Using a GSM/GPRS modem

Using a GSM/GPRS modem

Having an Internet connection is nowadays a must-have for quite every embedded board, so let’s see how we can use a serial GSM/GPRS module on our Cosino based board for both sending a SMS or to surf the Internet. Prerequisite You need a Cosino core module plugged in into a Cosino’s extension with a preformatted microSD in order to have a…

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Serial GSM/GPRS module

Serial GSM/GPRS module

This product can be bought at our shop as: Serial GSM/GPRS module Prerequisite You need a Cosino core module plugged in into a Cosino’s extension with a preformatted microSD in order to have a running system. Also, if you need system’s console, you must connect a type B-micro USB cable to the serial console connector. Please, refer to your extension documentation in order to know where…

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Running OpenWRT on Cosino

Running OpenWRT on Cosino

OpenWRT is a powerful embedded distribution which fits well into Cosino’s on board NAND. Getting the code To install it into our Cosino’s based board we need to download on our host PC the OpenWRT source code that you can find on our GitHub repositories and can be downloaded by using the command below:

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UHF RFID Long Range Reader

UHF RFID Long Range Reader

This product can be bought at our shop as: UHF RFID Long Range Reader Cosino Mega 2560 UHF RFID KIT The UHF RFID long range reader by CAENRFID is now available for Cosino Mega 2560! The reader is an UHF multi-regional compact reader for high performances UHF RFID applications. With programmable output power in 8 steps from 10dBm…

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The Cosino Project is looking for resellers & partners

The Cosino Project is looking for resellers & partners

The Cosino Community is growing!!! If you trust in the Cosino Project and you would like to be part of the internationalization process this is the right moment; HCE Engineering, the producer of Cosino Boards, is looking for resellers & partners for the following areas: Europe, North America, South America, Russia, China, India, Japan and Australia. Feel free to…

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Cosino: the quick prototyping embedded system

Cosino: the quick prototyping embedded system

Cosino is a real hardware gym for quick prototyping. One unique tool that combines the functionalities of a mini-computer with those of a professional automation system. All in one product: with its countless peripherals it’s capable of handling any type of invention. The Cosino Project is a comprehensive lineup of CPUs boards, carrier boards (named…

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Managing the Mega 2560 peripherals by MODBUS protocol

Managing the Mega 2560 peripherals by MODBUS protocol

As shown in this article you can interact with the Mega 2560 CPU on your Cosino Mega 2560 board by using a control terminal with several text commands, however, as stated at the end of the article, this behaviour in quite inefficient so a better way must be used for production environment! A possible solution…

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Mega 2560 control terminal

Mega 2560 control terminal

In most cases having a simple and quick access to the system GPIOs, ADCs and other ports is useful, here I’m going to show to you how to implement a simple control terminal for the on-board CPU of Cosino’s Mega 2560 extension. In this example I’m going to use simple commands from the command line as…

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