HC05

An Arduino library for the HC-05 Bluetooth ITead Studio HC-05 Serial Port Module.

See the LICENSE file for copyright and license information.

The serial port can be configured as any supported Serial port or a SoftwareSerial port.

Includes a demonstration program that can be uses to change the name reported by an HC05 module.

Additional information is available as an exercise at RockingD Labs.

Components

HC05 A class for controlling and communicating through an ITead Studio HC-05 Serial Port Module. This class inherits from the Stream class.

###Methods: The Stream class is extended with the following methods.

findBaud() Determine HC-05 communications speed. Make this call in setup().

setBaud() Specify the HC-05 communications speed. The speed is non-volatile so call this only when the rate returned by findBaud() is not the one you require.

cmd() Send a command to the module. The 'key' (cmdPin) pin is activated to put the module in command mode where 'AT' commands are recognized.

connected() Returns true when a BT connection has been established.

write() The write(), and print*(), methods block until there is a BT connection.

Example Programs

changeName This application is one of the reasons I wrote this library. I wanted to be able to change the name reported by the HC05 because I have multiple HC05 modules that I kept mixing up. With this program you can set the name of the HC05 module to reflect something physically identifying (or anything else that helps you tell your modules apart).

echo Echo characters as they are received.

hc05_test Tests the disconnect command (AT+DISC). This was something I used during development and probably is not of general interest.

Installation

###Option 1: Source only

• Download a ZIP file. The ZIP button at GitHub will always get the latest version, but you may prefer one of the tagged versions.

• Unpack the zip file into your sketchbook library directory (~/sketchbook/libraries on Linux).

• Rename the resulting directory (or create a symlink) to ~/sketchbook/libraries/HC05

• Start the Arduino IDE and you should find HC05 in the libraries section.

###Option 2: Git (Recommended)

• Follow this GitHub repository and use git to track your own changes by cloning:

  $ cd ~/sketchbook/libraries
  $ git clone https://github.com/jdunmire/HC05.git

• Start the Arduino IDE and you should find HC05 in the libraries section.

By default the library is configured for a software serial port and debugging output to the hardware serial port (Serial) is turned on. You will need to edit the HC05.h file if you want to change those settings.

The Bluetooth port is btSerial and must be setup as shown at the top of the Example sketches. If debugging output is enabled in HC05.h (it is by default) then your sketch must include a DEBUG_BEGIN(baud) command to initialize the debug output port and set it's baud rate.