Re:The amazing $1 microcontroller (2017)
by Gibbon1 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @06:39AM
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What's potentially interesting is the 802.3bt PoE standard, power up to 55W or 90-100W. And data.
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What PoE switches are compatible with that right now? I would love to wire the house with that.
Re:The amazing $1 microcontroller (2017)
by Gibbon1 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @02:34PM
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I'm not sure. Though I see a whole lot of chatter from chip makers trying to sell solutions into that market. Sounds like they have figured out you can run lighting and and other IoT stuff off it.
If you think about it most current IoT stuff blows. You need power for the device. And then you're using shit like WiFi for data. And even worse shit like Bluetooth for configuration. Security is a big big problem because it's brittle and conflicts with consumers need for stuff to just work. PoE solves all of those issues.