Posts made by defMondo

Thanks @Nca78, that looks almost spot on, I already have the standard nrf24 modules though so would require a bit of wiring still. If it wasn't for that it would have been perfect

Thanks for the links @sundberg84 , I was aware of the mysensors stuff I like the formfactor of the Sensebender Micro althought not a fan of the internal temp sensor. I guess you can always ignore it.

Have only had a quick look at the OpenHardware site will look more closely tonight, see if anything jumps out at me.

@zboblamont thanks for that, the Moteino looks good except I'm trying to go with the nRF modules, would be great it it could come with one of those. Found a few others as well but haven't seen one in the right format for my needs, but yeah will look further before getting my own ones made, not a fan of surface mount soldering with a normal iron.

@zboblamont thanks for that, will have a look for that.

If I find I end up deploying a few more of these or similar units I may end up getting a PCB made up where the radio will just plug(solder) in with the bear essentials, similar to the mysensors one except with a different form factor to suit these 4AA boxes.

Thanks, @sundberg84, I ended up mounting the board and then soldering the wires in while the boards were in place which would reduce the chances of braking wires trying to cram them in

@gohan Will look into that thanks, although if the standard batteries last a long time not to fussed about replacing them periodically but I guess the 3.2v would be better to run the arduino and radio from.

I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to mysensors framework only been trying to get my head around it for a couple of weeks this is the first sensor I've put together which is packaged in a relative small footprint.

Its all packaged up inside a 4AA battery enclosure including the 2AA's which power it.

Still a bit of a work in progress and this is the first one I've packaged to try at various places around the house to check range and actually conditions.

I've put more details in what I hope will be a regular updated blog with this home automation journey.

https://mondotron.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/easily-deploy-able-temp-and-humidity.html

Any suggestions welcome.

Cheers,
Tony