Your Android Phone is a Sensors & Comm Nervana
Smart phones are common today, be it Android, iOS, or other OS flavors. These smart phones have become powerhouses of computing and sensors in a portable package. They employ some of the same sensors and electronics modules sold as discrete components to be used in various microcontroller based projects such as Arduino or PIC.
The difficulty is in extracting and integrating these phone modules in microcontroller based projects. But with free middle-ware apps such SensoDuino, it's possible to exploit the richness of Android devices and save hundreds of dollars in parts for the next microcontroller project.
A mid-range Android phone today--the ubiquitous Samsung S2 for example--can be bought used for less than $150. This smart phone has a ton of sensors such as GPS, gyro, compass, accelerometer, audio, light, as well as communications functions such as WiFi and Bluetooth. This is just for starters.
The sheet below shows how a smart phone like the Samsung SII or SII Plus can save over $500 USD in sensors, comm modules, storage, audio/video, parts and more for your next project.
For more information on how Android devices can transform the DIY world, please read this article: Can Android/Arduino Combo Accelerate The Global Electronics DIY Revolution?
The difficulty is in extracting and integrating these phone modules in microcontroller based projects. But with free middle-ware apps such SensoDuino, it's possible to exploit the richness of Android devices and save hundreds of dollars in parts for the next microcontroller project.
A mid-range Android phone today--the ubiquitous Samsung S2 for example--can be bought used for less than $150. This smart phone has a ton of sensors such as GPS, gyro, compass, accelerometer, audio, light, as well as communications functions such as WiFi and Bluetooth. This is just for starters.
The sheet below shows how a smart phone like the Samsung SII or SII Plus can save over $500 USD in sensors, comm modules, storage, audio/video, parts and more for your next project.
For more information on how Android devices can transform the DIY world, please read this article: Can Android/Arduino Combo Accelerate The Global Electronics DIY Revolution?
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