Created in January, 2012, by Julian Oliver for the Studio Weise7 exhibition at Labor 8, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, the Transparency Grenade represents a more physical approach to fostering the process of corporate and government transparency than the slow, tedious process of policy reform. Equipped with a tiny computer, microphone and powerful wireless […]
Tag Archives: WiFi
Control your garage door via WiFi interface
This WiFi garage door controller is based on an RN-XV WiFi module, a small WiFi capable microcontroller with 8 GPIOs, and 3 ADCs. The inspiration for this project was simple. My daughter has a habit of forgetting her house key, and we’ve had mixed results with the wireless garage door opener keypad. Time for a […]
Review: 8devices Carambola
David has taken a closer look at the 8devices Carambola (which we posted about a couple of months ago) and posted this review on his Nut and Bolt website. Via the contact form.
WiFi-Jacket: Atmel-based MRF24 WiFi development board
Léon and a couple of his mates made a development board for the Microchip MRF24WB0MB/RM WiFi module. It’s based on the Atmel ATmega328 microcontroller and features lots of breakout pins, as well as some LEDs and buttons. Via the contact form.
SkyNET air drone hacks wifi on the fly
Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology have designed and built the prototype of a WiFi hacking air drone based on the AR.Drone quadcopter. They added a lightweight single board computer with Debian Linux installed, along with 3G mobile broadband connectivity and two WiFi cards (the second for packet injection.) A GPS receiver and sonar […]
Digi releases WiFi Xbee modules
Digi has announced the release of a WiFi version of the popular Xbee modules. They share a common XBee footprint with previous Xbee modules, and provide flexible SPI and UART serial interfaces. The product release sheet, getting started guide and other docs are available from the Digi docs page. Several models are available, including with […]
REVIEW: Sure electronics WiFi web server module
We covered Sure’s WIFI web server module previously. This board has a MRF24WB0MB wireless module and a PIC24FJ256GB106 with USB (host and slave) capabilities. As a bonus the board also has a mini-sd connector for storing webpages. At a first glance the board looks very clean and well designed with a nice silkscreen. Cost was $59.90 […]
Android phone controls Arduino over wifi
We recently did a little demo to send data to an Arduino with a TCP/IP Shield (using ATC-1000M) from an Android device via Wifi. The Android phone in this demo uses Android Scripting Environment (ASE). It is available on Android Market for free. Videos and source code after the break.
WiFi for Arduino with Asus WL-520gu
If you want to WiFi enable your Arduino but don’t want to spring for a shield, Todbot shows how to use the Asus WL-520gu router. By installing the DD-WRT Linux firmware the Asus acts as a serial-to-network gateway for Arduinos (or most any other USB device).