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Month: March 2014

An Answer To My Past From My Future

An Answer To My Past From My Future

This is an email that I had written to Parallax when I was trying to redirect readings from a WattsUp Meter to a data logger.  I had just started out with basic stamp programing a year before this.  It’s suppose to be humor, but it sure would be helpful if this actually could work, especially come Lotto day! From: Patrick circa 2014 Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 5:27 PM To: Patrick circa 2010 Subject: RE: BS2pe Data Logger Application Hi…

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Bluetooth – Taking a bite at phone and micro control links

Bluetooth – Taking a bite at phone and micro control links

The most direct route between a smart phone and the micro controller world of sensor appears to be bluetooth.  This wireless technology has been around for some time now.  The hard work has been done and the road has been laid out. Control your Arduino board from your Android device over Bluetooth, here’s a demo.  How easy is that! The adapters are simple and inexpensive.  The smart phones have bluetooth support.  It just makes sense.  I was able to find…

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GSM, Iridium, and other wireless communication options.

GSM, Iridium, and other wireless communication options.

The connections subject spanned at least 8 percent of the entire material covered.  Most of it pertained to wired connections and physical connector types.  There was little mention of wireless options.  Those that were included RF, Sound, and Light.  None of these were demonstrated with code or some working example. Since the next quarter will involve cloud data processing, this data will need to be uploaded wirelessly.  This will introduce new methods like WiFi and GSM.  I would like to…

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