Which Arduino works with smartphones ?

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Hi guys,

Well, I am planning on developing mobile apps that provides an interface for user to click on the icon and the LED will lights up based on what kind of icon that they clicked. For example, if user click the Stop icon on smartphone, the LED will display the icon. Basically my project will involves:

  • LED Matrix panel
  • smartphones

My questions are :

  1. Which board should I use ? Arduino Uno or Lilypad ?

  2. Should I use Eclipse and Arduino IDE in different ways or separately to program the code or I just need to install the plugin ? Which one should I implement ?

  3. I've heard about Annikken Andee, can I used it to develop my project ? If I should, how to connect the phone with the LED ? through bluetooth or wireless or what ?

:~ :~ :~ I have no basic at a lot in electrical stuff. My bad. But I still want to learn it. :wink: :wink: :wink:

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Much more to the point is: which smartphone works with Arduinos?

Generally speaking, I think you can forget about using an iPhone.

  1. Uno. You would only use a Lilypad if you have a strong, clear, and very personal reason - which is not yet evident.

  2. I don't know what Eclipse is. You almost certainly don't need it.

  3. I don't know what Anniken is either. Same applies. Bluetooth is a common, simple, and popular way to communicate between Arduino and Android. Below is all you need to do that. The LED stuff is down to you. You will get plenty of help here.

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~npyner/Arduino/GUIDE_2BT.pdf
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~npyner/Arduino/BT_2_WAY.ino