Connecting to Internet via Cell Phone protocol?

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Connecting to Internet via Cell Phone protocol?

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I have an Arduino set up to collect data out in the field, either mounted on a pole, the side of a building, or even on an automobile.

Every once in a while the device decides that it needs to transmit its data to a website.

Is there any board or circuitry that can be added to an Arduino that makes it possible to do that. Note that Bluetooth or WiFi is not suitable, as there is no guarantee that any receivers will be close enough to communicate with. I'm thinking that it needs to operate somewhat like a smartphone in that it establishes a connection to the Internet (somehow) via a cell phone protocol.

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Re: Connecting to Internet via Cell Phone protocol?

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Lots of Arduino projects use GSM/GPRS for data transmission: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoGSMShield

Another possibility (and cheap for limited amounts of data, as you pay by the message) is to use the Iridium satellite network. The RockBlock satellite modem is easy to interface and use with any microprocessor, and works just about anywhere in the world.
https://www.rock7.com/products/rockbloc ... lite-modem
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14498
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Re: Connecting to Internet via Cell Phone protocol?

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Wow, sj_remington,

Thank you, I'll look into those. One of those might just do the trick.

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Re: Connecting to Internet via Cell Phone protocol?

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For the cell network-enabled connection, you don't need the Arduino GSM shield -- other modules are available.

One rather complete example is: https://circuitdigest.com/microcontroll ... 0a-arduino

I imagine you can find other examples more relevant to your application.

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