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<p>This is a trick question right? Seriously though, they are the same unit and have the same price at sparkfun. The difference appears to be that they've pretyped in a few AT commands to the arduino one to make sure it works out of the box possibly.</p>
<p>How about pointing out what is the same between them.... both are about $50 too expensive?</p>
<p>http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180701113700</p>
<p>Ok, so the ebay one requires a series resistor on the TX line from the processor to the bluetooth module....</p>
<p>Aaron</p>
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<p>On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:22:12 -0400, Darcy Whyte wrote:</p>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding-left:5px; border-left:#1010ff 2px solid; margin-left:5px; width:100%"><!-- html ignored --><!-- head ignored --><!-- meta ignored --><a href="http://www.robotshop.com/ca/sfe-bluetooth-mate-for-arduino-3.html">http://www.robotshop.com/ca/sfe-bluetooth-mate-for-arduino-3.html</a>
<div><a href="http://www.robotshop.com/ca/spark-fun-bluesmirf-3.html">http://www.robotshop.com/ca/spark-fun-bluesmirf-3.html</a></div>
<div>What's the difference between these two items?</div>
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