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Can arduino control smartphone functions through an app?

inventingsincebirth
inventingsincebirth over 11 years ago

hello everyone! i am trying to decide upon which arduino i should purchase or if i should get a kit first.

 

first i have no experience with arduino or soldering

 

i want bluetooth to work with my project or wireless capability of some sort

 

i want to use a controller of some sort if i have to create one or if i could use the  arduino esplora.

 

so i would want the main arduino board to be connected to two motors and the motors will be controlled by the controller

 

i also want the controller to control a smartphone wirelessy ex. like turn on volume or take a picture or show a screen

 

so just to be clearer, controller controls smartphone functions and two moters wirelessly. and the two motors are hooked up to the other arduino to do functions .

 

is this possible with any arduino board? should i just buy a kit? or should i get individual parts and soldering iron and just dig in?

do i need a bluetooth board or can i use a mini bluetooth low energy usb thing?

 

also if you think an arduino cannot do any of this, could you show me some microcontrollers that can?

 

your help is very much appreciated.

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    0 neilk over 11 years ago

    Hi Aeron

     

    I can't answer all of your questions, but I can give you some pointers about linking Arduino via Bluetooth to an Android Smartphone.

     

    These links are to 2 of my blog posts:

     

    http://www.element14.com/community/people/neilk/blog/2014/07/14/mit-app-inventor-creating-android-app-to-control-arduino-via-bluetooth 

     

    http://www.element14.com/community/people/neilk/blog/2014/07/18/app-inventor-and-arduino-part-2--send-data-from-arduino-to-android-app

     

    Both examples use the amazing, free MIT App Inventor (link in the first blog post) which has a host of features and tutorials to help you develop Android Apps

     

    Afraid that at the moment I can't offer any help on wireless or controlling motors.

     

    Hope this helps

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    0 inventingsincebirth over 11 years ago

    Thanks for replying Neil!

     

    And i will start reading your blog posts im sure they will be helpful!

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