Bluetooth to usb converter

binaryhackerman · 08-27-2007, 07:54 PM

This is basically a repost of mine from the g4 tech support forum because i want some more eyes...

I am looking for something like this that would have a USB A female port and that the computer would see as a normal USB port or hub. I am looking to use it to turn an old IBM model M into a bluetooth keyboard but it could really be used for anything usb... what do you all think??

**Ralck** · 08-28-2007, 02:18 PM

Is this the kind of thing you are looking for?

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=34

binaryhackerman · 08-28-2007, 02:45 PM

I would say that that is the inverse of what i am looking for... my bc has a builtin bluetooth module so i want a device that would pair with the pc and then provide a usb port to plug into... i can diagram if you think it would help

**Ralck** · 08-29-2007, 08:00 AM

Okay, I see what you mean now.

I don't know of any bluetooth devices that can do that. You could build a little device that plugged a bluetooth dongle into it and had a USB plug for the keyboard, but that would need a power source (battery) and probably a microcontroller... that seems like a lot of work.

Would this work a bit better for you? It's not bluetooth, but sort of gives you what you are looking for (and has a couple extra USB ports for a flashdrive, etc).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...in%2bcablefree

Edit: On second thought, I wonder if you could use a simple battery powered USB hub to connect the bluetooth device and keyboard? I'm not sure this would work though.

binaryhackerman · 08-29-2007, 01:15 PM

yeah i was thinking that oh i could just get a hub bower it with a battery pack and plug the stuff in but but i don't think that would work because a micro controller might not have to be used for the usb connection i am almost certain it would have to handle a driver defiantly for the bluetoooth adapter and maybe for the ps/2 to usb converter too... my next semester starts Tuesday and as fate would have it one of the classes i am taking is about microcomputers... maybe i can get it done there... i really don't understand why they haven't come up with this yet... it would make locating printers and other perphrials that don't draw power from usb so much easer... probably the 7 paired item bluetooth limit... that looks about like what i want but it doesn't say if it is bluetooth or has to use it's own dongle(proprietary?) and it is belkin which has a bad rep with a lot of people including my self...

binaryhackerman · 08-29-2007, 05:46 PM

u have been looking around and have found some solutions that are based on 802.11G... that would be cool if it could use the existing wireless network but it needs it's own dongle, so it seems that it may just be a matter of time as bluetooth built in has still not really caught on yet... i just found an article that the belkin hub uses UWB to transmit which is why it is slow...

08-27-2007, 07:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
binaryhackerman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Win XP; Win Vista; RedHat	Bluetooth to usb converter This is basically a repost of mine from the g4 tech support forum because i want some more eyes... I am looking for something like this that would have a USB A female port and that the computer would see as a normal USB port or hub. I am looking to use it to turn an old IBM model M into a bluetooth keyboard but it could really be used for anything usb... what do you all think??

08-28-2007, 02:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ralck TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,454 OS: 98SE/XP PRO/FC4 My System	Re: Bluetooth to usb converter Is this the kind of thing you are looking for? http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=34 __________________ Power Supply Info Everyone Should Read! How to Post Your System Specs

08-28-2007, 02:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
binaryhackerman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Win XP; Win Vista; RedHat	Re: Bluetooth to usb converter I would say that that is the inverse of what i am looking for... my bc has a builtin bluetooth module so i want a device that would pair with the pc and then provide a usb port to plug into... i can diagram if you think it would help

08-29-2007, 08:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ralck TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,454 OS: 98SE/XP PRO/FC4 My System	Re: Bluetooth to usb converter Okay, I see what you mean now. I don't know of any bluetooth devices that can do that. You could build a little device that plugged a bluetooth dongle into it and had a USB plug for the keyboard, but that would need a power source (battery) and probably a microcontroller... that seems like a lot of work. Would this work a bit better for you? It's not bluetooth, but sort of gives you what you are looking for (and has a couple extra USB ports for a flashdrive, etc). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...in%2bcablefree Edit: On second thought, I wonder if you could use a simple battery powered USB hub to connect the bluetooth device and keyboard? I'm not sure this would work though. __________________ Power Supply Info Everyone Should Read! How to Post Your System Specs Last edited by Ralck; 08-29-2007 at 08:05 AM.

08-29-2007, 01:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
binaryhackerman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Win XP; Win Vista; RedHat	Re: Bluetooth to usb converter yeah i was thinking that oh i could just get a hub bower it with a battery pack and plug the stuff in but but i don't think that would work because a micro controller might not have to be used for the usb connection i am almost certain it would have to handle a driver defiantly for the bluetoooth adapter and maybe for the ps/2 to usb converter too... my next semester starts Tuesday and as fate would have it one of the classes i am taking is about microcomputers... maybe i can get it done there... i really don't understand why they haven't come up with this yet... it would make locating printers and other perphrials that don't draw power from usb so much easer... probably the 7 paired item bluetooth limit... that looks about like what i want but it doesn't say if it is bluetooth or has to use it's own dongle(proprietary?) and it is belkin which has a bad rep with a lot of people including my self... Last edited by binaryhackerman; 08-29-2007 at 01:21 PM.

08-29-2007, 05:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
binaryhackerman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Win XP; Win Vista; RedHat	Re: Bluetooth to usb converter u have been looking around and have found some solutions that are based on 802.11G... that would be cool if it could use the existing wireless network but it needs it's own dongle, so it seems that it may just be a matter of time as bluetooth built in has still not really caught on yet... i just found an article that the belkin hub uses UWB to transmit which is why it is slow... Last edited by binaryhackerman; 08-29-2007 at 05:47 PM. Reason: adding an after thought