Project Update to Arduino Garage Monitor
Last year I published a blog about a Arduino project I created to monitor my garage door and send an alarm to my iPhone if it was left open for a period of time. At that time I installed the Continue reading
Tag Archives: WiFi
Smoking Hot: AT&T 4G LTE Hotspot (Elevate)
Last month I decided to get a Mifi/Mobile hotspot device and went with the AT&T Elevate. It’s a 4G LTE device (or at least claims to deliver LTE speed). I’ve played with it for a few weeks and have noticed Continue reading
Arduino comes of age and slings new hardware
At the New York Make Faire this month the Arduino team, led by Massimo Banzi, made some exciting announcements. The first was the release candidate for the IDE/sketch system. Yes it has finally reached Arduino 1.0rc stage and you can Continue reading
Wi-Fi: It’s the other cell network — Broadband News and Analysis
As I discussed in a recent post, the relative performance and stability of WiFi to 3G/4G/LTE is going to dictate an ever-expanding role of WiFi for smartphone and tablet users. Building out cellular data networks is just too costly and slow Continue reading
In the end it’s about economics: Wifi vs. 3G et al
Although I’m surely in the camp of folks who’d love unlimited high-speed Mobile data (3G/4G/LTE/…) for the rest of my life I recognize that isn’t a viable business model. Although Wifi service is also becoming metered the offered capacities and Continue reading
WiFly no longer spacey
I needed to spend some time last night exploring the source to the library that comes with the SparkFun WiFly device. In the process I discovered why it wasn’t possible to use the library’s code to join a WiFi network Continue reading
WiFly: Twists & Turns but it works
As I previously mentioned I got a WiFly shield from SparkFun in order to connect my Arduino to the Internet. It is a nifty little board but I immediately ran into problems getting it to join my wireless network. I’ll Continue reading
Make Your Arduino Fly
As mentioned in my prior post WiFi for the Arduino isn’t that easy to find with SparkFun being the best of what was currently available. I received mine last night and it is as compact as the picture suggests. It’s Continue reading