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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: TinyShield 433Mhz Radio
« on: July 17, 2015, 07:03:09 AM »
Thanks for the replies! I was starting to get very discouraged, not only by the lack of response to my questions, but to the inactivity of these forums in general.
I was wondering what its power requirements were because I want the smallest package possible. I'm building very tiny sensors boxes for my home automation project. I want to stuff a processor board, a 433MHz shield and a proto shield into a tiny box, along with a real-world sensor attached to the proto board and distribute several of them them around the house, sensing various aspects such as light level, temperature, motion, etc. The signals would be aggregated by a Raspberry Pi 2 with a 433MHz receiver and published via WiFi to a MQTT broker.
With that in mind, I think the lithium ion polymer battery makes the most sense. These sensors can't be plugged into power, so having a rechargable battery makes more sense: I could just take down the sensor and plug it in to recharge.
I'll check out Codebender, then. There are many examples out there of using those cheap 433MHz transmitters and receivers but I could find nothing about these Tiny Circuit shields.
Thanks! I'll update this thread when I have something working.
I was wondering what its power requirements were because I want the smallest package possible. I'm building very tiny sensors boxes for my home automation project. I want to stuff a processor board, a 433MHz shield and a proto shield into a tiny box, along with a real-world sensor attached to the proto board and distribute several of them them around the house, sensing various aspects such as light level, temperature, motion, etc. The signals would be aggregated by a Raspberry Pi 2 with a 433MHz receiver and published via WiFi to a MQTT broker.
With that in mind, I think the lithium ion polymer battery makes the most sense. These sensors can't be plugged into power, so having a rechargable battery makes more sense: I could just take down the sensor and plug it in to recharge.
I'll check out Codebender, then. There are many examples out there of using those cheap 433MHz transmitters and receivers but I could find nothing about these Tiny Circuit shields.
Thanks! I'll update this thread when I have something working.