With your USB connection from the Circuit Playground to your phone set, the Circuit Playground Express data can be logged to the phone.

Depending on your phone, you may need to download a power sharing app to ensure the phone can provide power to the Circuit Playground Express. For Samsung phone power over USB, go to the Samsung App Store and download the app "Power Sharing"

Spreadsheet or other Data Capture Program

You should also use the Google Play Store to install a spreadsheet (or other program of your choice) to capture data from the Circuit Playground Express acting as a HID keyboard.

As Android is Google-centric, the best option is to go to the Google App store and load Google Sheets if it is not already available. I note that Microsoft Excel is also available in the Google App Store, but we didn't try it!

Code

The code can be either of the programs earlier in this tutorial. The demonstration will use the second example which includes plant soil moisture data in the fourth column of the spreadsheet. You can change the program to add or subtract data as desired. 

Usage

Load your spreadsheet app and select that you want to create a new spreadsheet. Position the focus on cell A1. Switch the slide switch and watch the data flow.

This type of data capture is great for gathering data "in the field" or "on the go".

This guide was first published on Aug 14, 2018. It was last updated on Aug 14, 2018.

This page (Logging to the Phone) was last updated on Aug 02, 2018.

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