Android Bluetooth Oscilloscope

*This application is tested only with Samsung Galaxy GT-i5700 Spica (rooted Android 2.1 OS, i570EXXJD1 Baseband version).

The transmitter circuit uses Microchip's dsPIC33FJ16GS504 for the analog-to-digital conversion of the input signals on two channels.
The processed data on the dsPIC are then transmitted to the phone (for waveform display) via the LMX9838 bluetooth SPP module.

specs/ranges:

• time per division: {5us, 10us, 20us, 50us, 100us, 200us, 500us, 1ms, 2ms, 5ms, 10ms, 20ms, 50ms }


• volt per division: {10mV, 20mV, 50mV, 100mV, 200mV, 500mV, 1V, 2V, GND}


• analog input (depends on external pre-amplifier configuration): {-8V to +8V }

The source codes for the bluetooth communication is based on Bluetooth Chat example from http://developer.android.com.
That example contains three java source files. And, I've completely copied the "DeviceListActivity.java", which is used for searching remote bluetooth devices.
Then I've modified the "BluetoothChatService.java" to use only the RFCOMM Client functions,
and used the well-known UUID "00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB" for the Bluetooth RFCOMM/SPP.

 

For the plotting of waveforms, I'm using SurfaceView object to draw on its canvas.
This tutorial found on www.helloandroid.com helps me a lot for this task:
"How to use canvas in your android".

The rest of the job mainly involves porting of my previous Python S60 script to JAVA language.
It was too painful on my side, because I had to convert a single script file to multiple java + xml source files!
Nonetheless, it was a good experience for me on learning the Android SDK (JAVA programming).



Project source codes for Android and dsPIC (with APK and HEX) :

AndroidBluetoothOscilloscope.zip



Electronicslab.ph forum link : Android Bluetooth Oscilloscope



Here are some interesting projects that are also based on the Bluetooth Chat example:

Bluetooth Controlled Model Car

SPRIME



Special thanks to:

Samdroid Forum  for the customized/rooted firmwares for our Spica.

Tipidcp Spica users for sharing their tips and experiences with this android phone.



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#edit (10-15-2010)

Here's now my circuit. Nothing special on it, all are based on existing circuits.

*The dsPIC I have used is most probably NOT the best choice for this project because of the many left unused peripherals (extra pins). But, this is the only part readily available in my bin and it has the fastest ADC (2 x 2MSps) among the chips I have.

*If you prefer to change the input range via the op-amp preamp, the computation is located on the "adc.xmcd" file.

*You can use other SPP bluetooth modules aside from LMX. (accdg to manufacturer, it's already obsolete)