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This tutorial shows how to control a remote LED using an Arduino Uno and an Android app. This Internet of Things application using Java is fun and easy to make.

Francesco Azzola

Jun. 05, 15 · IoT Zone ·

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This post describes how to control a remote LED using Arduino and Android. Nowadays a new emerging technology is Internet of Things (IoT): in other words all the physical objects (things) are connected together using internet infrastructure. Arduino is one of the most important object in this ecosystem. In this post, we will explore how to integrate Android with Arduino making a first step in IoT.Even Google at io15 presented its new IoT infrastructure called Brillo.
As said, we want to control a remote Led connected to Arduino Uno using an Android smartphone.

IoT Overview

The picture below shows the main objects involved in the IoT project:

What we need is:

Arduino Uno
Ethernet shield
Smartphone with Android

All the objects are in the same network for simplicity. The idea is that the smartphone sends an HTTP request to the Arduino. A very small and simple Web server runs on Arduino, accepting HTTP request. For simplicity, the app sends JSON request that holds the led status.

Arduino: Web Server And Connections

On the Arduino side, we simply need to connect the led to Arduino main board and control it using one of the Arduino output. The most complex part is creating a Web server that handles HTTP request. The image below shows how Arduino is connected to the led:

As you can see the connection is very simple. The Arduino sketch is shown below:

#include <spi.h>
#include <ethernet.h>

byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
IPAddress ip(192, 168, 1, 130); // Arduino IP Add
EthernetServer server(80); // Web server

// Http data
String reqData; // Request from Smartphone
String header;
int contentSize = -1;
String CONTENT_LENGTH_TXT = "Content-Length: ";

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(3, OUTPUT); // Set Pin 3 to OUTPUT Mode
  Serial.print("Ready...");
  //
  Ethernet.begin(mac, ip); 
  server.begin(); 
}

void loop() {
  EthernetClient client = server.available(); // Is there a client (Our Android smartphone)

  if (client) {
    // Let's start reading
    boolean isLastLine = true;
    boolean isBody = false;
    header = "";
    reqData = "";
    int contentLen = 0;

    Serial.print("Client connected!");
    while (client.connected()) {
            if (client.available()) {
              // Read data
              char c = client.read();

              // Serial.print(c);

              if (contentSize == contentLen) {
               // Serial.println("Body ["+reqData+"]");

                int idx = reqData.indexOf(":");
                String status = reqData.substring(idx + 1, idx + 2);
                Serial.println("Status : " + status);
                if (status.equals("1")) {
                  digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
                }
                else {
                  digitalWrite(3, LOW);
                }

                client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
                client.println("Content-Type: text/html");
                client.println("Connection: close");
                client.println();
                // send web page
                client.println("");
                client.println("");
                delay(1);
                break;
              }


              if (c == '\n' && isLastLine) {
                  isBody = true;
                  int pos = header.indexOf(CONTENT_LENGTH_TXT);
                  String tmp = header.substring(pos, header.length());
                  //Serial.println("Tmp ["+tmp+"]");
                  int pos1 = tmp.indexOf("\r\n");
                  String size = tmp.substring(CONTENT_LENGTH_TXT.length(), pos1);
                  Serial.println("Size ["+size+"]");
                  contentSize = size.toInt();

              }

              if (isBody) {
                reqData += c;
                contentLen++;
              }
              else {
               header += c;
              }


              if (c == '\n' ) {
               isLastLine = true;
              }
              else if (c != '\r' ) {
                isLastLine = false;
              }



            }
    }

    // Close connection
    Serial.println("Stop..");
    client.stop();
  }
}

Almost all the arduino source code is used to handle HTTP connection. Notice that at line 3 we set the MAC Address of the ethernet shield, while at line 4 we set the IP address.

Android Client: Send HTTP Request

On the Android side the things are much more simpler; the Android UI is shown below:

There is one simple button, when the user clicks on it, the app sends an HTTP request to Arduino.
The app layout is very simple and it is not covered here, the core of the app is where the button click is handled:

ledView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ledImg);
// Set default image
ledView.setImageResource(R.drawable.white_circle);

// Init HTTP client
client = new HttpClient();

ledView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
  @Override
  public void onClick(View v) {
     client.doRrequest(status ? "1" : "0");
     status = !status;
     if (status)
         ledView.setImageResource(R.drawable.white_circle);
     else
         ledView.setImageResource(R.drawable.red_circle);

  }
});

When the user touches the button, the app sends an HTTP request using HTTP client. In this case, this project uses OkHttp. The HTTP client is very simple:

public void doRrequest(String status) {
  initClient();
  Log.d("AA", "Making request..["+status+"]");
  Request req = new Request.Builder()
                .url(URL)
                .post(RequestBody.create(JSON, createJSON(status)))
                .build();

  client.newCall(req).enqueue(new Callback() {
         @Override
         public void onFailure(Request request, IOException e) {              }

         @Override
         public void onResponse(Response response) throws IOException {
            Log.d("AA", "resp [" + response.body().string() + "]");
         }
  });

}

Below are some images of my work:

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Internet of Things with Android and Arduino: Control Remote LED

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This tutorial shows how to control a remote LED using an Arduino Uno and an Android app. This Internet of Things application using Java is fun and easy to make.

IoT Overview

Arduino: Web Server And Connections

Android Client: Send HTTP Request

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Internet of Things with Android and Arduino: Control Remote LED

This tutorial shows how to control a remote LED using an Arduino Uno and an Android app. This Internet of Things application using Java is fun and easy to make.

IoT Overview

Arduino: Web Server And Connections

Android Client: Send HTTP Request

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