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PineTab as a MySensors smart home controller?

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The PineTab is a 10" linux tablet made by pine.org which will go on sale this month, for $75.

In line with their other projects, the hardware and software are open source. So I've been thinking it could be a great startingpoint for creating a trustworthy alternative to the Google Home Hub.

It could be used with MySensors in a number of ways.
- The tablet has a built-in slot for expansino boards. One could be made that add MySensors radios (as well as other smart home radios).
- Create a 'backpack' that replaces the rear cover, and add a radio module inside.
- Similarly, create a stand. The tablet has pogopins on the side to which a keyboard cover can be connected. But this is essentially a USB 2.0 port, so it could also be used to connect it to something like this:
I'm going to explore this idea as a next step for Candle. Would anyone else be interested in exploring this idea?
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@mimaret It was a pleasure. Thank you for your feedback!
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@TheoL Not only did I put in delays, too, but I put in delays that were based upon the ID (which was stored in NVRAM)! This helped. caveat: This is probably not accurate be helps to explain the challenges with a large network. My initial experience with Arduino/nRF24 was using the libraries from TMRh20. Those libraries allowed a node to be a repeater, but only for 6 nodes. The primary node 0, master, only allowed 6 nodes to connect to it. The nodes connected to it also allowed 6 nodes. Subsequent nodes had to go through one of these repeating nodes. But the depth was only 4 deep. The master assigned node IDs if the node didn't already have one; similar to a MAC address. The master also kept track of the addresses (ARP table?). Addresses were 4 octets (base in the form of D/C/B/A. A node connected directly to the master had an address of 0/0/0/a (where 0/0/0/0 was reserved for the master). A node connected through another node had an address of 0/0/b/a, and so forth. But what happens is that a parent node has to mange the data from all its child nodes and their child nodes and their child nodes. Thus a node would get so bogged down dealing with this traffic that it din't do its sensor task very well. It is my belief that MySensors either uses TMRh20's libraries or has developed some aspects based on his initial work. I see that that TMRh20 has a version 2 and I have not experimented with it. I did find that MySensors worked better than version 1. Thus, my curiosity. I am also duly impressed at the magnitude of hardware. Currently a nano like device from Aliexperss is US$2-3, nRF24 ~ US$1, power supply ~ US$1.50, power cord ?, case?, sensors!? While the hardware cost is daunting, even with a PCB it's a lot of work building those up. So, yeah, I'm impressed! -OSD

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