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Old March 22nd 12, 09:32 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Chris
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Default Power FLARM question

Ramy wrote:

It is like one fifth of the cost of a K6Bt...
But wouldn't commercially available bluetooth adapter provide same
functionality for similar low cost, such as

http://www.usconverters.com/index.ph...ducts _id=228

That would work, but you need to provide some power source. It needs a 5V
power source either via USB cable or external battery. The Flarm provides a
3V output, I guess that would not be enough to power the device. Kimmos and
my device work with the 3V directly, that saves some hardware. I don't know
if the K6-BT works similar.
Chris