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By TcAllen247
#200508
I really enjoy the small form factor of these two boards - I'm curious, can I cut out the need for the FTDI basic? I.E. once the Mini is programmed directly connect the [RTS, RX, TX, 5V/Vcc, CTS, GND] pins between the two boards? I've been breadboarding it out and using digital pins for RX/TX.
I'm hoping for the BLE module to appear as transparent as possible and be able to pass serial data from my phone directly to the mini.