On Jun 20, 8:52 am, Charles Springer <
armwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A lot of the industrial type GPRS/GSM MODEMS are RS232 so they can be used
> with anything, like the ARM7 boards or Arduino family hardware. Hugh has
> worked with these on the MIni's if he is listening.
>
> Chaitu, if you are looking for the best range and lowest cost options, the
> CDMA EDGE (or EVO) devices - mostly USB - are usually a lot cheaper to
> operate than systems designed for voice. These new standards packetize data
> like the Internet and it can take multiple pathways to reach the recipient
> without the timing constraints of voice. You can hopefully get data plans
> that reflect this, especially for systems that turn on and send or query for
> data and are off most of the time.
>
> -- Charlie
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Pankaj Chawla <
pankaj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Check qextserialport library. It has examples too. You will need to cross
> > compile it to mini.
> > But I wonder whats GSM, GPRS and printer got to do with serial port?
>