Wireless Arduino Data transfer

[Ahoy Hoy]

So I got a arduino mega being used with some laser distance measures and a gyroscope to tell a position of a drone.
I want to send this data back to a computer. I need to send 6 distance data and 6 gyroscope data. So 12 numbers in total.
How could I do this?

[dany_boy]

1 minute ago, Ahoy Hoy said:

So I got a arduino mega being used with some laser distance measures and a gyroscope to tell a position of a drone.
I want to send this data back to a computer. I need to send 6 distance data and 6 gyroscope data. So 12 numbers in total.
How could I do this?

The simplest solution would be to get a cheap set of RX and TX modules and send everything through a serial com port. The best solution IMHO however, is to get am set of NRF24 transceivers. Those allow for much more flexibility, reliability and range. Plus they already have an arduino library which very well documented and maintained.

Cheers!

[Ahoy Hoy]

10 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

The simplest solution would be to get a cheap set of RX and TX modules and send everything through a serial com port. The best solution IMHO however, is to get am set of NRF24 transceivers. Those allow for much more flexibility, reliability and range. Plus they already have an arduino library which very well documented and maintained.

Cheers!

How would I take the receivers output into the computer?

[dany_boy]

1 minute ago, Ahoy Hoy said:

How would I take the receivers output into the computer?

With either another arduino or a SPI bus decoder

[Ahoy Hoy]

6 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

With either another arduino or a SPI bus decoder

Right ill get another arduino, whats the cheapest smallest one which could handle it.
Also something like this for the transmitters and receivers http://www.robotshop.com/uk/2-4g-wireless-module-w-pa-lna.html

[dany_boy]

1 minute ago, Ahoy Hoy said:

Right ill get another arduino, whats the cheapest smallest one which could handle it.
Also something like this for the transmitters and receivers http://www.robotshop.com/uk/2-4g-wireless-module-w-pa-lna.html

Holy Molly is that expensive! I feel for you living in such a taxed country. Anyway, any arduino should be more than enough since they all have hardware support for both SPI and Serial.

[Ahoy Hoy]

1 minute ago, dany_boy said:

Holy Molly is that expensive! I feel for you living in such a taxed country. Anyway, any arduino should be more than enough since they all have hardware support for both SPI and Serial.

Right ill get a uno since I wanted one anyway and there basicaly the cheapest.

[Ahoy Hoy]

Right Uno Purchased RF transmitters receivers purchased. Ill keep you updated in a week or two.

[sohamb98]

I would advise you to use a a HC-05 Bluetooth module to connect to your wirelessly. I would advise you the HC-05 than RF transmitter/receiver because it is really really  easy to use. Plus you are using Bluetooth(You can connect to your laptop tablet or smartphone).

 

Here is the data sheet

 

http://cdn.makezine.com/uploads/2014/03/hc_hc-05-user-instructions-bluetooth.pdf

 

Soham Bhattacharya

operatingsystems.co.in

[dany_boy]

1 minute ago, sohamb98 said:

I would advise you to use a a HC-05 Bluetooth module to connect to your wirelessly. 

 

Here is the data sheet

 

http://cdn.makezine.com/uploads/2014/03/hc_hc-05-user-instructions-bluetooth.pdf

 

Soham Bhattacharya

operatingsystems.co.in

Bluetooth is very short range, has a lot of latency, is less flexible and requires a master-slave configuration, and on top of that is has large packet transfer protocols. Not very suitable for this application in particular.

[sohamb98]

@dany_boy oh, I see he needs it for a drone.

[Curious Pineapple]

Banggood has them, 10 for 7 quid UK stock. Also Arduino boards for a couple of quid too....