Matteo.Destro, Author at Open Electronics https://www.open-electronics.org/author/matteo-destro/ Open source electronic projects Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:44:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.open-electronics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-logo-32x32.jpeg Matteo.Destro, Author at Open Electronics https://www.open-electronics.org/author/matteo-destro/ 32 32 32754084 UNIVERSAL GSM SHIELD – The Sketches https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-sketches/ https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-sketches/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:39:44 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=27987   In the previous episode, we have described the library and the functions made available by it. Now we will introduce a series of sketches through which you will see in practice how the library works and it’s potential. The sketches will implement functions such as receiving or sending SMS, voice calls, managing certain generic […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-sketches/feed/ 0 27987 UNIVERSAL GSM SHIELD – The GSM library for Arduino https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-gsm-library-for-arduino/ https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-gsm-library-for-arduino/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:53:53 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=27848   Let’s discover a useful library to manage various low-cost GSM/GPRS modules, in order to provide cellular connectivity to our Arduino projects. Second part. In the previous episode, we introduced the shield hardware and exposed the technical features and possible applications, as well as mentioned the library for Arduino, here we complete the previous speech […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-gsm-library-for-arduino/feed/ 1 27848 UNIVERSAL GSM SHIELD – The hardware https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-hardware/ https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-hardware/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:55:30 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=27777   It supports various low-cost GSM/GPRS modules in order to provide cellular connectivity to our Arduino projects. First part.   Given the growing demand for electronic equipment with connection to the GSM/GPRS network, we decided to develop a new GSM shield for the Arduino and Raspberry Pi 3 platforms, capable of supporting various modules on […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield-the-hardware/feed/ 0 27777 Universal GSM Shield https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield/ https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:34:43 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield/ Universal GSM shield for Arduino and Raspberry Pi. It supports various GSM / GPRS modules such as SimCom, Quectel and Fibcom mounted on a breakout board (see related products). These cards are all equipped with the same pin out, it is therefore possible to interchange them to find the one most suitable for your application, […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/universal-gsm-shield/feed/ 0 27833 How to build your Energy Load manager (part 2) https://www.open-electronics.org/how-to-build-your-energy-load-manager-part-2/ https://www.open-electronics.org/how-to-build-your-energy-load-manager-part-2/#respond Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:42:04 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=24976   When the instantaneous power consumption exceeds the set values, it selectively disconnects the users, in order to prevent the electric meter to cut the power to disconnect.    The management of the electricity users at home, intended as the possibility to define the operating priorities and to momentarily disconnect the ones that may be […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/how-to-build-your-energy-load-manager-part-2/feed/ 0 24976 Energy meter: LOAD management https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-load-management/ https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-load-management/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:46:18 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=24949   It enables a selective disconnection of a maximum of 7 users, once the maximum power set is exceeded, and by selecting the priorities, so to disconnect the less important ones first. Supervising the electricity, intended as both the monitoring and the management and even as a possible limitation and optimisation, is a topical issue […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-load-management/feed/ 2 24949 Energy Meter module to analyze the electrical grid parameters and consumption: the software (part 2) https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-module-to-analyze-the-electrical-grid-parameters-and-consumption-the-software-part-2/ https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-module-to-analyze-the-electrical-grid-parameters-and-consumption-the-software-part-2/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:53:12 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=24632   In the first installment, you had the opportunity of learning about our energy meter, and of learning about its details, with special attention the technical ones. Our energy meter is based on the coupling – by means of two measuring transformers – to an integrated circuit, that enables the detection of the values as […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-module-to-analyze-the-electrical-grid-parameters-and-consumption-the-software-part-2/feed/ 2 24632 Energy Meter module to analyze the electrical grid parameters and consumption (part 1) https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-module-to-analyze-the-electrical-grid-parameters-and-consumption/ https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-module-to-analyze-the-electrical-grid-parameters-and-consumption/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:53:10 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=24540   Thanks to an innovative module, it analyses the electrical grid parameters and the consumption, by supplying them – via USB – to a computer, on which a dedicated software enables to display, collect and use the data for different applications. First installment. It is common to worry about how much electrical energy is consumed, […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/energy-meter-module-to-analyze-the-electrical-grid-parameters-and-consumption/feed/ 3 24540 A RTC SHIELD for Arduino and Raspberry Pi, second part https://www.open-electronics.org/a-rtc-shield-for-arduino-and-raspberry-pi-second-part/ https://www.open-electronics.org/a-rtc-shield-for-arduino-and-raspberry-pi-second-part/#respond Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:08:10 +0000 http://www.open-electronics.org/?p=18307   Let’s see how to use this shield along with Raspberry Pi, by means of a dedicated library.   In the last installment we gave readers description of a new RTCC shield, based on the MCP79410 integrated circuit, by Microchip just after having presented the sketch for Arduino; now, as anticipated in the first installment, […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/a-rtc-shield-for-arduino-and-raspberry-pi-second-part/feed/ 0 18307 A RTC SHIELD for Arduino and Raspberry Pi https://www.open-electronics.org/a-rtc-shield-for-arduino-and-raspberry-pi/ https://www.open-electronics.org/a-rtc-shield-for-arduino-and-raspberry-pi/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:48:26 +0000 http://www.open-electronics.org/?p=18283   Let’s use a new Real Time Clock by Microchip, by making it available on a shield for two prototyping boards. First Installment.   Many applications require an hourly information, that is locally obtained by means of circuits that are named RTCs (Real Time Clock) or RTCCs (Real Time Clock Calendar); among them are clock […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/a-rtc-shield-for-arduino-and-raspberry-pi/feed/ 2 18283 GestIC Meets Raspberry Pi: gesture recognition with Raspberry Pi https://www.open-electronics.org/gestic-meets-raspberry-pi-gesture-recognition-with-raspberry-pi/ https://www.open-electronics.org/gestic-meets-raspberry-pi-gesture-recognition-with-raspberry-pi/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:15:55 +0000 http://www.open-electronics.org/?p=15078   Let’s couple the 3D gesture recognition electrode to Raspberry Pi, in order to create an application with which the pictures can be scrolled on a HDMI screen, by means of gestures.   In the previous post we described a new GestIC electrode, which has been developed and created for the purpose of interfacing the […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/gestic-meets-raspberry-pi-gesture-recognition-with-raspberry-pi/feed/ 2 15078 Gestic Meets Arduino: gesture recognition with Arduino https://www.open-electronics.org/gestic-meets-arduino-gesture-recognition-with-arduino/ https://www.open-electronics.org/gestic-meets-arduino-gesture-recognition-with-arduino/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:02:01 +0000 http://www.open-electronics.org/?p=14915   With the board described here, we will interface the electrode board for gesture recognition to Arduino.   To take advantage of the potential of the MGC3130 integrated circuit, we thought of developing a new electrode having the possibility to connect (in addition to our demo board, that we saw in the previous episode), even […]

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