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How to connect to internet with DF Robot Wifi Shield
mikedeklerk 2011-05-21 09:40:19 5501 Views1 Replies Dear Arduino Fans,
I have bought the dfrobot wifi shield: http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=wifi&category_id=0&description=1&model=1&product_id=198
And I want to do the following, but I am totally clueless:
I want the wifi module to connect to a internet page (www.google.com/?q=arduino) and retreive its data, send that to arduino so arduino can evaluate the data. Actually the same functionality as the ethernet shield, but then wireless.
I have setup the wifi shield to connect to my router. But I totallly dont know where to start. Is it even possible to retreive a webpage with the wifi shield? I understood that it is possible to use the wifi shield to wirelessly communicate as a serial port to arduino. But I do not want to communicate to the arduino+wifi shield by a COM/serial port. I want to communicate with it over internet!
And I also do not understand the three jumpers.
Thanks for helping!
I have bought the dfrobot wifi shield: http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=wifi&category_id=0&description=1&model=1&product_id=198
And I want to do the following, but I am totally clueless:
I want the wifi module to connect to a internet page (www.google.com/?q=arduino) and retreive its data, send that to arduino so arduino can evaluate the data. Actually the same functionality as the ethernet shield, but then wireless.
I have setup the wifi shield to connect to my router. But I totallly dont know where to start. Is it even possible to retreive a webpage with the wifi shield? I understood that it is possible to use the wifi shield to wirelessly communicate as a serial port to arduino. But I do not want to communicate to the arduino+wifi shield by a COM/serial port. I want to communicate with it over internet!
And I also do not understand the three jumpers.
Thanks for helping!
2011-05-24 20:45:47 Hi Mikedeklerk,
I am looking into this...So far my idea is to use a python script to interface between the arduino and the PC.
You can do a simple search on google for "arduino python" (with out quotes) if you want do some research of your own. Here are a couple o links to get you started:
https://github.com/SingAlong/Python-Arduino-Prototyping-API/
http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/2B
Hope this helps.
-Hector
Tech Support Hector
I am looking into this...So far my idea is to use a python script to interface between the arduino and the PC.
You can do a simple search on google for "arduino python" (with out quotes) if you want do some research of your own. Here are a couple o links to get you started:
https://github.com/SingAlong/Python-Arduino-Prototyping-API/
http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/2B
Hope this helps.
-Hector
Tech Support
Hector 