anil Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 I'm Anil and I have always been envious of those who could build electronic circuits - I wanted to invent stuff. Unfortunately, growing up in India in the 1980s, there wasn't much opportunity to learn this. I have a software background and would actually like to build circuits that can be coupled with my android phone.
geraldfryjr Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Welcome to the Forum Anil. The internet of things (IOT) certainly seems to be the next up and coming thing!!! I have seen many such projects being done already with Microchips PIC 32 series of MCU and very cheaply I might add. Take a look at the uC32 or even the MAX32 MCU board and I think that you will be quite impressed with them. I just love my new uC32 that I am starting out on. I believe that they even make a LAN/WiFi version of this board or even just an add on LAN shield to get you started with any of the other PIC32 flavors. Cheers!!! jer
geraldfryjr Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Anil, I just happen to run across the board that I had mentioned, This may interest you in a cool little board to help get you started !!! http://www.microchip.com/DevelopmentTools/ProductDetails.aspx?PartNO=DM320004 jer
anil Posted March 3, 2015 Author Posted March 3, 2015 Thanks for the link but I am not understanding how it is relevant to building circuits that can be coupled with an android phone? Anil, I just happen to run across the board that I had mentioned, This may interest you in a cool little board to help get you started !!! http://www.microchip.com/DevelopmentTools/ProductDetails.aspx?PartNO=DM320004 jer
geraldfryjr Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 The MCU is connected to a network or the Internet via Ethernet/Wifi and then controlled and/or accessed by the phone application. I have seen many examples of this already such as operating a garage door via phone command or turning on/off lights and devices within ones house via phone through the internet to the MCU controller unit. jer
LariSan Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Hi Anil, The best way to learn is to see how other people designed their projects and adapting it to your skills/hardware. you may like some of the projects that were shown at our Digilent Design contest!http://www.digilentdesigncontest.com/2014-europe.html The project I am thinking of is the Microchip Award, but all of the posts are really good learning experiences.Screen Shot 2015-03-03 at 4.33.14 PM by laraswanland, on Flickr
geraldfryjr Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 Here is one more such project that I saw this morning!! http://opensource.com/life/15/3/internet-of-tinkerers-twitter-desk-lamp Turns on a lamp in your house via Twitter. This particular project uses one of TI's lunchpad MCU and it is stated that the whole thing can be made for about $40. Cheers and Good luck with your ventures. Please let us know if you get successful at such a system. jer
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