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Track My Cell Phone
Wed, 04/23/2008 - 11:24 — Allen
</div> <div class="clear-block"> <div class="meta"> <div class="terms"><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_5 first last"><a href="/taxonomy/term/5" rel="tag" title="">GPS</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="comment_add first last"><a href="/comment/reply/3#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page.">Add new comment</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-12" class="node"> <h2><a href="/ST_MEM_accelerometer" title="ST LIS3LV02DL 3-axis accelerometer sensitivity">ST LIS3LV02DL 3-axis accelerometer sensitivity</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Wed, 05/07/2008 - 10:55 — Allen</span> <div class="content clear-block"> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VDyeEWKw6AE&hl=en&rel=0" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VDyeEWKw6AE&hl=en&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><p>These chips are amazingly cheap, $8.61 qty-100 from DigiKey.<br /> The ST part I am testing:<br /> <a href="http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/12094/lis3lv02dl.pdf" title="http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/12094/lis3lv02dl.pdf">http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/12094/lis3lv02dl.pdf</a><br /> draws .6mA at 2.5 V and can be set to generate a pulse when a certain acceleration is crossed</p> </div> <div class="clear-block"> <div class="meta"> </div> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="blog_usernames_blog first"><a href="/blog/7" title="Read Allen's latest blog entries.">Allen's blog</a></li> <li class="comment_add"><a href="/comment/reply/12#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page.">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="node_read_more last"><a href="/ST_MEM_accelerometer" title="Read the rest of ST LIS3LV02DL 3-axis accelerometer sensitivity.">Read more</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-10" class="node"> <h2><a href="/Telit_GM862-GPS" title="Telit GPS module">Telit GPS module</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Fri, 05/02/2008 - 14:05 — Allen</span> <div class="content clear-block"> <IMG SRC="http://gadgeteer.org/pics/gm862small.jpg" align = left WIDTH=200/> I have been having good luck using the <a href="http://www.telit.com/en/products/gsm-gprs.php?p_id=12&p_ac=show&p=7">Telit GM862</a> module for a vehicle tracker. Just attach antennas for cell phone and GPS , slide a SIM into the slot, apply power and you have a full functioning cell phone with built in GPS and Python interpreter. </div> <div class="clear-block"> <div class="meta"> <div class="terms"><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_5 first last"><a href="/taxonomy/term/5" rel="tag" title="">GPS</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="comment_add first"><a href="/comment/reply/10#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page.">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="node_read_more last"><a href="/Telit_GM862-GPS" title="Read the rest of Telit GPS module.">Read more</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-7" class="node"> <h2><a href="/WiFi_Scale" title="WiFi bathroom Scale">WiFi bathroom Scale</a></h2> <span class="submitted">Sat, 04/26/2008 - 07:06 — Allen</span> <div class="content clear-block"> <p><img align=left height=240 src="http://www.rabbit.com/products/rcm4400W/images/RCM4400W_a_rgb_600.jpg" /><br /> I created WiFi bathroom scale that posts weights to the web. You can see my live feed here:<br /> <a href="http://h1.ripway.com/asmithmd1/2768.txt">http://h1.ripway.com/asmithmd1/2768.txt</a></p> <p>and a Graph here<br /> <a href="http://h1.ripway.com/asmithmd1/WeightData.html">http://h1.ripway.com/asmithmd1/WeightData.html</a></p> </div> <div class="clear-block"> <div class="meta"> <div class="terms"><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_6 first last"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6" rel="tag" title="">WiFi</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="links"><ul class="links inline"><li class="comment_add first"><a href="/comment/reply/7#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page.">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="node_read_more last"><a href="/WiFi_Scale" title="Read the rest of WiFi bathroom Scale.">Read more</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-2" class="node"> <h2><a href="/Online_Etch_A_Sketch" title="Ethernet Etch-A-Sketch ">Ethernet Etch-A-Sketch </a></h2> <span class="submitted">Tue, 04/22/2008 - 17:41 — Allen</span> <div class="content clear-block"> <p>This is a demonstration project to show connecting a web site to a real-world device. 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