I don't think the IOIO is the right platform for that. There are probably ready-made, coin-cell powered modules that serve this exact purpose.
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:18 AM, yug nats <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, I apologize if this has been discussed but I could not find > anything in the search. > > I am trying to figure out how to build a simple tracking system that would > work something like this: > > An alarm on the android phone would 'trigger' if an IOIO became 'lost' > (went out of a specified distance range). The phone would be the 'headunit' > and the IOIO would be the 'dongle' or do I have it wrong and the IOIO would > be the headunit and I would have to buy bluetooth dongles for 'trackers'? I > am sorry but I am confused with bluetooth a bit. I also want it to have > decent range so I read about 2 classes of bluetooth but can't figure out if > they apply to bluetooth low energy or not. > > So I guess I am wondering if: > > 1. Can the IOIO be used with long range bluetooth (class 1 i believe its > called)? > > 2. Does my idea make any sense or do I need to research this more? > > Any ideas and suggestions appreciated! > > I couldn't find any projects using the IOIO either as a proximity sensor > etc so if anyone knows of any links to related projects I'd appreciate it :) > > Cheers from Canada! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ioio-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
