Category Archives: Mobile Terminal

PIC32 Low power operation

Posted on 1 September 2014 by admin

Looking at the forums, quite a few people seem to have problems with getting the PIC32 to operate at low power, many including me have spent hours wondering why when I issue a PowerSaveIdle() or PowerSaveSleep() command the device is … Continue reading →

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Seriously!

Posted on 26 August 2014 by admin

http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/WiFi-Serial-Transceiver-Module-w-ESP8266-p-1994.html Yes, the price is $6.95 for a wifi module with on board TCP stack and low power management.. No stock of course and Chinese documentation only but its real and not vapourware or some powerpoint presentation by the look … Continue reading →

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Bloody Optics (Again)

Posted on 25 August 2014 by admin

Optics (Like Mechanics) is a bitch, well for me anyway! The latest problem I have overcome is the positioning of the barcode scanner, being far too keen to get into the electronics part of the MT700 scanner datasheet I skipped … Continue reading →

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Terminal Update

Posted on 18 August 2014 by admin

PCB Rev 2 is working quite well. I have written the “drivers” (I guess thats the term!) for the Graphical LCD, barcode, Keyboard, RFID and Wifi. All said modules are working (though not in any way cohesively) however mechanically the … Continue reading →

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USR WiFi232-S awkwardness

Posted on 13 August 2014 by admin

OK so I have now found out the USR Wifi232-S Low power module, which has the following specs on the web site does not actually have a standby mode.Unfortunately my evaluation of the unit did not include checking sleep current so … Continue reading →

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Hack-a-Day IO

Posted on 15 July 2014 by admin

I’ve put the mobile terminal onto the hackaaday.io site as a project, I’m hoping to generate so feedback from it and to spur me in to action now I’ve officially been given a timetable to deliver a “product” by one … Continue reading →

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So Whats with all the designs Boz?

Posted on 22 June 2014 by admin

If you’ve had a look on my EasyEDA page (link on RHS), you will have seen two new designs for the mobile terminal (and a few others that I did while testing but never got off the ground) The first … Continue reading →

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No Setup Required!

Posted on 13 May 2014 by admin

In the miniscule time I have off in the evenings (all day writing the catch2 program at the moment), I’ve been working on the mobile software. For the last few weeks this has been concentrating on trying to get an … Continue reading →

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Short update

Posted on 7 April 2014 by admin

February and March have flown by and I’m now coming to the end of my major support period (thank god!) Have got a real backlog of work to catch up on, including the full re-write of the Omega Seafoods Production … Continue reading →

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Secret Sauce, (Putting the Mobile System altogether)

Posted on 15 February 2014 by admin

I was recently contacted by JJ from France about the mobile terminal I am designing for one of my clients, specifically regarding how it would fit together and if he eventually emulated the design how he would interface it to … Continue reading →

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