Hello everyone,
I was dealing with small embedded systems acting as weather stations for a long time now. I created a simple setup using a Sensirion SHT15 connected to an Arduino board which was posting temperature and humidity values using a Wifi shields some years ago. A great project which has replaced my DIY solution based on Arduino was the Netatmo http://www.netatmo.com weather station I bought some months ago. I really like it.
Hello everyone,
I’m happy to announce that the BLE-Shield Kickstarter was finished with the shipment of the second batch. We have posted the final update on Kickstarter which you can read here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rowdyrobot/arduino-ble-shield-connecting-the-ios-and-the-ardu/posts
Again I wanted to thank all backers who made this project possible.
See you on the next project maybe,
Michael.
Hello everyone,
the BLE-Shield v1.0.o is finally listed in Seeedstudios Bazaar: http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/bleshield-based-on-bluegigas-ble112-module-p-1367.html?cPath=132_134
It will be in stock starting at monday february, 4th with a small stock. After the chinese new year we will do another production run of the BLE-Shields.
Thanks for your interest in the BLE-Shield,
Michael.
Hello everyone,
today I added a new page “Arduino BLE-Shield v1.0.0” to the “Bluetooth Hardware” section of my blog. The old page, covering the pre v1.0.0 prototype version of the Shield is still available, but since the first Kickstarter BLE-Shields has been shipped already, please refer to the new page for details, tips and tricks and compatible/tested Arduino Boards.
Thank you very much,
Michael.
Hi everyone,
I started another hardware where I’m using a BLE112 module, but this time an Arduino core as well. So why should I solder the ISP for flashing the bootloader to the ATmega328 once? I added an FTDI header to the development board as well, so I will be able to program my Arduino clone board using USB.
So I came up with the idea to build something using the Pogo-Pins provided by Adafruit (http://www.
No, no it’s not the iPad-Mini. After I created the BLE-Shield in Arduino Shield form factor, I shrinked the BLE-Shield to an XBEE size form factor and added even a little more functionality.
The idea behind it was quite simple. Now that I developed the BLE-Shield, why not shrink it to an XBEE form factor, name it BLEbee and use it with an Arduino FIO or the Arduino Wireless Shield, where an XBEE module can be used.
Hi,
since I started the Kickstarter project, is now already funded and there are still 13 days to go, I started to work on the final PCB design and the final firmware as well. The v1.0.0 is already available in a Kickstarter Project update, but not yet on my blog. So I will change this now and add this to the blog as well.
I’ll post the schematic and the updated boardfiles as soon as I soldered an additional engineering sample of this board to prove that there are now last minute bugs added while changing the board slightly.
Hello guys,
finally I managed to get the BLE-Shield, teamed up with Jonathan Prevo and Don Mallicot again. See the following link to get to the Kickstarter Project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rowdyrobot/arduino-ble-shield-connecting-the-ios-and-the-ardu
I decided to startover on Kickstarter, since the initial poll I made to get an estimate how many people are interested in a shield, showed me that I could never afford it to pay for this amount upfront.
The final design of the Shield v1.
After creating the BLE Shield for Arduino it is time to create some projects with it to show you what can be done using the shield.
Now it is time to create a simple RFID Tag Reader using the BLE Shield. In order to stack such a device together, I grabbed the following out of my “Arduino Box”:
1 x Arduino Pro Mini 3.3V 1 x Adafruit PN532 NFC/RFID Controller Shield for Arduino 1 x Seeddstudio Solar Charger Shield v0.
Update 2012-07-16: There are no more shields available!
Hello Arduino users in Zurich,
as I already mentioned during my IoT Talk las week, I want to start a BLE Shield Beta Test in Zurich.
Why only Zurich? Well the Beta test will focus in hard- and firmware tests. If the firmware needs to be adjusted I can do this and reflash the Shields of the testers while meeting them for a beer somewhere in town.