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Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Libraries for Proteus: ESP-01, HC-05, HC-06, ESP32 and NodeMCU

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Libraries for Proteus: ESP-01, HC-05, HC-06, ESP32 and NodeMCU simulation

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing great. Today, I am going to share a list of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Libraries for Proteus . These modules connect your Arduino to the things around it: a smartphone app, a home router, a cloud dashboard or another Bluetooth module. That's why they are part of almost every IoT, home automation and phone-controlled robot project that students design. Wireless modules are also the hardest part of these projects to debug, because the phone, the router and the module all have to agree before anything works. Our new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth libraries put all of them inside Proteus. The ESP-01 model runs Espressif's AT command set with a virtual router and a virtual phone, and the HC-05 and HC-06 models pair with a virtual phone or with each other, so you can test b ...

LoRa and RF Libraries for Proteus: Long-Range Wireless Simulation with Arduino

LoRa and RF Libraries for Proteus: SX1262, SX1278, RFM95W and RFM69HCW long-range simulation

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing great. Today, I am going to share a list of LoRa and RF Libraries for Proteus . LoRa radios can send a small message over several kilometres with very little power, so they are used in smart farms, water tank monitors, weather stations, city sensors and every project where the nodes are far away from each other. Long-range RF modules such as the RFM69HCW and the nRF24L01 PA LNA cover the middle ground, with more speed but less range. Testing long range on real hardware means carrying one radio away from the other and hoping your code does the right thing when the signal gets weak. Our LoRa libraries bring that test to your desk. Every module has a control panel and eight distance buttons from 10 m to 20 km, and a prediction line tells you whether you ...

RF Module Libraries for Proteus: HC-12, nRF24L01, CC1101, RFM69HCW and XBee

RF Module Libraries for Proteus: HC-12, nRF24L01, CC1101 and RFM69HCW simulation with Arduino

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing great. Today, I am going to share a list of RF Module Libraries for Proteus . RF modules let two Arduino boards talk to each other through the air, without any wire, router or mobile network. That's why we see them in remote controls, wireless weather stations, home automation nodes, robots and almost every wireless sensor network project. The tricky part of a wireless project is that you can't see what is happening between the two radios. Did the message leave? Did the other side receive it? Was the signal too weak? Our RF libraries answer these questions. In each simulation, two modules share one virtual radio band, a control panel shows what every radio is doing, and in most of them you can move the radios from a few metres to several kilometres a ...

GSM Libraries for Proteus: SIM800C, SIM900A, SIM800L and SIM808

GSM Libraries for Proteus: SIM800C, SIM900A, SIM800L and SIM808 simulation with Arduino

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing great. Today, I am going to share a list of GSM Libraries for Proteus . A GSM module gives your Arduino its own phone number: it can send and receive SMS, ring when someone calls and tell your sketch who is calling. That's why GSM modules are used in so many engineering projects, like home security alarms, SMS-controlled relays, vehicle trackers and remote weather stations. The problem is that a real GSM module needs a SIM card, a 2G network and a power supply that can deliver 2 A peaks, and when your project doesn't work, you can't see what the module and the Arduino are saying to each other. Our GSM libraries solve this: they answer real AT commands, register on a simulated network, send SMS to a virtual smartphone and show every line of the conver ...

GPS Libraries for Proteus: NEO-6M, NEO-7M and NEO-M8N Simulation with Arduino

GPS Libraries for Proteus: NEO-6M, NEO-7M, NEO-M8N and SIM808 simulation with Arduino

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing great. Today, I am going to share a list of GPS Libraries for Proteus . A GPS module tells your Arduino where it is, how fast it is moving and the exact time, so it is the heart of every tracker, navigation robot, drone and data logger. In this list, you will find all the GPS modules our team has designed for Proteus, from our very first GPS library to the new u-blox NEO modules with GLONASS. Testing a GPS project on real hardware is slow: you have to sit next to a window, wait for a satellite fix and walk around the block to see whether your code handles movement. Our GPS libraries remove that wait. They send real NMEA sentences to your Arduino, give you a fix in a few seconds, and let you move the module to another city, drive it in a car or take i ...

SIM800C Library for Proteus V1.1 (GSM Module + Arduino)

SIM800C Library for Proteus V1.1: two Arduino UNOs with HW-537 SIM800C boards, the SIM800C Advance pop-up with an SMS chat and the TEP Serial Monitor in its Simple interface

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing great. Today, I am going to share the new SIM800C GSM Library for Proteus V1.1 . The SIM800C is SIMCom's quad-band GSM module, and many makers buy it on the small blue HW-537 board with a flexible antenna. This board has one habit that confuses many beginners: it stays switched off until its PWX power key is held LOW for more than a second. With this SIM800C Library for Proteus , you can learn that habit, send SMS, make calls and debug your GSM sketch on your PC, before you buy a SIM card or a 2 A power supply. Version 1.1 gives you two devices : SIM800C Simple , with a virtual smartphone next to the module, and SIM800C Advance , with a pop-up window that holds the phone plus four measured GSM test tools . The Arduino SIM800C Proteus demo has two Ard ...

SIM900A Library for Proteus V1.1 (GSM Module + Arduino)

SIM900A Library for Proteus V1.1: two Arduino UNOs with SIM900A modules, the SIM900A Advance pop-up with an SMS chat and the TEP Serial Monitor in its Simple interface

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing great. Today, I am going to share the new SIM900A GSM Library for Proteus V1.1 . The SIM900A on its blue "SIM900A MINI" board is one of the cheapest ways to give an Arduino its own phone number: it sends and receives SMS and tells your sketch who is calling. It is also famous for a nasty surprise: in many countries, a brand-new SIM900A never connects to the network. With this SIM900A Library for Proteus , you can build your GSM project on your PC, see every line the module answers and even reproduce that region lock before you buy any hardware. You get two devices in one library: SIM900A Simple , with a virtual smartphone next to the module on the schematic, and SIM900A Advance , with a pop-up window that holds the phone and four measured GSM test to ...

How an IoT Network Works: Layers, Protocols, and Gateways

IoT network architecture in five rows: application, processing, the gateway's roles, network radios Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth Low Energy and LoRaWAN, and perception with sensor nodes and actuators

All intelligent thermostats, factory sensors, and soil probes depend on an IoT network in order to send their readings to a useful destination. Otherwise, the readings stay stuck on the chip. This guide explains how everything fits together by going over the various layers, protocols, and gateways that connect them. You'll find out how to carry out the tests yourself on your own bench. What Is an IoT Network and How Does It Connect Devices? An IoT network consists of a number of physical objects that sense information, send it, and take action via common connections. Sensors take the measurements, radios transmit the readings, and a remote server stores and analyzes them. It all seems simple. Yet every decision you make affects the range, battery life, and cost. The scale is enormous. Stat ...

Why Businesses Choose Custom Software Solutions Over Generic Platforms

Two software developers writing code at their workstations with large monitors

Business expansions often come with enhanced technology requirements. Off-the-shelf software only provides a quick starting point. It is not optimized for growth and specialized needs. Work with a Raleigh custom software development provider to create digital solutions. The innovative strategies will provide your business with a competitive edge. Figure: Developers at work on a custom software project (photo: Pexels). Pexels What Are Custom Software Solutions and How Do They Differ From Generic Platforms? Custom software solutions are applications specifically built to meet your business requirements. Instead of fitting your objectives into pre-made software, customized applications are fully tailored around your needs. In today’s competitive market, custom solutions can help you stay ahea ...

24 Hours With EUR/USD: Watching the Forex Spread Breathe

Illustration of the EUR/USD forex spread through 24 hours: widest at the Sunday open and the 10 PM quiet hour, tightest in the London and New York overlap, with a spike at a surprise data release

Most people think of the forex spread as a fixed number, like the price tag on a shirt. It's not. It's more like the price of a taxi: cheap and easy at noon, surprisingly expensive in a storm or at 3 a.m. when there are hardly any drivers around. To really understand it, let's spend a whole day with the world's most traded currency pair, EUR/USD, and watch how its spread changes from hour to hour. All times below are in London time, and the spreads are illustrative, not quotes from any specific broker. Sunday, 10 PM: The Nervous Open The market reopens after the weekend. Banks in Sydney and Wellington are waking up, but most of the world is still asleep. Liquidity is thin. Prices may jump, or "gap," from where they closed on Friday. The spread is at its widest of the week. Something that m ...