Hi all,

I haven't managed to find anything about this particular chipset online so it might be beneficial to post it up for others around..

Recently purchased the STLAB B140 (CSR) chipset for around NZD$30 and it seems to be good, Running through Ubuntu:

thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 049f:0086 Compaq Computer Corp. Bluetooth Device
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 049f:0086 Compaq Computer Corp. Bluetooth Device
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ ^C
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo hciconfig hci1 revision
hci1:    Type: USB
    BD Address: 00:09:D0:50:17:4D ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8
    Unified 21e
    Chip version: BlueCore4-ROM
    Max key size: 128 bit
    SCO mapping:  HCI
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ sudo hciconfig hic0 revision
hci0:    Type: USB
    BD Address: 00:20:E0:26:16:8A ACL MTU: 192:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
    Build 802
    Chip version: BlueCore02-External
    Max key size: 128 bit
    SCO mapping:  HCI
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$


Haven't attempted any keying at this stage but it look promising, shame the BT only runs 1.1 and BC02.