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bluetooth instead of wifi

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    magicguigui
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    Hi everyone !

    I wonder if someone has already make his project using bluetooth instead of wifi. (because wifi is not the most safe for humans... sleeping etc)

    What about the price between bluetooth/wifi transceiver ?

    What about the code ?

    Would it be more judicious using bluetooth ?

    What do you think about this ?

    Thank you for your replies.

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      because wifi is not the most safe for humans... sleeping etc

      what are you talking about???
      are you the ones that say wifi boils water on a cup?

      mysensors library works on nrf24l01+ modules, Not wifi. its a kind of Bluetooth already... anyway Bluetooth is 2.4ghz like wi-fi, but Bluetooth consumes less power (Theoricly)

      i'm a arduino fan .Even sometimes don't undestanding how to use it :P

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      • M magicguigui

        Hi everyone !

        I wonder if someone has already make his project using bluetooth instead of wifi. (because wifi is not the most safe for humans... sleeping etc)

        What about the price between bluetooth/wifi transceiver ?

        What about the code ?

        Would it be more judicious using bluetooth ?

        What do you think about this ?

        Thank you for your replies.

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        @magicguigui Neutral: bluetooth uses the same frequency carrier as wifi and similar modulation. The eventual consequences would we similar. I don't know of a Bluetooth implementation but guess it would be possible.

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          magicguigui
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          Hi and thank you for replying.

          My bad, I though bluetooth was more safe than wifi but you are right, the both are in the same frequency range.

          So my question becomes: are there some new technologies using safety wireless protocol ?

          Another question, in all your project, do the sensors' data be always sent to the gateway (so always wifi activated) ? or do you create something to activate the wifi only 1 time by hour or something like that ?

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          • M magicguigui

            Hi and thank you for replying.

            My bad, I though bluetooth was more safe than wifi but you are right, the both are in the same frequency range.

            So my question becomes: are there some new technologies using safety wireless protocol ?

            Another question, in all your project, do the sensors' data be always sent to the gateway (so always wifi activated) ? or do you create something to activate the wifi only 1 time by hour or something like that ?

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            @magicguigui said:

            Another question, in all your project, do the sensors' data be always sent to the gateway (so always wifi activated) ? or do you create something to activate the wifi only 1 time by hour or something like that ?

            No sure what you mean by "activated". Is that the same as listening? Then yes.. the gateway and repeaters is listening.

            The sensors send a uSec burst of data when transmitting whenever you decide to send. Could be once an hour or every second. All up to your needs.

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              Most sensors report only once per hour or so. Sending takes less than 10 milliseconds, so if you send once per hour the radio (not wifi, as @Tmaster mentioned before) is off more than 99.9997% of the time.

              If you could clarify what safety problems you are worried about, we might be able to give a better answer.

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                This is a interesting discussion, despite there are no proves that wi-fi its not safe... wifi routers uses so low power that in 20 m and a wall,signal is gone.
                Myself already serched about problems on wifi ,before have wi-fi and use wireless arduinos(nrf24..) ,but know i think its senseless.

                before of all you shoud read how this "world" works. because compare nrf24l01 card with wifi is like compare a bicycle with a car...
                on temperature sensor for example ,each command activate the card for milisenconds and sleep again during 10 minutes (in my case).
                i guess put your head in to the sun makes more dammage and get more radiation thant this.... :)

                i'm a arduino fan .Even sometimes don't undestanding how to use it :P

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