GoldenEmbed. Now Logging HRM data.

That was an intense few days. Ever since the postwoman showed up with my AP1 chip from Sparkfun I have been rather obsessed with being able to talk to it via the Sparkfun Logomatic V2.

The picture here to the left is my Arduino which I used for debugging the commands coming back from the AP1. The green board is the logomatic V2. The big grey thing is a LiPo battery (a little overkill) and the little red thing is the AP1.

With all the hard work having been done by Paul, and some help from a few people who I probably shouldn’t mention (but they know who they are and I really appreciate it) I am able to talk to the ANT+ AP1 and have it send me back HR data.

Yesterday I didn’t even shower. I think all I ate was cereal. It was getting a little desperate there. ;-)

I need a vacation from my vacation!

Anyhow, it’s logging raw ANT+ messages. Now I just have to decode it. Again, most of the hard work there was done by Paul who reversed engineered the protocol. Kudos to him.

I don’t quite understand why the people over in Cochrane Alberta don’t just allow anyone to read ANT+ data. I can understand wanting to make sure the protocol isn’t polluted. But if you just want to read off the device, what’s the harm there ?

I think I’ll take a few days away from the computer now. ;-)

The code is posted in my github (see earlier post).