Data Logger Z Advance

Utilized the various and many sensors available on board the android phone to keep track of its surroundings. It display the the current sampled values on screen and also has the ability to write them down to a file. (Currently in JSON format). So why not put your spare android to good use and have it do something for you.

The Advance version comes with ads and it run in the foreground. It can currently log the following metrics if the Android device has the appropriate sensors. It also allow you to visualize where you are on the map if you had location logging turned on. It also allow you to browse the various Wifi Base station in the neighborhood. (It rely on the passive scanning of the device and will need to allow the device to scan of SSID). This is one good way of knowing if you have a new neighbor or an old one has move away.

-Temperature
-Humidity
-Brightness
-Wifi Base station broadcasting in the vicinity
-Location Coordinates
-Barometer/Air Pressure
-Motion or Linear Acceleration
-Magnetic Field - For those cases when you want to know if we are experiencing a solar storm attack.

The details are displayed and/or written to file.

This application will be useful for young kids' classroom science experiments and also during the maths topic of Histogram. It can provide real life data points which they can related to and hence make the learning experience more relevant to themselves. For those network engineers, they can use this to perform their wifi signal surveys and have those signals logged down for you.

More Metrics will be made available in the coming up versions (Not in order).
-Ambiance Sound Level - For those cases where you want to know how silent or noisy your surrounding is.