Victor Carreño
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iShield Console Chat

Send and receive messages (via bluetooth) between Arduino and an iOS device using iShield + BLE Shield + Arduino + TFT LCD Screen.

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iShield Console Chat

Things used in this project

Hardware components

RedBear BLE Shield
×1
TFT LCD display
×1
Buttons
×2
Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1

Software apps and online services

iShield
iShield

Story

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Schematics

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Code

code

C/C++
#include <Nordic_nRF8001.h>
#include <RBL_nRF8001.h>
#include "iShield.h"
#include <SPI.h>
#include "Adafruit_GFX.h"
#include "Adafruit_ILI9340.h"


#if defined(__SAM3X8E__)
#undef __FlashStringHelper::F(string_literal)
#define F(string_literal) string_literal
#endif

// These are the pins used for the UNO
// for Due/Mega/Leonardo use the hardware SPI pins (which are different)
#define _sclk 7
#define _miso 6
#define _mosi 5
#define _cs 4
#define _dc 3
#define _rst 2

// Using software SPI is really not suggested, its incredibly slow
Adafruit_ILI9340 tft = Adafruit_ILI9340(_cs, _dc, _mosi, _sclk, _rst, _miso);
// Use hardware SPI
//Adafruit_ILI9340 tft = Adafruit_ILI9340(_cs, _dc, _rst);

iShield myiShield;

bool flag = false;
bool flag2 = false;

String message;

void setup() {

  pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);

  Serial.begin(9600);

  Serial.println("Setup TFT Screen ...");
  tft.begin();
  Serial.println("Setup BLE ...");
  ble_begin();
  tft.fillScreen(ILI9340_BLACK);
  tft.setRotation(3);
  tft.setCursor(0, 0);
  Serial.println("Finish setup ...");

}


void loop(void) {

  myiShield.readConsole();
  message = myiShield.incomingData();

  if(digitalRead(A1) == HIGH && flag == false){
    myiShield.writeConsole("RED Pressed");
    flag = true;
  }
  else if(digitalRead(A1) == LOW && flag == true){
    myiShield.writeConsole("RED Released");
    flag = false;
  }

  if(digitalRead(A0) == HIGH && flag2 == false){
    myiShield.writeConsole("GREEN Pressed");
    flag2 = true;
  }
  else if(digitalRead(A0) == LOW && flag2 == true){
    myiShield.writeConsole("GREEN Released");
    flag2 = false;
  }

  tft.fillRect(0,22,ILI9340_TFTHEIGHT,45,ILI9340_BLACK);
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9340_GREEN);
  tft.setTextSize(3);
  tft.setCursor(0, 0);
  tft.setTextColor(ILI9340_GREEN);
  tft.setTextSize(3);
  tft.println("iShield data > ");
  tft.println(message);
}

Credits

Victor Carreño

Victor Carreño

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I design and build hardware and software.I build stuff 💻⚒.

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