Hey guys, do you know miuPanel ??
I have discovered this remote control system to Maker Faire Rome (october 2015) where the italian developers show me how it works. I'm starting to use for my first IoT project, and I am really surprised for the simplicity in which I built the control panel graphics and from the fact that the system does not use complex or expensive internet shields. The developer said me that they will continue to improve this system with new functions, but I think it is already the best on the web.
The project website is available here: www.miupanel.com/Overview
The project, named "miuPanel " (Mobile Interactive Universal Panel, also reported as "µPanel"), permits to monitor and control via Internet from a mobile device, any Arduino-based system through a fully customizable graphical interface.
The system consists of a WiFi module (powered by a ESP8266 chip) with the miuPanel firmware and of an FREE APP.
Basically, the mobile APP implements a bidirectional remote control in which the graphical elements displayed on the screen (e.g. LEDs, buttons, sliders, text, images, graphics, backgrounds, textures, tables...) are entirely determined by the Arduino user by means of a single Serial.println instruction. In fact, in the µPanel architecture, the graphical layout of the panel is not stored in the APP that runs on the mobile device, but it is completely defined and sent by Arduino that is connected to the Wi-Fi module.
Infact, from the user's perspective, it's like a blank blackboard, and the layout of the remote control is sent by Arduino by means of a single compact serial message.
When the APP receives the message of the panel definition, it displays the control panel
There is also a page with the "online simulator" that permit us to verify the panel graphics during the design step.
Since I start to use this nice system, if somebody need help, can write here or open a new topic.