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Arduino Projects Wireless Arduino

Arduino Projects: Wireless Arduino

Long-time readers will know I’m not one to promote trendy marketing phrases and certainly ‘Internet of Things’ or ‘IoT’ is right up there with the best (worst) of them. But the concept behind the phrase is worth understanding as it drives the next generation of connected devices. Single-function or ‘embedded’ gadgets built from microcontrollers like …

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Wearable Wireless Gesture Control

Wearable Wireless Gesture Control With PHIRO Pro + Arduino + Pocket Code Smartphone App (JEDI MODE)

                  Once again, here we are with another tutorial to “Awaken the Force” within you! With the new Star Wars movie just around the corner, we thought it would be fun to use the force to control PHIRO. In this tutorial, we will be using PHIRO Pro with Arduino along with some awesome Flex …

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DIY Givi V56 Motorcycle Topbox Light Kit

DIY Givi V56 Motorcycle Topbox Light Kit With Integrated Signals Using Arduino

                    https://youtu.be/xtSzXwfG3HA As a motorcycle rider, I’m all too familiar with being treated like I’m invisible on the road. One thing I always add to my bikes is a top box which usually has an integrated light. I recently upgraded to a new bike and bought …

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New Arduino WiFi Shield Testing

New Arduino WiFi Shield (Testing) usign arduino

The WiFi Shield was delivered by Amazon. The Arduino UNO Rev 3 was found at RadioShack… First you need to load the last Arduino IDE (Ver 1.0.2) it has the necessary library to use the WiFi shield. Tried the examples “Scan for available networks”  and  “WPA network example” from: http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoWiFiShield It works like a charm! …

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Internet Datalogging With Arduino and XBee WiFi

Internet Datalogging With Arduino and XBee WiFi

Introduction Are you looking to get your data gathering project hooked into the “Internet-of-Things”? Then check out data.sparkfun.com! It makes posting data to the web as easy as constructing a URL and POSTing it to a server. I wanted to create a quick project to test out SparkFun’s data logging service. Combining an Arduino, XBee WiFi module, and a …

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