules, to communicate with the WiiMote, Computer, and Robot.

The WiiMote's Bluetooth
The WiiMote communicates with the Nintendo Wii with Bluetooth so the WiiMote has Bluetooth built in to it. This makes the WiiMote the perfect companion for our project because we can use the built in bluetooth to communicate with the Computer instead of the Wii.

The Robots Bluetooth
The Vex system does not have bluetooth so we will be building our own connection using some wires and a bluetooth modem from sparkfun. The Vex system does have a Serial communications port to communicate **//with//** wires. We will be replacing the wires with the modem pictured at the right by connecting the wires that would come out of the Vex Controller to the modem. This allows for the information that would normally travel through the wires to travel through the air.

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