Brillo, the new OS for IoT by Google
https://www.electronics-lab.com/brillo-new-os-iot-google/
Google had launched Brillo, a new Android based OS used for embedded development – in particular for low-power, IoT devices. Brillo brings the simplicity and speed of software development to hardware for IoT with an embedded OS, core services, developer kit, and developer console. Brillo works in conjunction with Weave, an open, standardized communications protocol […]
How to control Arduino board using an Android phone
https://www.electronics-lab.com/control-arduino-board-using-android-phone/
Kerimil, user on Arduino Forum, submitted his project which focuses on establishing communication between an Arduino board and an android mobile using bluetooth: The idea is to gain access to hardware on Android devices (accelerometers, gyro, wifi connectivity, gps, GPRS, touchscreen, text to speech and speech to text) and/or use it to relay data to […]
ESP8266 controlled with Android app (MIT App Inventor)
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-controlled-android-app-mit-app-inventor/
Rui Santos from Random Nerd Tutorials tipped us with his latest tutorial on how to build an Android app using the MIT App Inventor software that allows you to control the ESP8266 GPIOs: ESP8266 controlled with Android app (MIT App Inventor) – [Link]
How to Control ESP8266 GPIO using Android App
https://www.electronics-lab.com/control-esp8266-gpio-using-android-app/
This video will guide you to control gpio of esp8266 from android app in details. so that you can build your first home automation project easily. How to Control ESP8266 GPIO using Android App – [Link]
Android app turns smartphones into a seismic network
https://www.electronics-lab.com/android-app-turns-smartphones-into-a-seismic-network/
Researchers at UC Berkeley (California) have developed an Android app that can detect vibrations from earthquakes using the standard sensors integrated into smartphones. Android app turns smartphones into a seismic network – [Link]
Nanocounter: Frequency Counter with an Android Interface
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nanocounter-frequency-counter-with-an-android-interface/
Andy published his accurate and open source frequency counter that uses an Android phone as a display. It’s based on a high accuracy temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) fed into a phase locked loop (PLL) to create a high frequency reference clock. The reference clock along with the input signal is processed by a Xilinx […]
Arduino DS18B20 Thermometer on iOS or Android
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-ds18b20-thermometer-on-ios-or-android/
maroelawerner @ instructables.com has a tutorial on how to display temperature data on an Android or iOS device using Arduino and Blynk app. In this Instructable I am going to attempt to show you how to put together a little project to use the Blynk app (optainable at http://www.blynk.cc/) to display the temperature remotely on a […]
FUN but REAL: Manually or lying down
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fun-but-real-manually-or-lying-down/
Yes, these are your options when you want to set time relay of 12.51 series from Finder producer. Italian producer accommodated less active installers that can now set, resp. program time relay also lying down. Of course, something for something – you need to have a computer but luckily it is something that almost any […]
Mobilinkd – Highly mobile packet radio
https://www.electronics-lab.com/mobilinkd-highly-mobile-packet-radio/
If you enjoy APRS (the Automatic Packet Reporting System) in US and Canada this device will make your life easier. All you need is the tiny board, your radio and an Android phone. Introducing the Mobilinkd Bluetooth APRS® TNC. With your radio, your Android phone and this TNC, you have everything you need to get […]
UP – Intel x5-Z8300 board in a Raspberry Pi2 form factor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/up-intel-x5-z8300-board-in-a-raspberry-pi2-form-factor/
UP, the credit card computer board for makers powered by Intel Quad Core Atom X5-8300 1.84GHz, running Linux, Windows 10, and Android We haven’t seen anything like that on the market. We saw plenty of cost effective boards, often powered by RISC technology, and industrial solutions with a wide range of standard form factors, performance […]