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    Using WiFi In Sleep Mode -- MCU Power Saving --Ameba Arduino

    One of the challenges of using IoT enabled MCU is the power consumption. However, on Ameba, you can keep the WiFi on while in sleep mode thus enabling power saving and connectivity. Here is a demo of how to achieve WiFi in sleep mode. Preparation Ameba x 1 DHT11/DHT22/DHT21 x 1...
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    NFC-- Open Webpage by tapping Smartphone on MCU -- Ameba Arduino

    Ameba RTL8195AM has onboard NFC tag and run on ARM Cortex-M3 core with WiFi, just nice to make use of all these 3 powerful tool to make an useful applicaiton. Many models of Android smart phone support NFC feature, and numerous of NFC applications are developed for inspection and modification...
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    DIY ThermoGun - Non-contact IR Thermometer with IoT -- Ameba Arduino

    With COVID-19 still wreaking havoc globally, causing thousands of deaths, millions hospitalized, any useful medical device is on high demand, especially household medical device like IR non-contact thermometer. Handheld thermometer usually is on high price point and is hard to come by these...
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    Ameba Arduino -- MCU accessing internet service via IFTTT

    Accessing internet service is an easy job for a smart device like an android phone, tablet or a PC, but not so easy on microcontrollers since it usually requires better connectivity and processing power. However, we may offload the heavy part of the job to IFTTT to help us accomplish a great...
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    Ameba Arduino – SPI – PM2.5 Monitoring with TFT LCD display

    Now that most people stay at home to avoid close contact with potential COVID-19 virus carrier, air quality becomes an important factor to people’s well-being, especially in tropical countries where using air-con is a must during the day, as prolonged use of air-con may do more bad than good to...
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    Ameba Arduino -- IBM Watson IoT Platform With MQTT

    MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a protocol proposed by IBM and Eurotech.   IBM® Watson™ IoT Platform is, by the official definition,   “A foundational cloud offering that can connect and control IoT sensors, appliances, homes, and industries. Built on IBM Cloud, Watson IoT...
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    Ameba Arduino – Phone-controlled Smart Curtain

    This project is the second one in the new IOT project series on Ameba RTL8195AM Dev. Board. The focus of this project is to demonstrates how easy it is for Ameba Wi-Fi Dev. board to communicate with our smart phone via MQTT protocol. Phone to microcontroller communication used to be very...
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    Ameba Arduino - IOT Home Security System

    One of the most useful IoT applications is home security. Imagine a thief cutting your security camera wire while trying to break into your house. This won’t happen if your security system goes wireless and smart. This project demonstrates the capability of Realtek Ameba dev. board to conduct...
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    Realtek Ameba Arduino Wireless LCD Network Real-Time Clock

    Do you want to always keep track with the time of place of your interest without having to google it? Then this project is what you are looking for! This LCD Real-Time Network Clock make use of Network Time Protocol (NTP) together with a WiFi-enabled IOT microcontroller--Realtek Ameba 1...
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    MQTT with “Arduino” WiFi dev. Board

    MQTT is a machine-to-machine (M2M)/"Internet of Things" (IOT) connectivity protocol. It was designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport.   With an Arduino-compatible wireless soc, e.g. Realtek Ameba1 (RTL8195/RTL8710) dev. Board, we can create a MQTT client that...
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    Realtek Ameba-1 Wireless IoT-Ready MCU-ARM Cortex M3 Based

    Realtek Ameba-1 development board (RTL8195AM/RTL8710AF) is an IoT-Ready MCU that is based on ARM Cortex-M3. It is specially deisgned to be pin-compatible with Arduino UNO board and can run most of the Arduino base example without an issue.  What's more, it comes with many useful features that...
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