Android application to control V2.0 starter kit. Finally released! (unofficial)

#1

Hi friends!!

Finally i release my android application to control V2.0 starter kit robot via bluetooth.
It controls the direction and speed of the robot, and get the distance you will find the nearest obstacle (eg a wall).
Terminal Bluetooth also included for debugging purposes.
Support for multiple languages ​​(English, Spanish and French).
More languages ​​coming soon.
I would like to know your opinion about the application, and receive suggestions to improve it.
Here it is:

please, share to increase downloads! :smile:

#2

Cool! I am not sure which version of bluetooth it support? v2.0 or BLE (v4.0)?

#3

Hi,

I have developed with v2.0 bluetooth module.
I couldn’t test it with BLE, but I think will still work, because, after all, is a serial communication. If anyone can test the link with BLE module would be nice.

Thanks!

#4

here you can see a video.

#5

Hi @mscarceller

I have added this post to the wiki
http://wiki.makeblock.cc/index.php?title=Main_Page#Community_Projects

#6

i’ve added a new functionality to my android application:

#7

Thank you, I’ve shared it in our community. We appreciate your contribution.

Best regards!
Christina

Makeblock Community Team

#8

Hi @mscarceller,

Thanks for creating an android app for controlling makeblock via bluetooth, it seems like a cool app but it doesn’t discover the BLE module. I was wondering if you enabled low energy profile in your code?

See android documentation for ble discover for more info, I think it shouldn’t be too difficult to include BLE support in your app or maybe even release a ble version separately. What are your thoughts?

#9

Hi @hbohosian,

Please download Makeblock official Android app here. More info please visit: http://app.makeblock.cc/.
Let me know if this can help, or email us: christina@makeblock.cc.

Makeblock Community Team
Christina

#10

Hi Christina,

That doesn’t work with the BLE, please see my post here http://forum.makeblock.cc/t/technical-details-of-the-difference-between-dual-mode-and-ble-bluetooth-modules/730

Like I said the description of the product when I purchased it was not clear enough for me to make a good choice. Bluetooth 4 should be bluetooth 4. Not only do I have a product that only connects to some of my devices but even then it doesn’t work well and I can’t find anywhere with example code to get it going.

I appreciate your help with this and any pointers you can provide to help me get my robot to work with the bluetooth module.

#11

Are you open sourcing the app on github?

#12

New functionality added!!
Now you can control the Robot Kit with mobile’s motion sensors.
I also fixed some problems about the bluetooth connections.

Try and share if you like !!

#13

Regarding this mpost please send us the sketch uploaded on the board. Thanks

#14

Here you are, an ino example file.
Of course is only an example, you could code as you wish,

MakeBlock_BT_Controller.zip (906 Bytes)

#15