Embedded Systems in Egypt: 2014

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

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Monday, December 1, 2014

One Day with 1Sheeld

I attended an open day organized by Alex Hakerspace at Pluto and I was first introduced face-to-face with 1Sheeld.

With 1Sheeld Team

1Sheeld is am Egyptian product design and distributed by Integreight.

It simply replaces many Arduino shields with one shield and a smart phone running Android OS.

1Sheeld comes in 3 components :

1Sheeld circuit ( 1Sheeld Arduino Shield )

1Sheeld Android App.

1Sheeld Ardiuno Library

1Sheeld Circuit

The project is an open source Arduino Shield comes with an open source Arduino library and an Android App.

The team started a Kickstarter campaign and got the fund at 2013.

How does it work ?

Get the 1Sheeld ( or build it if you like )

Download 1Sheeld Andoid App.

Download 1Sheeld Arduino Library.

Install 1Sheeld on the Ardiuno board.

Run 1Sheeld Andoid App. on your smart phone and choose the shield you want.

1Sheeld Andoid App

Import 1Sheeld Arduino Library into Arduino IDE

You 'll find that 1Sheeld Arduino Library was imported into Arduino IDE with all its Examples .

You can get the 1Sheeld from here

Amazon DE, Amazon FR, eBay ,

Links :

1Sheeld Website:

http://www.1sheeld.com/

1Sheeld Andoid App :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.integreight.onesheeld

1Sheeld Arduino Library :

http://www.1sheeld.com/1sheeld_arduino_library_v1.2.zip

1Sheeld Kickstarter campaign :

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/integreight/1sheeld-replace-your-arduino-shields-with-your-sma

It is a great Egyptian Project . Thank you 1Sheeld team.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Arduino Temperature Sensor TMP01FPZ Interface

Now you have an Arduino board , what can you do with it ?

I got my Arduino board from Amazon. You can also get it from eBay or Walmart

Very simple temperature sensor project.

I got an analog temperature sensor from Texas Instruments TMP01FPZ . Tow days ago I bought an Arduino UNO compatible board.

I wanted to make a simple circuit to use both.

Here it is.

Step 1: Components

- Arduino UNO and its cable Amazon US , Amazon DE, Amazon FR , Banggood , eBay

- TMP01FPZ Temperature Sensor

- Bread Board

- Some small wires

Step 2: Circuit

The circuit is very simple.

Just connect the Vcc and GND pins of the Temprature Sensor TMP01FPZ to the +5v and GND pins of the Arduino UNO board to get it powered by 5 volts.

Then connect the analog out pin of the sensor to pin A0 of the Arduino UNO.

Step 3: Software

Configure the Analog input pin A0 .

Read the analog input value to the variable sensorValue

Convert the analog input raw count into useful temperature degrees in Celsius according to the datasheet of the sensor.

Send the output degrees to the serial output on the USB port.

The chart represents the sensor response ( output voltage ) to temperature as described in the datasheet.

Read the output on the serial monitor.

Arduino code can be found here.

You can read this post on my page at instructables.com

http://www.instructables.com/id/Ten-Minutes-Arduino-Temprature/

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http://arabic-embedded-egypt.blogspot.com/2014/05/tmp01fpz.html

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Urgently Required for an Embedded Software Company in Cairo , Egypt

Urgently Required for an Embedded Software Company in Cairo , Egypt
Embedded Software Engineer
required skills
- Around 2-4 years of real embedded development experience.
- Proven experience for embedded development in areas of 'Ethernet Communication', 'USB Communication'.
- Proven experience in Real Time Operation System usage within Embedded Project (Any Known RTOS).
- Highly preferable to have experience with Embedded Linux development.
- Preferable to have experience with GSM module interfacing & GPS module interfacing.
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recruitment@hlogictec.com

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Pinguino Egypt - Do-it-Yourself PIC Arduino Clone

Pinguino Egypt - PIC Based Arduino

It 's been eleven years since I first started learning and building my first Microchip PIC Microcontroller circuit. I really like this Microcontroller family.

Recently, I started reading and trying some Arduino.

I really wished to build a similar circuit based on the Microchip PIC. Even I started to think to design a circuit of my own. I searched online and I found Pinguino.

Just like Arduino, there are many versions of Pinguino using different Microcontrollers from Microchip. I wanted to build the version using PIC18F4550.

I found Pinguino before this time and saw it among many other Arduino clones , but this time was really different.

I was ready to start making circuits with the PIC18F4550 chip after I completed building the PIC18F4550 programmer .

So I decided to start from where the others have reached.

I 've decided to build this magnificent circuit that brings all my dreams together,

PIC based , Arduino compatible and Easy-to-build.

I was such excited to build it and try all Arduino projects with it. So, I started to collect the data and components to start working.

I also wanted to try the PC Software/Embedded Software communication.

Although I was determined to build the circuit on a copper board to stay with me and use it many times, I wanted to quickly assemble it on a bread board to try it ASP !!!

Here are some useful links:

http://wiki.pinguino.cc/index.php/PIC18F4550_Pinguino

http://wiki.pinguino.cc/index.php?title=File:Pin_pinguino_18F4550_%282%29.png&limit=500

http://blog.pinguino.cc/

http://www.hackinglab.org/pinguino/

http://jpmandon.blogspot.com/

https://sites.google.com/site/pinguinotutorial/home

Components

Material I built my board with :

1 Copper Board ( VeroBoard or Stripboard or Perfboard )
1 PIC 18F4550
1 40 Pin IC Socket
1 USB Type B Socket
1 20MHz Crystal
1 220nF Capacitor
1 100nF Capacitor
2 22pF Capacitors
1 Push Button
1 Dip Switch
1 10k Ohm Resistor
1 7805 Voltage Regulator
1 9v Battery Connector
1 Female Pin Header
1 1N4001 Diode ( or any other general purpose diode )
2 Rows of Pin Headers

This circuit is the circuit diagram on the Pinguino website.

And this circuit is the one I've built in detail.

Start Soldering

There are many instructables and other online tutorials for soldering.

I used a large verro board because I didn't know how exactly the circuit will occupy.

I started to solder the components on the board.

After I finished assembling and soldering, I used an architects saw to cut the board into the size which the components actually fit into.

Install Pinguino Boot loader

The boot loader is the initial software that enables the Microcontroller to communicate with the PC through the USB port.

It also enables the Microcontroller to self update its software sent on the USB port.

This is the link were you can get the boot loaders of your circuit. In my circuit, I 've chosen the PIC18F4550 Microcontroller with the 20MHz Crystal

http://pinguino32.googlecode.com/svn/bootloaders/8/usb/v4.x/hex/

The 18F4550 Microcontroller chip is a self programming Microcontroller.

This means that the Pinguino board can be used to update its Firmware to a new one making it capable of doing a new function.

Initially , the Microcontroller cannot directly communicate with PC using USB port. But it can be programmer as a normal Microcontroller.

You can program your chip on an external USB or Serial Microcontroller programmer.

You have to do this step only once. After this, when completing Pinguino, you will not have to use a programmer any more.

I installed the bootloader using a simple programmer I previously built. It is called JDM Programmer .

You can build it your self. It is simple and direct.

Here is a link for the Instructable of the programmer
http://www.instructables.com/id/18F4550-Programmer-in-Ten-years/

I used the PicPGM programmer with my serial JDM programmer to load the target bootloader file (Bootloader_v4.13_18f4550_X20MHz.hex)

After successfully install the Bootlader Hex file on the Microcontroller chip , you can insert it into the Pinguino board.

Congratulations , you have completed the Pinguino board Hardware part !!

Pinguino IDE Installation

The Pinguino IDE is the software part of the Pinguino where you can develop code for your project, compile it and then upload it into your Pinguino board.

Here is how to install the Pinguino IDE on Windows Xp

http://wiki.pinguino.cc/index.php/Windows

It may looks a little bit long. But believe me , it's not complicated.

It is simple and strait forward steps.

Here what I 've done simply :

1- Download and extract Pinguino IDE for window form here

https://code.google.com/p/pinguino32/downloads/detail?name=Pinguino-IDE-snapshot-i386-unknown-win32-20131209-rev959.7z&can=2&q=

2- Download vcredist_x86.exe (for win32) --- If you encounter the message of not existing msvc*90.dll in Windows,it has to be installed from here

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582&WT.mc_id=MSCOM_EN_US_DLC_DETAILS_131Z4ENUS22004

3- Download and Install Python from here:

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.6/python-2.6.6.msi

4- Download and install wxPython 2.8.12.1(unicode) for Python 2.6
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.12.1-py26.exe

5- Download and install pyusb-1.0.0a2-py2.6

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyusb/files/PyUSB%201.0/1.0.0-alpha-2/pyusb-1.0.0a2.zip/download

To install Pyusb module , you have to follow the next steps :
- Add python path to the PATH variable .. for example c:\python27
- Extract pyusb folder on any location of your hard disk
- Open the command prompt and change directory to the pyusb directory.
- Run the command python setup.py install
- Make sure that the Pyusb module is installed by python directory and look for site-packages folder .. for example : C:\Python27\lib\site-packages if you can find usb folder inside then pyusb is successfully installed.
- You can now remove the Pyusb source folder.

6 - Download and install libusb-win32

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libusb-win32/libusb-win32-filter-bin-0.1.12.1.exe?modtime=1174387137&big_mirror=0

(Don't discard this file yet. In some cases the library has to be installed twice to work.)

7- Download and install pyserial

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyserial/files/pyserial/2.5/pyserial-2.5.win32.exe/download

Now , with a printer USB cable, connect your Pinguino board to the PC. You 'll get the Found New Hardware popup message.

8- Download and Extract Driver from here:

http://www.hackinglab.org/pinguino/download/driver%20pinguino%20windows/driver%20pinguino%20windows.tar.gz

Now, from the folder of Pinguino IDE ( ..\PINGUINO\x4-easy-rev959\ ) start pinguino.exe file.

That's it.

Now you can open any example or Arduino sketch, compile it and then upload it into your Pinguino board and start your application.

Hello World

The example here

http://wiki.pinguino.cc/index.php/Basics#Hello_World

Show you how to send text on the USB port using CDC emulated RS232

Just copy and paste the code

/*
-------------------------------------------------
HELLO WORLD CDC
-------------------------------------------------
*/

void setup()
{
// put your setup code here, to run once:
}

void loop()
{
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
if (CONTROL_LINE) CDC.println("\n\r Hello World !!!");

}

And windows xp will ask for a driver software .

You can find it under Pinguino IDE Folder

..\PINGUINO\x4-easy-rev959\extra\drivers\CDC

Run Hyper terminal

with the following settings:

Choose the com port which the Pinguino driver you installed has created. ( ex. Com 4 )

Speed (Baud): 115200
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1
Parity: None
Flow control: XON/XOFF

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You can read this article in Arabic

http://arabic-embedded-egypt.blogspot.com/2014/03/pinguino-egypt.html

Here is the article on my instructables.com page :

http://www.instructables.com/id/Pinguino-Egypt-PIC-Based-Arduino/

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