Cellular made easy – Add GSM/3G support to your Arduino/Raspberry Pi/BeagleBone projects Chris Higgins at SparqEE has come up with a simple development board[CELLv1.0] that can give your projects cellular capabilities. So what can you actually do with it? Well,I can think of lots of things: Add an off-grid internet connection to your home automation system. … Read More →
SPARK CORE – WHAT IS IT? The Spark Core is an Arduino-compatible, Wi-Fi enabled, cloud-powered development platform that makes creating internet-connected hardware a breeze. This little board packs a punch: with a 72 MHz ARM Cortex M3, the best Wi-Fi module on the market, wireless programming, and lots of pin outs and peripherals, there’s nothing … Read More →
The official Arduino WiFi shield is an easy but expensive option to get your Arduino on the wireless network. But there is a cheaper nasty way that actually offers you lots more options. A bunch of hackers have started re-engineering commercial Wifi-routers opening them up and updating the firmware to allow them to easily connect to the Wifi-routers with break-out boards like Arduino’s. The TP-Link … Read More →
Connecting your Arduino to the internet is pretty simple. Just get the Ethernet shield and use the Ethernet examples to start with. I wanted to use my Arduino to capture information and post it to my website where I could format the data as needed. (Pachube/Cosm is another option, but I wanted more freedom to … Read More →
