Hello Has anyone made this (or the breakout) work with STM32 on mbed??? Apparently there are several libraries (so I suppose it works) and even one (only one) video on youtube of this working BUT I cant make it work. (and googling it seems a lot of other people can not either) So far I have been able to identify the problem to the INT pin.

One user on the breakout comments said that grounds should be joined but come on, in the shield they are already so this is not the problem I guess.

I also noticed that different than on the Arduino UNO, SCK is not working for mbed...

Can anybody help. I have already spent two weeks trying to make your product work without any luck

Hello. I would like to ask if there is anything like this product (or the breakout) that can run on 3.3V not 5V?? Any advice will be very much appreciated

I'm having quite a bit of trouble connecting to my house's wifi.. It used to work really well for a while, but now it doesn't do very well. I ran the connection test, and it worked, but when I ran the Web Client example, it stalls at the "Performing HTTP Get of: www.example.com" Must it be a problem with the WiFi? The network works pretty well on my laptop/phone. I'm ultimately using the shield to perform a post to Thingspeak. I didn't change the code that much, but with this code, it doesn't even connect to the WiFi as it does in the Web Client. Any help?

My code below:

#include <SFE_CC3000.h>
#include <SFE_CC3000_Callbacks.h>
#include <SFE_CC3000_Client.h>
#include <SFE_CC3000_SPI.h>


/****************************************************************
WebClient.ino
CC3000 WebClient Test
Shawn Hymel @ SparkFun Electronics
March 1, 2014
https://github.com/sparkfun/SFE_CC3000_Library

Manually connects to a WiFi network and performs an HTTP GET
request on a web page. Prints the contents of the page to
the serial console.

The security mode is defined by one of the following:
WLAN_SEC_UNSEC, WLAN_SEC_WEP, WLAN_SEC_WPA, WLAN_SEC_WPA2

Hardware Connections:

 Uno Pin    CC3000 Board    Function

 +5V        VCC or +5V      5V
 GND        GND             GND
 2          INT             Interrupt
 7          EN              WiFi Enable
 10         CS              SPI Chip Select
 11         MOSI            SPI MOSI
 12         MISO            SPI MISO
 13         SCK             SPI Clock

Resources:
Include SPI.h, SFE_CC3000.h, and SFE_CC3000_Client.h

Development environment specifics:
Written in Arduino 1.0.5
Tested with Arduino UNO R3

This code is beerware; if you see me (or any other SparkFun 
employee) at the local, and you've found our code helpful, please
buy us a round!

Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.
****************************************************************/

#include <SPI.h>


// Pins
#define CC3000_INT      2   // Needs to be an interrupt pin (D2/D3)
#define CC3000_EN       7   // Can be any digital pin
#define CC3000_CS       10  // Preferred is pin 10 on Uno

// Connection info data lengths
#define IP_ADDR_LEN     4   // Length of IP address in bytes

// Constants
char ap_ssid[] = "IFH Lounge";                  // SSID of network
char ap_password[] = "ifhJanuary";          // Password of network
unsigned int ap_security = WLAN_SEC_WPA2; // Security of network
unsigned int timeout = 3000000;             // Milliseconds
char server[] = "api.thingspeak.com";        // Remote host site
String writeAPIKey = "4JRIMA3GJF3PIQKE";            // API Key for Thingspeak
const int updateThingSpeakInterval = 15 * 1000; //Time Interval


long lastConnectionTime=0;
boolean lastConnected = false;
int failedCounter = 0;
int test = 0;

// Global Variables
SFE_CC3000 wifi = SFE_CC3000(CC3000_INT, CC3000_EN, CC3000_CS);
SFE_CC3000_Client client = SFE_CC3000_Client(wifi);

void setup() {

  ConnectionInfo connection_info;
  int i;

  // Initialize Serial port
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println("---------------------------");
  Serial.println("SparkFun CC3000 - Thingspeak");
  Serial.println("---------------------------");

  // Initialize CC3000 (configure SPI communications)
  if ( wifi.init() ) {
    Serial.println("CC3000 initialization complete");
  } else {
    Serial.println("Something went wrong during CC3000 init!");
  }

  // Connect using DHCP
  Serial.print("Connecting to SSID: ");
  Serial.println(ap_ssid);
  if(!wifi.connect(ap_ssid, ap_security, ap_password, timeout)) {
    Serial.println("Error: Could not connect to AP");
  }

}

void loop(){
  test=3;

  if (client.available()){
    char c = client.read();
    //Serial.print(c);

  }

  if (!client.connected() && lastConnected)
  {
    Serial.println("...disconnected");
    Serial.println();

    client.stop();
  }

  if(!client.connected() && (millis() - lastConnectionTime > updateThingSpeakInterval)){
    updateThingSpeak("field1="+ String(test,DEC));
  }

  if (failedCounter > 3){
    wifi.connect(ap_ssid, ap_security, ap_password, timeout);
  }

  lastConnected = client.connected();

}

void updateThingSpeak(String tsData){ //this block of lines basically accesses the Thingspeak channel in the required format
  if (client.connect(server, 80)){
    client.print("POST /update HTTP/1.1\n");
    client.print("Host: api.thingspeak.com\n");
    client.print("Connection: close\n");
    client.print("X-THINGSPEAKAPIKEY: "+writeAPIKey+ "\n");
    client.print("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n");
    client.print("Content-Length: ");
    client.print(tsData.length());
    client.print("\n\n");

    client.print(tsData);

    lastConnectionTime = millis();

    if (client.connected()){
      Serial.println("Connected to Thingspeak...");
      Serial.println();
      failedCounter = 0;
    }

    else{
      failedCounter++;

      Serial.println("Connection to ThingSpeak failed ("+String(failedCounter, DEC)+")");
      Serial.println();
    }
   }
   else{
    failedCounter++;

    Serial.println("Connection to ThingSpeak failed ("+String(failedCounter, DEC)+")");
    Serial.println();

    lastConnectionTime = millis();
   }
  }

SmartConfig not working for you? Do you have a 5 GHz network? This chip is 802.11b/g only, and does not do 5 GHz. Once you get the board connected to the AP, that's actually not an issue at all thanks to mixed mode. However, you cannot use the SmartConfig app from a device on 5 GHz because the CC3000 cannot see those packets, even if it can see the 2.4 GHz channel from the AP. There are possible workarounds, including disabling 5 GHz on the router, or the phone/tablet. Unfortunately, not all devices give you an option to disable 5 GHz (why would you want to, right?). I have possibly the most restrictive combination of devices (iPhone and Airport Extreme) and I was still able to make SmartConfig work using this procedure: Go into Airport Utility, edit the Airport, Wireless, Options. Select the option to give the 5 GHz network a DIFFERENT name (very important that it's a different ssid). Let the router restart. Everything on your network just dropped to 2.4 GHz, even if you don't realize it, because the saved profiles they all have are now for the 2.4 GHz channel only. Run the SmartConfig procedure and it should work. Now go back to Airport Utility and undo what you did, returning the network to the single, original ssid for 2.4 and 5 GHz. The CC3000 still has a saved profile that is valid for the mixed mode network, and all of your devices are back to 5 GHz. Easy! You should be able to adapt this procedure to other types of routers. As a final note, I should say that the real issue here is lack of 802.11n support in the CC3000. The 5 GHz issue is only part of the problem, and potentially you could have an 802.11n 2.4GHz device that the CC3000 still cannot see. Ideally you should force 802.11n off completely to run SmartConfig. However, getting your network to 2.4 GHz is a good first step toward a solution, and worked perfectly for me with no further steps required. Hope this helps someone.

I got my shield today and tried immediately.

I tested the board 1st:

SparkFun CC3000 - Board Test

CC3000 initialization complete Firmware version: 1.24 MAC address: 70:FF:76:01:30:1E Finished board test

Scanned the networks:

SparkFun CC3000 - Scan Test

CC3000 initialization complete Scanning APs. Waiting for scan to complete. Access Points found:

SSID: dnhm MAC address: 20:AA:4B:08:AA:CC RSSI: 58 Security: WPA2

SSID: dnhm-guest MAC address: 20:AA:4B:08:AA:CE RSSI: 58 Security: Unsecured

Finished scan test

Set the SSID and the password and tried to connect:

SparkFun CC3000 - Connection Test

CC3000 initialization complete Connecting to: dnhm Error: Could not connect to AP Error: Could not obtain connection details Error: Could not disconnect from network Finished connection test

SparkFun CC3000 - Connection Test

CC3000 initialization complete Connecting to: dnhm-guest Error: Could not connect to AP Error: Could not obtain connection details Error: Could not disconnect from network Finished connection test

It did not connect none of the connections, I reserved an IP address on the router for the mac address, but nothing changed. I turned on logs on the router (Linksys e2500) and no log record. I use wpa2 so I kept the security setting as it is. I also have a 5ghz ssid and it does not show up. So I did not try test that one.

I also tried the smart config example, but it says:

SparkFun CC3000 - SmartConfig

CC3000 initialization complete Starting SmartConfig Send connection details from app now! Waiting to connect... Error: Could not connect with SmartConfig Error: Could not obtain connection details Looking up IP address of: www.sparkfun.com Error: Could not lookup host by name Pinging 0.0.0.0 3 times... Error: no ping response Error: Could not disconnect from network Finished SmartConfig test

obviously the board works (It can find the networks), what should I do as next step to troubleshoot this?

Thanks

Hi,

I’m really interested in this board, does anyone know if the library / shield works with the Arduino Leonardo / ATmega32u4? I asked about the Adafruit library, but they said that they only had support for the UNO / MEGA, not the Leonardo or Due. They said it had something to do with the SPI pins (for this shield I would have to solder on the ISP pins) - but I’m not sure. Has anyone tested this board + library with the Arduino Leonardo?

Thanks, Quin

TI's SmartConfig process is interesting - it tries to solve a difficult IoT problem - how to communicate your network name and password to a device with no screen or keyboard. Initially all your CC3000 can see is lots of nearby wifi traffic that it doesn't know how to decrypt. How can a smart phone app communicate the necessary network name and passphrase to the CC3000? Shawn mentions (in the product video) that it involves a corrupt UDP packet. This isn't actually the case. If you're interested in what's going on then it's explained (by me) in this Electronics StackExchange answer. The important thing to note is that anyone interested, not just your CC3000, can easily recover the network name and passphrase sent using Smart Config unless you use the little mentioned AES key feature (which involves a pre-shared key that has to be coded into your MCU sketch).

Hi guys! i'm going to buy this shield, but i don't know if it's compatible with mega 2560.

It would be really cool if there was a hole on the board large enough to screw the external antenna to - no need for a second mounting bracket

Hey guys, I'm trying to use this with the college wifi and the two options for connecting to the internet are: -WPA2 Enterprise (I need to enter a username and password -Open (in this one, when you sign in it opens a web page that requires you to type a username and password)

The next closest option is: -Open (in this one, when you sign in it opens a web page that requires you to click the "connect" button)

Is it possible for me to connect to any with this shield? If so, how would I do that? Thank you!

Is there by any chance a fritzing part for this shield?

Seasoned wifi shield users: Is this board easier to use than the WiFly shield? I've been using the WiFly shield for some time now and it works great for me. Is this shield any better? Easier to configure, easier to make it work? Any thoughts on this? Thank you in advance.

antenna select will be better with jumper/switch.

Is this board based off of anyones shield schematic?

I am attempting to use this shield with the redboard and basic wifi webserver that shows the value of analog pins. Whenever I power up it tells me that the shield is not present. I am not sure what I am missing!? I have tired dumping the code through 1.0.2 and 1.0.5. Any help is greatly appreciated. Ultimately I am planning to turn this into a wifi weather station using the weather shield. Thanks!!! (forgive me if the code pasted below doesn't look right in the forum... first time to post code here)

/* WiFi Web Server

A simple web server that shows the value of the analog input pins. using a WiFi shield.

This example is written for a network using WPA encryption. For WEP or WPA, change the Wifi.begin() call accordingly.

Circuit: * WiFi shield attached * Analog inputs attached to pins A0 through A5 (optional)

created 13 July 2010 by dlf (Metodo2 srl) modified 31 May 2012 by Tom Igoe

*/

include <SPI.h>

include <WiFi.h>

IPAddress ip(192, 168, 10, 53);

char ssid[] = "private"; // your network SSID (name) char pass[] = "private"; // your network password //int keyIndex = 0; // your network key Index number (needed only for WEP)

int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS;

WiFiServer server(80);

void setup() { //Initialize serial and wait for port to open: Serial.begin(9600); delay(3000); //while (!Serial) { ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only //}

// check for the presence of the shield: if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_SHIELD) { Serial.println("WiFi shield not present"); // don't continue: while(true);}

// WiFi.config(ip);

// attempt to connect to Wifi network: while ( status != WL_CONNECTED) { Serial.print("Attempting to connect to SSID: "); Serial.println(ssid); // Connect to WPA/WPA2 network. Change this line if using open or WEP network:
status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);

// wait 10 seconds for connection:
delay(10000);

} server.begin(); // you're connected now, so print out the status: printWifiStatus(); }

void loop() { // listen for incoming clients WiFiClient client = server.available(); if (client) { Serial.println("new client"); // an http request ends with a blank line boolean currentLineIsBlank = true; while (client.connected()) { if (client.available()) { char c = client.read(); Serial.write(c); // if you've gotten to the end of the line (received a newline // character) and the line is blank, the http request has ended, // so you can send a reply if (c == '\n' && currentLineIsBlank) { // send a standard http response header client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK"); client.println("Content-Type: text/html"); client.println("Connection: close"); // the connection will be closed after completion of the response client.println("Refresh: 5"); // refresh the page automatically every 5 sec client.println(); client.println("<!DOCTYPE HTML>"); client.println("<html>"); // output the value of each analog input pin for (int analogChannel = 0; analogChannel < 6; analogChannel++) { int sensorReading = analogRead(analogChannel); client.print("analog input "); client.print(analogChannel); client.print(" is "); client.print(sensorReading); client.println("<br />");
} client.println("</html>"); break; } if (c == '\n') { // you're starting a new line currentLineIsBlank = true; } else if (c != '\r') { // you've gotten a character on the current line currentLineIsBlank = false; } } } // give the web browser time to receive the data delay(1);

// close the connection:
client.stop();
Serial.println("client disonnected");

} }

void printWifiStatus() { // print the SSID of the network you're attached to: Serial.print("SSID: "); Serial.println(WiFi.SSID());

// print your WiFi shield's IP address: IPAddress ip = WiFi.localIP(); Serial.print("IP Address: "); Serial.println(ip);

// print the received signal strength: long rssi = WiFi.RSSI(); Serial.print("signal strength (RSSI):"); Serial.print(rssi); Serial.println(" dBm"); }

Any suggestions on how to upgrade the firmware on this board? It looks like 1.14 includes a number of fixes for TCP/UDP functionality. Have there been any tests to ensure client library compatibility?

Has anyone had any success grabbing internet time via NTP? I think i have solved the compatibility issues with Time.h via changing the long to unsigned long...... on the line for time t. Unfortunately, trying to integrate adafruit's NTP code is proving harder than i can handle due to the function to grab ip address of the server: getHostByName. I tried making it lower case and changing the prefix to "wifi", but i cant seem to get it to compile:

unsigned long getTime(void) {

uint8_t buf[48]; unsigned long ip, startTime, t = 0L;

Serial.print(F("Locating time server..."));

// Hostname to IP lookup; use NTP pool (rotates through servers) if(cc3000.getHostByName("pool.ntp.org", &ip)) { static const char PROGMEM timeReqA[] = { 227, 0, 6, 236 }, timeReqB[] = { 49, 78, 49, 52 };

Serial.println(F("\r\nAttempting connection..."));
startTime = millis();
do {
  client = cc3000.connectUDP(ip, 123);
} while((!client.connected()) &&
        ((millis() - startTime) < connectTimeout));

if(client.connected()) {
  Serial.print(F("connected!\r\nIssuing request..."));

  // Assemble and issue request packet
  memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
  memcpy_P( buf    , timeReqA, sizeof(timeReqA));
  memcpy_P(&buf[12], timeReqB, sizeof(timeReqB));
  client.write(buf, sizeof(buf));

  Serial.print(F("\r\nAwaiting response..."));
  memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
  startTime = millis();
  while((!client.available()) &&
        ((millis() - startTime) < responseTimeout));
  if(client.available()) {
    client.read(buf, sizeof(buf));
    t = (((unsigned long)buf[40] << 24) |
         ((unsigned long)buf[41] << 16) |
         ((unsigned long)buf[42] <<  8) |
          (unsigned long)buf[43]) - 2208988800UL;
    Serial.print(F("OK\r\n"));
  }
  client.close();
}

} if(!t) Serial.println(F("error")); return t; }

I'm having issues...I've got an Arduino Uno R3- this shield is connected on all the headers. I can only see output on serial port if I change to 9600 baud. It seems to work randomly..sometimes in hangs on wifi.init (doesn't return anything), sometimes it hangs on wifi.connect, no timeout error. I've seen it connect a few times, but it's very inconsistent. Smartconfig works sometimes, but I haven't seen it make it all the way through the program - last time in finished all the ping test, but then hung on wifi.disconnect. Any tips?

Is there anybody here with a working web server sample, using the sparkfun CC3000 shield?

I am trying to get my Spark fun RedBoard to work with this CC3000 shield. But I can not get it to work. When I run the "ping test" to www.sparkfun.com, the ip adress found is 0.0.0.0, but www.example.com works fine.

However, when I run the "web client" I only get "Could not make a tcp connection". I have tried connecting to different sites both local and on the internet.

Could the problem be that I have not connected the 2x3 ISP connector between the shield and the board?

Thank you!

/Martin

I did the tutorial fine, now I’m trying to post data to a different server. How do I post the timestamp at the time a request is sent? Is there anyway to do it without Time.h (from Arduino) or even better is there a way to do it WITH Time.h , cause currently the SFE_CC3000 library is not compatible with Time.h .

Any luck anyone using this for MQTT?

I'm trying to use this CC3000 shield with the RedBoard in a project which also requires a couple of servos.

I can get the WiFi to work perfectly on its own, and the servos also are fine on their own. But as soon as I try to both use WiFi and run the servos in the same program, weird things start to happen. Sometimes it works but the servos chatter every time there's a network request; sometimes the CC3000 initialization never returns; sometimes it's just really flaky.

I'm thinking the Servo library somehow interferes with the CC3000 library, or there's a hardware conflict somewhere. Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?

I’ve built a replacement driver for the CC3000, https://github.com/wadetb/tinyhci. It’s roughly half the size.

It doesn’t offer the C++ interface of the SFE library, instead it’s at the socket level. But if someone wanted to, the SFE library could be ported to sit on top of it.

I'm working with an 802.11g router running the WebClient sketch. My phone and laptop can connect to the wifi just fine by WebClient keeps giving me this.

SparkFun CC3000 - WebClient

CC3000 initialization complete Connecting to SSID: MK1 Error: Could not connect to AP Error: Could not obtain connection details Performing HTTP GET of: www.example.com Error: Could not make a TCP connection

Error: Could not close socket Error: Could not disconnect from network Finished WebClient test

I've tried different routers and different settings but none of them work. On the other hand, I am able to connect to my iPhone 5 hotspot. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Some help?

Thanks!

Hi, I just use CC3000 for testing wifi, but when I run WebClient sample, it seems not working. It can not initialize because I only saw below text:

SparkFun CC3000 - WebClient

And nothing else.

Hope everyone can help me to solve this issue.

Thanks,

Hi, everyone, I have some problem, I can initialize Serial Port, but the device cannot Initialize CC3000 and Connect using DHCP I am using souce from example library Anyone can Help?

hi guys can i use the adafuit library which is used often in the project that i have fount in the internet ? also can i use it as a web server like this project http://www.openhomeautomation.net/wireless-relay-arduino-wifi/ ? thanks

Does the CC3000 support Class A subnets yet? Also does it support hidden SSID'S? I've never been able to get it to work on a Class A subnet. I've always had to set up a separate network and make it a class B or C subnet.

Hi Shawn, wondering why you chose to add the 74125 in your design?

What CC3000 firmware versions does the SFE_CC3000_Library support?

No headers and no jumpers to work with the SPI bus on the mega? I know this is only a personal opinion and I love spark fun I just ordered 2 orders from you in the last month =) but I think this is lacking the competition this time around.

What is the incentive of using this over the Yun?

Would this shield make it possible to reprogram the arduino over the air?

"Eagle Files" link is incorrect, points to the same schematic PDF as the first link. Please fix?

Ahhh, so Sparkfun is the reason why the TI boosterpack is out of stock everywhere !!! YOU bought all the modules!!!

Please make and sell the little laser-cut adapter for the external antenna. I'm sure it would be useful for other things too.

hey It is great to see CC3000 under sparkfun finally.... I am wondering how do you process reflow soldering for this specific component like CC3000. Because reflow soldering of such larger component with LGA and metal cover is very different from "black components" with extended legs. How do you set temperature profile for Oven? Would you like to show us about soldering from your production team. A 3 min video would be great for it.

I'm a bit confused by your spec's above. It appears your supply Voltage in straight from the data sheet of the CC3000. Since you are using a 5-3.3V LDO shouldn't you supply voltage for this board be based on those numbers. With that said shouldn't this "Shield" be capable of over 5V in? and not 4.8? Looking at the data sheet of the LDO it is rated for up to 20V max 15V recommended max, and your shift register should be good for 5V tolerant pins such as a standard Arduino.