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Electrical signal to Android Phone
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Rukbat
Extreme Android User
If you want it as a direct on-off electrical signal, you'll have to convert it to a USB signal and feed it into the microUSB port of the phone - which I wouldn't suggest. There's too much chance of the circuit between the sensor and the phone failing in a way that will damage the phone.
The other choices are converting the signal from the sensor to either a Bluetooth signal or a wifi signal, or feeding it to a computer running a web server, and having the phone read it that way (with an appropriate app).
This isn't trivial undertaking - you need both hardware design and software design, no matter which path you take. It's not something the average user or hobbyist would have the required knowledge to accomplish. (Starting with an Arduino might make it a bit easier, but you'll still have to design a hardware interface from the sensor to the Arduino and some software running in the Arduino to interface between the sensor and the Arduino's web or Bluetooth interface.)
The other choices are converting the signal from the sensor to either a Bluetooth signal or a wifi signal, or feeding it to a computer running a web server, and having the phone read it that way (with an appropriate app).
This isn't trivial undertaking - you need both hardware design and software design, no matter which path you take. It's not something the average user or hobbyist would have the required knowledge to accomplish. (Starting with an Arduino might make it a bit easier, but you'll still have to design a hardware interface from the sensor to the Arduino and some software running in the Arduino to interface between the sensor and the Arduino's web or Bluetooth interface.)
rscl.mumbai
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Thanks Rukbat. Appreciate your detailed reply.