Lesson-04 Program an Arduino Board using an Android Smartphone
In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to control and program our Arduino board using an android smartphone.
Requirements
1 – Arduino Board
2 – USB cable
3 – USB OTG Adapter
4 – Android Smartphone
5 – Android apk (ArduinoDroid.apk)
Have a look at the previous tutorials.
Lesson-01 Introduction to Arduino
Lesson-02 Getting started with the Arduino Uno
Lesson-03 Introduction to the Arduino IDE
Connections:-
Step 1:-
Download and install the latest version of arduinodroid.apk from the google play store to your smartphone.
Step 2:-
With the help of a USB OTG, connect the Arduino board to your smart phone using a USB cable.
Step 3:-
Open the app (arduinodroid.apk), head to the Menu (…) / Sketch/ Examples/ 01. Basics/ Blink to get the sample Blink.ino code into the IDE’s editor as shown in the figure below. Alternatively, you could create a new sketch and write your code that you can edit, save and upload onto the Arduino Board.
Step 4:-
Click on the Flash-Like icon to compile the code and afterwards click on the upload button to upload the code to the Arduino Uno board connected.
Step 5:-
Alter/change the code as you wish, save, compile and upload afterwards, you should be able to notice the changes on your Arduino board.
Congratulations, you just programmed your Arduino board using your android smartphone. In the next tutorial, we will write our first Arduino program and blink some LEDs controlled by a button.