In this tutorial, you will learn about controlling a LED using HM-10 BLE module, Arduino and Evothings Studio. Last Summer, I wrote a tutorial about controlling the lights of your home using Arduino and HC-05 bluetooth module. While, HC-05, HC-06 and HC-09 are still famous and available everywhere, they are essentially based on Bluetooth 2.0 technology. On the other hand, … Read More
Evothings Studio 2.1 Alpha 2 at large
This is the Evothings Studio 2.1 Alpha 2. It’s a handful, and you’ll be one of the first to try it out! We work in shorter sprints nowadays; this means more releases, more excitement and more topical examples added every time. https://evothings.com/download-alpha There are three new micro:bit examples at large, in celebration of BBC’s release of the bespoke microcontroller sent … Read More
No more IoT tears – how to upgrade the Arduino Wifi Shield painlessly from a Mac
Ok, so you got the message in the Arduino SDK saying “Please upgrade the firmware” or “WiFi shield not present”, then it’s time to carry out an upgrade. Don’t worry, everything you need is in the Arduino SDK package already on your computer. You’ll need to use the terminal, and to have root access to your computer. This how-to is … Read More
Controlling a JavaScript Lunar Lander game on your phone from the Arduino
Learn how to connect an Arduino with Ethernet connectivity to your smartphone in this developer’s article. You’ll find how to use events from a physical pushbutton and a variable resistor to control the gaming action. Remember Lunar Lander? Lucky for us so did Seb Lee-Delisle, an award-winning digital artist who has put together a strictly non-commercial tribute clone of that … Read More