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

At 09:32 22 March 2012, Chris wrote:
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.php?
main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_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


Chris is right, that is the point.
Also, if you use external display, this works nicely with that.
-kimmo