User manual

V. MCB3100 WiRobot Serial Bluetooth Wireless Module

V.1 Introduction

The MCB3100 Serial Bluetooth Wireless Module is a class II Bluetooth module with on-board

communication stack. This device can be plugged into any UART or RS232 compatible serial port

(requires MCR3210P RS232 Interface Module for signal change) on almost any devices without

needing to install drivers. It can be considered as a “wireless cable” to replacement for any RS232

serial cable and can be used in applications for wireless audio, still image, sensing and control data

communications.

V.1.1 Features

• Class 2 Bluetooth operation

• On-board communication stack

• Effective range: 15 meters indoor, 45 meters outdoor

• Support UART data rate: 921.6/460.8/115.2 kbps

• Plug-and-play in the WiRobot system

V.1.2 Applications

• Robotic systems: both run-time and development-stage communication

• General-purpose wireless data communication

V.2 Operations

V.2.1 Theory of Operation

The MCB3100 Serial Bluetooth Wireless Module is designed to run as part of the WiRobot system. It

can be directly plugged on to the PMB5010 Robot Multimedia Controller board or the PMS5005

Robot Sensing and Motion Controller board. When connected to the MCR3210P RS232 Interface

board through a cable, it can also serve as wireless links for any systems that have a standard RS232

interface (PC for example). By default, the UART data rate is pre-programmed to 115.2kbps with

hardware flow control and can be adjusted according to the customer’s preferred setting at the time of

purchase. All wireless firmware has been embedded into the module and user simply needs to issue a

“CONNECT” command to the MCB3100 in order to establish a connection with another MCB3100

wireless module.

V.3 Connections

V.3.1 Board Structure

Figure V.1 illustrates the structure of the board

Figure V.1 MCB3100 Structure