- Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:40 pm
#102652
Hi,
I came across this post (http://www.glacialwanderer.com/hobbyrobotics/?p=291) and i wanted to use the same set up without the Arduino on the transmitter side. So i thought of using this (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc ... cts_id=437) and this (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc ... ts_id=8945) to build a USB RF Transmitter Dongle and communicate to the receiver using it via a serial port (COM3) on the PC (Java RxTx). Is it that simple or there's something else that i need to do in order to put it to work that i'm not aware of? Would i have to write, or download if it already exists, a driver so the PC recognizes the dongle? Would i have to use some other component(s)? Please, help on this.
Thanks in advance.
I came across this post (http://www.glacialwanderer.com/hobbyrobotics/?p=291) and i wanted to use the same set up without the Arduino on the transmitter side. So i thought of using this (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc ... cts_id=437) and this (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc ... ts_id=8945) to build a USB RF Transmitter Dongle and communicate to the receiver using it via a serial port (COM3) on the PC (Java RxTx). Is it that simple or there's something else that i need to do in order to put it to work that i'm not aware of? Would i have to write, or download if it already exists, a driver so the PC recognizes the dongle? Would i have to use some other component(s)? Please, help on this.
Thanks in advance.