Make an Android phone app to control your littleBits projects
Other Projects
Using the same Arduino logic, Android program, and littleBits circuit, we created a rover (Figure 11) that worked just like the paddleboat. Additions to your project could include adding buttons and hardware for lights, sound, and measuring distances.
Figure 11: Rover with the same littleBits circuit and programming.
Infos
- littleBits modules: http://littlebits.cc/shop/bits
- JY-MCU Arduino Bluetooth serial module: http://www.dx.com/p/jy-mcu-arduino-bluetooth-wireless-serial-port-module-104299#.Vv8UmZwrLs0
- Code for this project: ftp://ftp.linux-magazine.com/pub/listings/raspberry-pi-geek.com/17
- Bluetooth Terminal by Qwerty: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=Qwerty.BluetoothTerminal
- MIT App Inventor: http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/
- Kino App Inventor: http://kino.pad2play.com
- Windows Phone App Studio: http://lifehacker.com/windows-phone-app-studio-makes-app-creation-as-easy-as-1045582612
- Sample Android QR code scanner: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.application_4u.qrcode.barcode&hl=en
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