ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking

Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by jcun4128 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @01:37PM (#16010081)

Does it transmit like a POST request? If so that is cool. I always feel bad using a Pi Zero for one purpose.

I had a project in mind of making a smart poster that was open buttons on a flat piece of paper that you shorted with your finger with an id. You'd bind this button to a server event and it would be powered by ambient rf signals.

Gotta read up on this.

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Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by acidburnNSA on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @02:20PM (#16010354)

Yes, you can do POST requests. I usually use a protocol called MQTT, originally developed for industrial pipeline telemetry and controls that's now getting a lot of use in the IoT world. Good luck, this stuff is super fun.

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Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by jcun4128 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @02:25PM (#16010392)

Thanks I look forward to it.

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Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by sergers on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @03:36PM (#16010851)

Check out https://home-assistant.io

Works great with mqtt, and one of biggest IoT home automation communities.

I use about 20 wemos d1 mini boards off AliExpress (esp8266 board) with various sensors

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Re:ESP 8266 Wi-Fi Repeater with Mesh Networking by jcun4128 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @06:30PM (#16011722)

Thanks for the tip.

What I have to figure out forexample how to power this thing with semi-prolonged burst say through a cap. I was looking at the specs briefly it's like below 300mA but 3. Something volts for "load draw"

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