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Originally, $95, the USB-WT12 bluetooth adaptor is a full development kit for the Bluegiga WT12 module, and uses a virtual serial port to communicate to the Bluegiga WT12 module. The USB-WT12 has six onboard red lights connected to the six I/O ports. The USB-WT12 kit has been on sale for over a year and has become one of the best selling bluetooth kits in the world.

The Bluegiga WT12 bluetooth modules supports seven profiles: SPP serial port, BGIO Bluegiga Input/Output, HID (keyboard), HFP (Hands-Free), OPP, A2DP, and AVRCP.

The USB-WT12 adaptor can be used as a bluetooth starter kit. Bluetooth can be up and running in six easy steps:

Plug this adaptor into a bluetooth port Install the FTDI driver or let windows do that automatically Determine the COM port selected by the adaptor Start a terminal program such as Blue Terminal Select the baud rate as 115200 (or 9600) Type SET into the terminal program, and watch the settings be downloaded.

We have sold this product around the world for the last two years but mainly to the US. The official Bluegiga starter kit is around $400, very large and cumbersome and hard to use. We developed this bluetooth adaptor to assist in out projects but it is so good and simple, we want to make it publicly available.

NOTE: we recommend purchasing two or more USB-WT12 kits so that a bluetooth transfer can be easily setup. Watch the Youtube videos on Electronic System Design channel on how to setup and use the USB-WT12 bluetooth adaptors.

Please note this is the only WT12 development kit available on Tindie. We also have WT11 and WT41 kits available on request and a BLE112 kit.