USB to Bluetooth Adapters? 24
OtakuMan asks: "I am looking for a Bluetooth adapter so I can free up some of my USB slots. I have found many Bluetooth -> USB adapters, but I have not found any USB -> Bluetooth adapters. Any help?"
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.
articualate! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:articualate! (Score:2, Informative)
Let me get this right (Score:1)
Just "freeing-up" USB ports can be accomplished with a USB hub (as probably mentioned already). So unless you need the mentioned functionality described above, then why bother with bluetooth at all?
Andy
Ummm (Score:2)
Holy crap? What is this "USB HUB" you speak of? (Score:2)
- A.P. (s/(As)k\ (Slash)?(ot)/\1s \2b\3/)
Good luck! (Score:4, Informative)
I'll be very, very surprised to see the kind of thing you seem to be looking for. It sounds almost like you plugged one of those bluetooth dongles into a USB hub, another Bluetooth dongle into your computer, and wondered why you couldn't use the hub. (Is that what you had in mind?)
Problems:
(IEEE 1394/Firewire/iLink, on the other hand, doesn't require the computer and thus you can plug your Firewire-equipped Mini-DV camcorder into your Firewire VCR (or editing deck) and expect it to work. Curiosity point: any /.ers out there plugged a Firewire hard drive straight into a DV camcorder and had it work?)
How fast is USB 1.1? (Score:2)
Re:How fast is USB 1.1? (Score:2)
Re:How fast is USB 1.1? (Score:2)
Re:How fast is USB 1.1? (Score:2)
Re:Good luck! (Score:1)
Besides, if you read the spec for HID over BT [bluetooth.org] it says "The Human Interface Device Profile Specification [4] defines the protocols, procedures, and features that shall be used by Bluetooth Human Interface Devices, such as keyboards, pointing devices, gaming devices, and remote monitoring devices. This specification uses the USB (Universal Serial Bus) definition of Human Interface Device (HID) [4] in order to leverage the existing class drivers for USB HID devices." which I take as it would be possible to make an USB hub that runs over BT.
Bluetooth isn't designed for highspeed (atleast not 1.x of the standard) but you're missing something here. Most people aren't like us. If you could put the "USB-BT" hub anywhere in your room and connect keyboards, mouse, joystick, pocketpc's then I don't think they'd complain much about speed. Not now atleast. I mean, people run iPaq via the serial cable for crying out loud
Btw, while they are developing the USB-BT hub, they could also make it act as a repeater for the BT in the computer, thus increasing the range of my other BT equipped hardware :-)
Close, but no cigar (Score:2, Informative)
Bad news -- it doesn't exist, and probably won't ever exist. If it does, it will be a hack that will cause a whole generation of telephone support personnelle to commit suicide (similar to the invention of parallel port scanners and other hack-job peripherals).
All is not lost, though. You can at least get rid of some wires. They [they.com] make Bluetooth Parallel adapters [mobileplanet.com] and Bluetooth Serial adapters [holtmann.org], some of which even have Linux drivers available! While not a complete solution, it is a (good?) start.
You may be able to bluetoothize some of your kit (Score:2)
P.S. Is your nest of cabling really that bad?
Me too! (Score:5, Funny)
I know this is possible, because I have seen other peoples questions get posted.
Maybe it's because mine aren't stupid enough?
Please help!
Related (more defined) query (Score:1)
Bandwidth shouldn't be a problem, since its just a keyboard and mouse. I expect to see bluetooth versions in the market in the next year (or five). It seems like this is a feasible thing to build, but it might be prohibitively exspensive. Other applications might include adapting keyboards and mice for handhelds that don't have USB controllers but are bluetooh enabled.
sounds like (Score:1)
hahahahaha. no.
those devices are chatty and expect to draw their power from the usb port, as well as have nice snappy speeds going up to it - and you'll quickly find yourself bottlenecked using bluetooth anywhere near 802.11b, or with multiple devices.
buy some cable ties.
Wishlist (Score:2)
A *real* wishlist (Score:2)
Power (Score:2)
Perhaps the USB-bluetooth adapter could fire a series of small lighting bolts?
MSI (Score:1)
mac's got it covered (Score:1)
does it work on linux/pc? maybe a comparable product?
Bluetooth bits'n'pieces (Score:1)
If you are not UK resident ( very probable on slashdot :-) all the bits should be available elsewhere if you find what you are looking for.