Arduino + Gumband SMS: Send Data From Arduino Over SMS and Do Something Fun With It !
Arduino + Gumband SMS: Send Data From Arduino Over SMS and Do Something Fun With It !
Sayan Chakraborty
Agenda
1. Objective
2. Things you need
3. Gumband SMS 101
4. Setup your Arduino + Phone
5. Setup Gumband
6. Setup Arduino + Phone + Gumband
7. Other cool stuff you can do
What are we trying to do
• Use Arduino to send out data over SMS
• Receive SMS using Gumband
• Do something cool with the data
• Do all the above for cheap or free
Things you need
• Arduino or compatible platform ~$25
(atmega328 or better recommended)
Your website
Gumband
SMS Interweb Cool Stuff !!
magic!
Setup Arduino + Phone
• Make DIY serial cable
3 pin 3.5mm stereo plug for Motorola c168i
• Install the Serial2Mobile Arduino library
• Connect Arduino to phone with serial cable
• Verify SMS function using sample
serial2mobile sketch in Arduino
Setup Gumband
• Sign up for Gumband
• Register keyword
• Modify and upload sample Gumband
Endpoint PHP code to your website
Arduino + Phone + Gumband
• Modify sample sketch to send SMS to 25252
with your keyword
• Verify that your site is receiving the messages
with sender details.
Cool Stuff you can do
• Real time sensor monitoring and alerting
• Location tracking
References / Acknowledgements
• Arduino
www.arduino.cc
• Gumband
www.gumband.com