Hi,
I want to control a small DC motor for a toy I am building, but I'm having trouble finding the right chipset because there's so many companies selling ble right now. I don'tw ant to do Arduino because it's a bit slow. I'm ok with ARM, but does anyone have experience with this or know of any circuit and information for controlling motor using BLE?
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Unless you just want to bumble around putting stuff together that you don't understand, I think you're best off separating the problem -- you want to communicate with BLE, and you want to control a motor with a microprocessor.
So, figure out how to control a motor with a microprocessor, then select the BLE product of your choice, and stick them together.
-- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
This approach lets you pick a completely ready-made BLE-to-serial module, so that you don't even have to think about antenna, layout, etc., or qualifications and certifications, or drivers at the other end. Your microcontroller for motor control just communicates on a UART, as does your PC software/Android app at the other end.
Except that there are chips that include both the ARM and Bluetooth with the Bluetooth stack provided. Certainly it would be useful to prototype a product using separate modules, but a lowest cost, smallest size, lowest power solution will likely use one of the integrated devices.
These types of chips are made by Nordic, TI, ST Micro and others. They are typically available as modules as well.
I would question the preference of ARM over Arduino. I can't imagine what a toy would be doing that an 8 bit MCU can't handle. At least some of the TI single chip devices use an 8051 which would likely be adequate.
-- Rick
For really high production this is the way to go. So unless it's some executive toy or other high-end thing --yes.
I drool over those, but only one prospect has ever come to me with big enough volumes to justify the cost of certification -- and they were offended by my estimate and went elsewhere. I don't know if they ended up succeeding or not.
A toy helicopter with gyro stabilization may need more than an Arduino -- but ARM chip prices are going down fast, and it's certainly easier to develop code quickly when you have lots of elbow room both in processor speed and memory.
But that's supposition -- if they're just turning things on and off, or even closing simple loops, an 8-bitter may very well be just fine.
-- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
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