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Another cheap Radar Motion detection module

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    Hi everyone.
    Some chat on these Pete Scargill's site:http://tech.scargill.net/microwave-for-the-weekend/
    It uses a different chip (RCWL-0516) to the other cheap radar modules discussed here last year...

    Ive ordered two to play with so will report back in a few months if they work for me.
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/262783104831

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      I wonder how much power it uses, because I suspect it will not be very battery friendly 😀

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        Some more info here:
        https://github.com/jdesbonnet/RCWL-0516
        ...but not any power consumption figures....

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          Some more info here:
          https://github.com/jdesbonnet/RCWL-0516
          ...but not any power consumption figures....

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          @gregl power usage: https://github.com/jdesbonnet/RCWL-0516/issues/1

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            3 mA is not very friendly 😁

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