💬 RFM69 Raspberry PI Zero(W) Shield(HAT)
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Can I ask why you choose to go with the ble switches instead of all other available and tested solutions?
That's because of the issues that I had with the supply from the Livolo switches which is designed for low currents(several milliamps and even less). I had no luck with other solutions because of the high current consumption(more than 20mA) - and yes for the Livolo supply this is high. And because of that the stand-by power supply from Livolo crashed(burned) several times and I had to repair it(thanks to @tonnerre33 for his support on this part).
I know that other users managed to make this work with nrf24l01 radios and MySensors support but for me it didn't worked well and it wasn't stable - and trust me I studied the Livolo supply from outside to inside and I know its limitations and why it was designed the way it was designed.
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There are also wifi switches... I still don't understand what is with the livolo supply that you want to use
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@mtiutiu
Be aware that at least some of the Pi's (I don't know which) are known to cause a lot of RF noise to the RFM69. That shows up as an impairment in receiving from more distant nodes. Just FYI. Not sure if it is true of the Pi Zero's or not. I guess you'll find out. ESP8266's don't seem to have the issue. -
@mtiutiu
Be aware that at least some of the Pi's (I don't know which) are known to cause a lot of RF noise to the RFM69. That shows up as an impairment in receiving from more distant nodes. Just FYI. Not sure if it is true of the Pi Zero's or not. I guess you'll find out. ESP8266's don't seem to have the issue. -
I'm sorry but I think I'll abandon this one because I don't have any time left to deal with it.
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I'm sorry but I think I'll abandon this one because I don't have any time left to deal with it.
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I'm sorry but I think I'll abandon this one because I don't have any time left to deal with it.
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If you want to simply buy a solution, there's this: https://lowpowerlab.com/guide/mightyhat/ It also gives you a power on-ff switch for the Pi, as well as a UPS, so it's more than a single point solution. I don't own one, so I can't really comment beyond just pointing out its existence.
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If you want to simply buy a solution, there's this: https://lowpowerlab.com/guide/mightyhat/ It also gives you a power on-ff switch for the Pi, as well as a UPS, so it's more than a single point solution. I don't own one, so I can't really comment beyond just pointing out its existence.
