Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by rsaxvc on Monday November 13, 2023 @10:57PM
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You could mount one at each corner and use a directional antenna to help.
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by rsaxvc on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:05PM
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You could use the BLE AoA extension as well to derive an angle: https://www.bluetooth.com/blog/new-aoa-aod-bluetooth-capabil...
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by rsaxvc on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:11PM
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If you want to get really spicy, you can use two antennas and an SDR to compute angle of arrival using nothing but a BLE advertisement's data . This is different from BLE AoA as it doesn't require a cooperative transmitter.
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by alias_neo on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:10AM
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If you want to get really, really spicy, use three devices/antennas and you can roughly track in three-dimensional space.
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by milkshakes on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:41AM
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there are wifi setups that allow you to do this already.
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by worthless-trash on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @06:35AM
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I would like to subscribe to this API.
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by greggsy on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @09:16AM
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Wouldn’t three dimensional tracking need four antennas?
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by rsaxvc on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:24PM
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Three appropriately spaced antennas will give you azimuth and elevation of a ray to the transmitter, but not distance.
But using two of the above in different, known locations would allow you to compute the intersection to a 3D location.
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by enva2712 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @12:14AM
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You the same george ashworth that used to work at d&b?
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by linvs on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:25AM
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It does but we don't have a battery powered option (yet) so power availability is the bigger issue. Our sensors can only be outlet powered. Each sensor can cover cover roughly 5,000 sq.ft. or about two tennis courts.
Re:Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a server...
by sgu999 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:56AM
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Did you consider using BT or UWB as a radar? On a tennis court you won't have any obstacles to worry about, I suspect it's relatively easy to solve.
UWB in particular is accurate enough to get breathing patterns...
Maybe I could mount a BT device at a corner of the outdoor space and use its signal strength as the threshold value.