I decided to conduct a few tests with my fona808. Battery. The at+cbc command give you the current charge mode, percent charged, and millivolts. I found on the adafruit fona808 that the charge mode indicator always gave status 0 (“not charging”) even when charged. GSM Location. This is given by the at+cipgsmloc. It spits out…

These are more like “the commands i have found useful as of present.” I bear no real affinity for them, except that I do appreciate the data they yield. AT+COPS? Ensure you are connected to the network (it gives “+COPS: 0” if you are not) at+ccid Get the SIM number; you need this for activation…

I was recently granted an adafruit shopping spree by my wife. I chose a FONA808 and some Trinket microcontrollers (literally they are about the size of my thumbnail!). Im still learning the ins and outs of the FONA, but it is amazing how much momentum you can gain by simply following the instructions listed in…