B4R Question Hypothetical - Bluetooth remote?

aidymp

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Hi, I use b4A/J and have some Arduino clones but they have never been opened!

I have twin boys aged 8 who are autistic, they don't speak, or listen really! but they can use a tablet fine!! but things like PC's, TV's they don't get the idea that a remote or mouse is what's controlling it, or why if that makes sense.

So the programming question is...

a) can Arduino be used as a Bluetooth keyboard? with say arcade buttons as keys?

b) can B4R handle it? or do I need to learn something else? (I just wont.... lol)

c) failing that, has anyone seen a Bluetooth keyboard that can be easily soldered to.... :cool: (My preferred option)

Ideally arcade buttons or similar in say a coffee table, paired to the firestick via Bluetooth would maybe encourage them to press them and hopefully it clicks the brain!?!

I have looked at soldering to an actual firestick remote but it looks very fiddly...

Thanks...
 

emexes

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This looks promising thanks!

It does. But I've been thinking about it overnight: before you go too far down the track, it'd be worthwhile checking that the receiving device recognizes a keyboard over BLE. Bluetooth Low Energy is different to the old original Bluetooth Classic.
 
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aidymp

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It does. But I've been thinking about it overnight: before you go too far down the track, it'd be worthwhile checking that the receiving device recognizes a keyboard over BLE. Bluetooth Low Energy is different to the old original Bluetooth Classic.

I believe the Amazon firestick supports BLE. I'm still looking at the actual remote and solder option, but will keep this in mind.
 
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emexes

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still looking at the actual remote and solder option

Lol. Last century - in the days before mobile phones had computer links, and I think even before USB was around - I had a home-made alarm system, and when I added "send alarm message by sms" I actually had a real phone set up ready to send the message, with a car door lock solenoid that would physically press the Send button.

About six months later, Vodafone introduced modem dial-in to send SMS - 0414100200 I think - and that worked a treat, except for the worry that the house was 100 metres back from the road and the telephone cable could easily be cut.

Worked, though. Alarm 1, burglar 0.
 
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