Uzuki - IoT Sensor Shield for Konashi & Arduino is an IoT sensor shield developed by Macnica that can be connected via I2C to Konashi, a physical computing tool kit for iPhone/iPad developed by Yukai Engineering Co., Ltd. Uzuki can be connected not only to Konashi but also as an Arduino shield via I2C.
Uzuki is equipped with a 3-axis acceleration sensor, temperature/humidity sensor, and proximity illuminance UV index sensor. As a result, information such as environmental variables such as temperature, humidity, illuminance, infrared ray level, and UV index around the shield, as well as information such as vibration/shock detection and object detection using proximity sensors, can be used on iOS devices via Konashi. . Additionally, various commercially available I2C sensors can be externally connected via the Grove connector.
Konashi was developed as a tool that provides a development environment for accessing hardware from iOS, allowing software engineers, designers, and artists to easily conduct prototyping without having to develop firmware on the microcontroller side.
By connecting IoT Sensor Shield Uzuki as a Konashi shield, you can easily use it in applications that acquire various sensor data without soldering.
For more information about Konashi, please refer to the web page http://konashi.ux-xu.com/documents provided by Yukai Engineering.
Uzuki mounted sensor
Each sensor on Uzuki is connected to Konashi via I2C and controlled by Konashi's commands. The sensor runs on a 3V power supply supplied by Konashi.
Product Specifications
Acceleration sensor | ADXL345 (Analog Devices) |
temperature and humidity sensor | Si7013 (Silicon Laboratories) |
Proximity illumination UV index sensor | Si1145 (Silicon Laboratories) |
Grove connector for connecting external I2C devices | 4-pin Grove connector |
iOS sample application image
Each of Uzuki's sensors can be controlled from an iOS application through Konashi's I2C, and collected sensor data can be displayed on an iOS device via Bluetooth Smart. Yukai Engineering provides the konashi API for programming iOS devices.
http://konashi.ux-xu.com/documents
Application development with Objective-C / java script
Supported devices (Konashi)
series name | model | OS used |
iphone | iPhone 4S or newer | iOS6.0~ (Recommended for iOS6.1 or later) |
iPad | ipad mini, iPad (3rd generation / March 2012 model) or later |
iOS6.0~ (Recommended for iOS6.1 or later) |
iPod touch | iPod touch (5th generation) or later (Note) iPod touch (4th generation) is not supported. |
iOS6.0~ (Recommended for iOS6.1 or later) |