Mauro Alfieri, who wants to partecipate to our iniziative “TiDiGino Contest”, sent us his new application with Arduino to demonstrate his skills in this field: a Remote-controlled fiber-optic Ceiling Light. Mauro decribes himself: Today my work is focused on open-source systems, supporting networking (CCNA) and scripting language programming, in small and mid-sized companies that…
We present the candidature of Mr. Michele Mancini for the TiDiGino Contest. He proposes us a recent application with Arduino: Real-Time Energy Monitor This is a simple power meter to analize the current consuming in a house using the led indicator of a house energy meter. Reading the red led of a home energy counters…
We present the candidature of Mr. Daniele Denaro for the TiDiGino Contest. He presents us a recent application with the Arduino: the Arduino Monitor. This is a monitor that displays on the PC analog and digital values read from Arduino. In short, a sort of display and keypad for Arduino made with a computer. The use of a program in Java makes the application easier than a program written in Processing language and also lighter than the use of the protocol Firmata. At the end of the presentation you…
It’s no the first time that we present a localizer without GPS. We remake the old device with the cheaper SimCom module SIM900. In the previous post we present the GSM section and now we can present the complete localizator. Introduction This system allows for localization without directly using GPS technology; we are able to…
Some post ago we presented a PCB to mount the SIM900 module. The project is used in our GSM remote control and the Arduino GSM Shield. The dimensions aren’t big (1.75×1.95 inches) but in some cases they are too important for a projects, so…. ..we have developed a small PCB GSM module to build device like localizators (coming…
This device captures the IP address of your network and it publish on site DynDNS.com. All without PC. It allow a remote access to your LAN even if the IP address of the connections changes. For logistics reasons the provider can not assign a IP fixed for all users, so many users, especially private, work with a dynamic IP or public IP: in practice when they connect modem or router, to their connection is assigned an IP address that, when the connection will’be closed, can be used…
PC configuration software for all remote controls described in the last four issues. This application is used to set all parameters via PC, instead of using the boring and expensive SMS configuration system. Download “Configuratore TDG v.2.3.0.0” (Source code VB .NET 2010) In the articles devoted to the remote GSM modules, we have repeatedly mentioned…
Shield to control 6 relay, 6 digital input and 6 analog input with Arduino Duemilanove, Arduino UNO or Seeeduino. The digital inputs and relay outputs are equipped with an LED that indicates the status. The lines of I/O are connected to the Arduino through corresponding pin-strip pitch 2.54 mm. It gets its power directly from…
Now we can start describing our first application, that is, the GSM gate controller: in this modality, our system controls the relay it is equipped with whenever it receives a call from a telephone number belonging to a list of numbers previously acquired through a special procedure, which can be performed via SMS using a…
Allows to remotely manage the heating or cooling of any room. It can also notify, via SMS or phone call, when the sensed temperature falls out the set limit value or the alarm input is active. In Summer As well as in Winter, it may be a good idea to install at home as well…
The entire remote control is handled by a PIC that controls the GSM/GPRS module’s activity and gives commands to the two relays. Having said that, let’s take a better look at the electric scheme: power is supplied by continuous voltage, not always stabilized (applied to PWR + and -) at a value between 5 and…
The full GSM thermostat is managed by a Microchip PIC18F46K20-I/PT microcontroller, programmed with a firmware that controls the temperature and takes care of the communication with the GSM module which is the component named GSM; this is, in fact the small board hosting the cell, so the pins’ numbers refer to the used pin-strips’ contacts….
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