They're great, but WiFi is terrible for power, and RF916 (or even LoRa) are
great for range where Bluetooth is not. Pin compatibility with power module, a
well-developed ecosystem ... I've done my research on this, and for low-power
remote nodes these are the goods. They're also great for power management for
Pi projects where intermittent power is an issue. Graceful shutdowns with a
little 800mAh LiPo (the power boards have a boost DC/DC) save my OS. Autoboot
when power is back. It's truly great. I use them in all sorts of commercial
installs.
C
> On Aug 2, 2017, at 9:23 AM, Andrew Errington <erringt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> All the cool kids are using ESP8266 modules these days.
>
> Andrew
>
>> On Aug 2, 2017 4:14 PM, "Dr. Trigon" <dr.tri...@surfeu.ch> wrote:
>> Hi Colin
>>
>> >wall. Low power + existing libraries for 1Wire. This RF unit (I use
>> >Moteinos) would cost you about $20. The gateway unit would also cost
>> >you
>> >about $20. I send things around encrypted, data format json strings,
>> >and
>> >it's very easy to manage. If you want to shove this into 1Wire, do it
>> >on
>> >the gateway node as data is received.
>>
>> So Moteino = Arduino+RF correct? That would mean I would have to write
>> sketches for it and some script for the gateway raspi using externals
>> mechanism in owfs, right? I would like to have a generic 1wire master - so
>> would think about OneWireFirmata - don't know. (By "generic master" I mean
>> something where I can just connect sensors without having to write or modify
>> code.)
>>
>> >I have code for all of this including the Pi serial handler if you are
>> >interested.
>>
>> If you have some more info at hand, I intressted in having a look for future
>> changes in my setup but for now I am happy with my solution.
>>
>> Thanks and greetings
>>
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