{"id":10983,"date":"2025-04-03T13:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=10983"},"modified":"2025-04-03T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:32:41","slug":"can-i-use-your-go-directgdx-sensors-with-an-arduino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/10983","title":{"rendered":"Can I use Go Direct sensors with Arduino?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, we have created an Arduino library (named GDXLib) that allows Go Direct sensors to work with certain Arduino microcontrollers. The GDXLib library supports communication between the Arduino board and the Go Direct sensor via Bluetooth (USB is not supported). The GDXLib library can connect with one Go Direct device at a time, and can take readings from multiple on-board sensor channels.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arduino Boards for Go Direct Sensors<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Arduino microcontroller must be compatible with the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/arduino-libraries\/ArduinoBLE\">ArduinoBLE library<\/a> and have sufficient flash memory. Popular Arduino microcontrollers that work well with the GDXLib library and Go Direct sensors include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UNO R4 Wifi<\/li>\n<li>Nano ESP32<\/li>\n<li>Nano RP2040 Connect<\/li>\n<li>MKR Wifi 1010<\/li>\n<li>Arduino Alvik Robot (powered by the Arduino Nano ESP32)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Links<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/VernierST\/GDXLib#getting-started-with-vernier-go-direct-sensors-and-arduino\">Getting Started with Vernier Go Direct\u00ae Sensors and Arduino\u00ae User Manual<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/til\/10843\/\">How do I install Arduino libraries for Go Direct sensors or LabQuest sensors?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/engineering\/arduino\/arduino-online-guide\/\">Vernier LabQuest Sensors with Arduino Online Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, we have created an Arduino library (named GDXLib) that allows Go Direct sensors to work with certain Arduino microcontrollers. The GDXLib library supports communication&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8983,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3084,7572],"class_list":["post-10983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-arduino","tag-gdxlib"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}