Hello,
I have been playing around with Arduino for a little while now and I really like how flexible. Recently I began re-wiring the car alarm in my car and thought about using Arduino to add some nice features to it without buying a whole entire new setup. Also am going to possibly turn this into a small little capstone/thesis project.
I have done research and it seems that the basic features would be somewhat easy to do since there are tutorials on how to do it. I understand that I will need a SIM card to power the phone but T-Mobile has them for $1 and pay as you go is $10 (100 text messages) that lasts 90 days.
2 way communication - I could send commands to the Arduino to do certain things (cut the alarm, cut power to the car, etc)
Sending GPS logging data via SMS or email
The link for the MMS seems a bit confusing because I am not 100% sure what carrier he is using (seems to not be in the USA). Also that shield he has is $180 euros (YIKES). I have to admit the features are pretty cool.
I guess my question is feasibility of this? Thoughts? Would I be able to do this on one board (doesn't seem very likely).
Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to be able to process any images. I kinda just expect it to take the image from the camera and store it on the SD card.
Also, that is the GPS, SMS and MMS shield I was talking about. It hurts my pocket that it is $150 euros but if it is worth it, I will consider it. I guess I will have to see what kind of SIM card it can take.
Thanks,
Alan
P.S. On further review. I might be honestly considering that shield. It combines quite a bit in there for its price. Has an SD card slot (32GB) and built in camera and video. I have to admit that is pretty awesome.
no, it doesn't have a built in camera, just support for adding one if you want to buy one. Have a look at the tutorials/reference guide on that purchase link.
eriknyquist:
no, it doesn't have a built in camera, just support for adding one if you want to buy one. Have a look at the tutorials/reference guide on that purchase link.
Sorry, my definition of built in was I wouldn't need another shield to do it. I'm a bit new so I will need to learn the lingo a bit better.
Looks pretty straight forward.
Do you guys think I will need the due or the uno? I know the due is more powerful...
You could use either the Due or the Uno, both would be able to do what you want them to do. The Uno will just do it slower.
However, the Due has a CAN bus which might be useful to you if you're trying to integrate this into the existing electronics or telematics in your car.
If you're very new to electronics or arduinos, I recommend buying an Uno, a breadboard, some wires and some LEDs before buying expensive shields. Try to understand a little bit about the arduino before you try to control shields with it.
What do you mean? Arduino can't store pictures on a SD card? Also it can't send MMS pictures?
Yes, arduino has no problem talking to an SD card since it uses SPI to communicate, an interface which is available on all arduinos. It's just a bit slow (it takes about 15 seconds to receive a 640x480 JPEG on the UART port and write it to an SD card at 115200 baud and default SPI speed which I think is 4MHz?)
2,no, arduinos can't send MMS pictures or communicate wirelessly in any way. You'll need to buy some shields for that.