Android-Arduino BTCOMM do-it-yourself (DIY) Shield Versions 1.0 and 2.0
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Fully assembled kit is also available on buildcircuit.net.
About “Android- Arduino Bluetooth Communication (BTCOMM) DIY Shield- Version 1.0 and 2.0” : If you are interested in controlling your Arduino with Android phone or Arduino Serial Terminal and if you are an Amarino enthusiast, then, here’s an easy do-it-yourself (DIY) shield for you. The DIY shield set consists of the following components: 
Fully assembled kit is also available on buildcircuit.net.
The PCB 
CD4094BE/HCF4094BE- 1 pc
This is 8 bit shift register. The chip is used for decimal to binary conversion experiment.
16pin DIL Socket- 1 pc
LED- 3mm- 10pcs- 8 pcs same color(red/white/blue/green/yellow) and 2 pcs different colors (can be any color)
The LEDs are use for CD4094 experiments.
LED- 5mm-White/Yellow/Blue/Red- color- 1 pc [SHOULD BE VERY BRIGHT]
This LED is used for Amarino- Sensor Graph Experiment.
LM35- temperature sensor- 1 pc.
LM35 is used for Amarino and remote temperature sensing experiments.
RGB LED- Common cathode- 1 pc
RGB LED is used for Amarino- RGB Multicolor Lamp experiment.
LDR- 1pc.
LDR is used for Amarino- Sensor Graph experiment.
Female header- 4 pin – 1 pc.
Resistors- 220Ohm(14pcs) and 10k(1pc)
Stackable headers- 6 pin header(3 pcs) and 8 pin header(2 pcs).
Besides these components, you also need a Bluetooth Adapter. You can buy Bluetooth adapters from the following links:
a. BlueSMiRF- Bluetooth Mate Silver
The shield works with other modules also, but you can only stack Bluetooth Mate Silver
b. General Bluetooth Adapter
Features:
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- CD4094- 8 Bit shift register- evaluation circuit.
- RGB LED.
- Light dependent resistor ( LDR) based light sensor.
- LM35-temperature sensor.
- Perfect for testing Amarino and all Android serial emulators.
- Provides space for BlueSMiRF mate silver
You can also use other adapters, but you need to connect those with Breadboard and extra wires.
These two adaptors are only supported by the shield
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- Works great with Arduino, with tons of example codes.
- Tested and verified at BuildCircuit.com Lab.
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- The shield has been designed to suit ARDUINO UNO R3 because of its placement of reset switch (just makes easier !). However, the shield works perfectly with other versions of Arduino also.
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- In case you need to reset the shield, use a piece of wire and connect reset pin to GND for a short moment.
CHECK OUT THE TUTORIAL FOR ASSEMBLING THE SHIELD
EXPERIMENTS
CD4094- 8 Bit Shift Register Evaluation circuit
You can use Android- Arduino shield for doing several experiments with CD4094. Some examples are given below:
Example 1: CD4094 control with Arduino- Basic Experiment- WITHOUT SMART PHONE Example 2: CD4094 control with Android emulator and Arduino
AMARINO EXPERIMENTS:
(Note: The Arduino sketch for this experiment is slightly different from the original source codes from Amarino. The extra codes on the sketch deactivates the CD4094 chip. It is necessary to deactivate CD4094, because the power is shared with the chip and it affects your experiments. The deactivating code has been given on each Arduino sketch.)
RGB LED control using Amarino, Android and Arduino
RGB LED control using Amarino and BlueSMiRF Bluetooth Adaptor
Experiment with LED controller and LDR
LDR based light sensor data on Amarino interface.
Experiment with LED controller and LM35-temperature sensor
LM35- temperature data on Amarino Interface and simultaneous LED control
Fully assembled kit is also available on buildcircuit.net.
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