Bluetooth Telemetry for Arducopter

After moving my RC control to UHF I needed a different solution for telemetry. Also being able to connect with a tablet or mobile via droidplanner2 (https://github.com/DroidPlanner/droidplanner, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.droidplanner) directly over bluetooth is great. No need to carry around the 3dr radio set anymore.

I followed this great guide to set up the bluetooth module for use with arducopter. APM needs to be set to: 7----57600bps. I also changed the name of the module and the PIN. So nobody can log into my telemetry while I'm flying and redirect my copter ;-)

The wiring is straightforward: I used the cable that came with the 3dr radio and just cut it off and soldered servo cable connector on the ends. Red (+5V) goes to VCC, black to GND, the green to TXD, and the yellow to RXD. No changes are needed on the APM side. All on standard settings (57600bps).

It worked straight away using droidplanner2 on my nexus 5 and 7.