I introduced a tutorial about the mini printer that can be the internet of things by using Arduino Uno and Ethernet shield.
Someone said that Adafruit’s Learning pages are good for learning. Surely it is!! It’s lucky for me to find this article in Adafruit.
IoT Printer project can be simply explained below.
Build an “Internet of Things” connected mini printer that will do your bidding! This is a fun weekend project that comes with a beautiful laser cut case. Once assembled, the little printer connects to Ethernet to get Internet data for printing onto 2 1/4″ wide receipt paper. The example sketch we’ve written will connect to Twitter’s search API and retrieve and print tweets according to your requests: you can have it print out tweets from a person, a hashtag, mentioning a word, etc! Once you’ve gotten that working, you can of course easily adapt our sketch to customize the printer.
The project is not very difficult but does require some light soldering, so you’ll want to have a little experience with a soldering iron. You’ll also need a small flathead screwdriver to assemble the box. It’s also best if you’ve had a little Arduino experience so you can feel comfortable downloading the IDE and uploading our example sketch.
To complete the project, use Arduino and Arduino Ethernet Shield, or use Arduino Uno Ethernet. You can find that WIZnet W5100 chip was used when you read the Adafruit’s Arduino Ethernet Shield page.
Because this IoT printer is the real product on sale and also making method is fully described for DIY, this article seems valuable for those who are interested in any application example with Arduino Ethernet Shied.
For more information, please refer to the following link.
– Product on sale
http://www.adafruit.com/product/717
– Tutorial
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