Arduino UNO R4 Wifi
Just received an Arduino UNO R4 Wifi board and an R4 Minima board.
I wanted to test the new display and the Wi-Fi connection by making a small demo that connects to an online weather service and shows the recovered temperature.
In the demo I had provided an animation while connecting to the server but it is very unstable and occasionally crashes so I have removed the animations.
The service calls this open API
Displaying custom numbers. Here the online received temperature showing 33 C
Waiting icon when connecting with online service
Console output
Starting connection to server...
connected to server
{"latitude":41.66,"longitude":-0.8800001,"generationtime_ms":0.5170106887817383,"utc_offset_seconds":7200,"timezone":"Europe/Berlin","timezone_abbreviation":"CEST","elevation":208.0,"current_weather":{"temperature":33.0,"windspeed":9.8,"winddirection":276.0,"weathercode":3,"is_day":1,"time":"2023-07-03T17:00"}}
Temperature C: 33
Source code
You will have to add the arduino JSON libraries and WIFIS3
WiFiWeatherStation.ino main sketch
// WiFiWeatherStation.ino
#include "Arduino_LED_Matrix.h"
#include "numbers.h"
ArduinoLEDMatrix matrix;
#include "WiFiS3.h"
#include <Arduino_JSON.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include "arduino_secrets.h"
unsigned long lastConnectionTime = 0; // last time you connected to the server, in milliseconds
const unsigned long postingInterval = 10L * 1000L; // delay between updates, in milliseconds
JSONVar myObject;
unsigned char frame[8][12];
int temperature = 0;
///////please enter your sensitive data in the Secret tab/arduino_secrets.h
char ssid[] = SECRET_SSID; // your network SSID (name)
char pass[] = SECRET_PASS; // your network password (use for WPA, or use as key for WEP)
int keyIndex = 0; // your network key index number (needed only for WEP)
int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;
// if you don't want to use DNS (and reduce your sketch size)
// use the numeric IP instead of the name for the server:
//IPAddress server(202,61,229,161); // numeric IP for api.open-meteo.com (no DNS)
char server[] = "api.open-meteo.com"; // name address for api.open-meteo.com (using DNS)
// https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=41.6561&longitude=-0.8773¤t_weather=true&timezone=Europe%2FBerlin
// Initialize the Ethernet client library
// with the IP address and port of the server
// that you want to connect to (port 80 is default for HTTP):
WiFiClient client;
void displayDec(int number) {
int decs = (number / 10) % 10;
int units = number % 10; //
for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
for (int j = 0; j<6 > 0; ++j) {
frame[i][j] = numbers[decs][i][j];
}
for (int j = 0; j<6 > 0; ++j) {
frame[i][j + 6] = numbers[units][i][j];
}
}
matrix.renderBitmap(frame, 8, 12);
}
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
void setup() {
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
//Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
}
matrix.begin();
matrix.loadFrame(clock_animation[0]);
// check for the WiFi module:
if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_MODULE) {
Serial.println("Communication with WiFi module failed!");
// don't continue
while (true)
;
}
String fv = WiFi.firmwareVersion();
if (fv < WIFI_FIRMWARE_LATEST_VERSION) {
Serial.println("Please upgrade the firmware");
}
// attempt to connect to WiFi network:
while (status != WL_CONNECTED) {
Serial.print("Attempting to connect to SSID: ");
Serial.println(ssid);
// Connect to WPA/WPA2 network. Change this line if using open or WEP network:
status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);
// wait 10 seconds for connection:
//delay(10000);
}
// you're connected now, so print out the status:
printWifiStatus();
}
/* just wrap the received data up to 80 columns in the serial print*/
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
void read_response() {
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
uint32_t received_data_num = 0;
uint32_t data_num = 0;
bool jsonDetected = false;
char data[500];
while (client.available() && data_num < 500) {
/* actual data reception */
char c = client.read();
// json start detected
if ('{' == c) {
jsonDetected = true;
}
if (jsonDetected) {
data[data_num++] = c;
}
}
//data[received_data_num] = 0;
if (jsonDetected) {
Serial.println(data);
myObject = JSON.parse(data);
Serial.print("Temperature C: ");
if (myObject.hasOwnProperty("current_weather")) {
temperature = (double)myObject["current_weather"]["temperature"];
Serial.println(temperature);
displayDec(temperature);
}
}
}
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
void loop() {
// if there's incoming data from the net connection.
// send it out the serial port. This is for debugging
// purposes only:
read_response();
// if ten seconds have passed since your last connection,
// then connect again and send data:
if (millis() - lastConnectionTime > postingInterval) {
http_request();
}
}
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
void printWifiStatus() {
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
// print the SSID of the network you're attached to:
Serial.print("SSID: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.SSID());
// print your board's IP address:
IPAddress ip = WiFi.localIP();
Serial.print("IP Address: ");
Serial.println(ip);
// print the received signal strength:
long rssi = WiFi.RSSI();
Serial.print("signal strength (RSSI):");
Serial.print(rssi);
Serial.println(" dBm");
}
void http_request() {
matrix.loadFrame(clock_animation[0]);
client.stop();
Serial.println("\nStarting connection to server...");
// if you get a connection, report back via serial:
if (client.connect(server, 80)) {
Serial.println("connected to server");
// Make a HTTP request:
client.println("GET /v1/forecast?latitude=41.6561&longitude=-0.8773¤t_weather=true&timezone=Europe%2FBerlin HTTP/1.1");
client.println("Host: api.open-meteo.com");
client.println("Connection: close");
client.println();
lastConnectionTime = millis();
} else {
// if you couldn't make a connection:
Serial.println("connection failed");
}
}
Bitmap representation of decimal digits 0 to 9, and the hourglass icon
// numbers.h
uint8_t numbers[10][8][8] = {
{
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 } },
{
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 } },
{
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 } },
{
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 } },
{
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 } },
{
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 } },
{
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 } },
{
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 } },
{
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 } },
{
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 } }
};
const uint32_t clock_animation[][4] = {
{
0x1f01f00e,
0x400400,
0xa01101f0,
66
},
{
0x1f01700e,
0x400400,
0xe01101f0,
66
},
{
0x1f01300e,
0x400400,
0xe01901f0,
66
},
{
0x1f01100e,
0x400400,
0xa01f01f0,
66
},
{
0x1f01100a,
0x400400,
0xe01f01f0,
66
}
// ,
// {
// 0x30c29,
// 0x43f439c3,
// 0xc000000,
// 66
// },
// {
// 0x30c29,
// 0x42f439c3,
// 0xc000000,
// 66
// }
};
Here your wifi credentials
// arduino_secrets.h #define SECRET_SSID "" #define SECRET_PASS ""
Enjoy it!
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