Ameba Arduino: Scan Available WiFi Hotspots

This example uses Ameba to scan available WiFi hotspots in the surroundings, and prints the SSID, encryption type, etc.

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Description

In this example, we use Ameba to scan available WiFi hotspots in the surroundings, and prints the SSID, encryption type, signal strength information of each detected hotspot.

Details

For more information:

If you need more technical documents and example code that work right out of box, check out the links below,
Ameba Facebook: https://bit.ly/AmebaFB
Ameba Official Website: https://bit.ly/AmebaOfficialWebsite
Ameba Forum: https://bit.ly/AmebaForum

Components

1 × AmebaD [RTL8722DM / RTL8722CSM / RTL8722DM MINI]
1 × Antenna

Build Instructions

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Setup

First, make sure the correct Ameba development board is selected in Arduino IDE: “Tools” -> “Board” ->

Open the “ScanNetworks” example in “File” -> “Examples” -> “AmebaWiFi” -> “ScanNetworks”:
2

Upload and execution

Then upload the sample code and press the reset button on Ameba. Afterwards, you can see “**Scan Networks**” message appears, with the detected WiFi hotspots and the information of each hotspot.