How does TapNLink work with Arduino?

In your Arduino application code, you will add a software serial port (aka. S3P) on two GPIOs of your microcontroller. S3P is the access way for reading and writing values in the application. The code you will need is provided in the ArdTap library in the Arduino IDE.

The TapNLink wireless module includes its own processor with an agent that you will configure with the locations of data (a.k.a. variables) that you want to view or change using your mobile HMI. You will use a free configuration software called IoTize Studio to do this.

When you configure the TapNLink wireless module, that configuration automatically creates the first user interface app (the HMI app). This app is, for the most part, HTML5 with some JavaScript, which makes it very easy to manipulate and modify. This is possible because IoTize provides you a low level app called Tap Manager, which manages all the communication interfaces on the mobile device.