WebJack

webjack

## What Does It Do? **WebJack is a wired, bidirectional data link between the Arduino Uno and your phone, established via headphone jack.** It uses two distinct frequencies for a modem-like serial transmission of data. WebJacks runs in the browser and its goal is to provide a way to read sensors without the burden to install native applications. Look for recent updates on Public Lab [here](http://publiclab.org/tag/webjack).  ## Activities This is a list of community-generated guides for specific applications and the development of WebJack. These [activities can be categorized](https://publiclab.org/wiki/activity-categories), and some may be more reproduced -- or reproducible -- than others. Try them out to build your skills, and help improve them by leaving comments. Together, we can repeat and refine the activities into experiments. ### Activity grid [activities:webjack] **** ## Frequently Asked Questions Ask a question about WebJack [notes:question:webjack] **** [](//i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/017/089/original/IMG_0138_web.JPG) WebJack is an open source client-side JavaScript library that acts as audio modem. It is built for use with [SoftModem](https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem), the Arduino-side code. For example, with WebJack you can transmit: * data as text * binary data * Firmata RPC messages *** ## Challenges We're working to refine and improve WebJack on a number of fronts; here, take a look at the leading challenges we're hoping to solve, and post your own. Be sure to add: * constraints: expense, complexity * goals: performance, use cases [questions:webjack-challenge] **** ## Build a data link with WebJack Instructions on the circuit and software needed for WebJack can be found here: https://publiclab.org/notes/rmeister/07-18-2016/webjack-testers-needed ### Demo WebJack applications - [Using Firmata with WebJack as transport](https://publiclab.github.io/webjack-firmata/example): - [WebJack demo website](https://publiclab.github.io/webjack/examples) ###Notes: - For more information about WebJack, post a question to the "dev" mailing list [here](https://groups.google.com/group/plots-dev)) (also listed in the left sidebar) - The github repo of WebJack is [here](https://github.com/publiclab/webjack) ...