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Saturday, June 1, 2019

Sending and Receiving Multiple Text Fields from Arduino in a Single Message

   For some applications we need to send numbers (integer or not) from one Arduino to another Arduino, fo example, is easy to read one or more analog inputs with Arduino and sent to ESP8266 or Nodemecu/Wemos board to publish on IoT server or local webpage. ESP8266 hase just one analog input and is more complicated to use electronic switch to comute for have multiple inputs.
   I test with simple schematic, using SerialSoftware to use D2 and D3 pins:
  I use info from Arduino Cookbook by Michael Margolis and extract info for use 2 Arduino boards, one as sender and second as receiver. Also first Arduino code the message before sending and second Arduino receive and decode the mesage.
   First, I send 3 integer number as in original article using tx_1.ino for fixed numbers or tx_1a.ino for random numebers. For receiver I use rx_1.ino sketch.
  I made Multiple Text Fields in Single Message using Arduino movie to see hwo system work.
   For send a temperature (as -23.50C or +23.50C), a state of a sensor (0 or 1) and a procentage (0 to 100), I use some calculus tricks, for example, I multiply the temperature value with 10 and use integer value, for negative temperature consider a number 1 for sign (and zero for positive) and send multiplied value added at state of sensor, extra send procentage value.
   For example, if temperature is +2.4 degree Celsius, state of sensor is 1 and procentage is 17%, first Arduino will send:
- first numeber is 24 (2.4*10)
- second number is 1, because temperature is positive and sensor is active: 0*10+1
- third number is 17.
   If second Arduino receive 119,11,39 return values are:
- temperature is -11.9 degree Celsius, because 119/10 = 11.9, sign is minus because 11 = 1*10 + 1
- sensor is activated becuse 11 = 1*10 + 1
- level of water is 39%.
   I made Multiple Text Fields in Single Message using Arduino (2)
using tx_2.ino sketch for transmiter and rx_2.ino.

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