@Puneit-Thukral , I appreciate your participation. I was able to program the Ebyte nRF52832 module and communicate with an ESP8266 gateway. Before I move on to working on a controller, I would like to see that 8ua power consumption first because my sensor nodes will need to operate on battery for a long time. Right of the bat, with an empty sketch, I see around 17ma, can someone provide the bear minimum code to achieve lower power consumption please?
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Well, thanks for chiming in. I've done my best to follow several documentation and I can tell you that I am still struggling. I have my ESP8266 MQTTClient gateway ready with an nRF24 attached, then I moved on to a controller. I chose OpenHAB, while my gateway connects successfully to my RPI:
13:17:45.355 -> 5332 GWT:RMQ:CONNECTING...
13:17:45.458 -> 5415 GWT:RMQ:OK
13:17:45.458 -> 5432 GWT:TPS:TOPIC=mygateway1-out/0/255/0/0/18,MSG SENT
13:17:54.216 -> pm open,type:2 0
I couldn't Connect the Mysensors Broker on OpenHAP. So I am stuck here and even if I am successful. I am not even sure if my bluetooth sensor (with the MySensor plumming) will connect automatically to my ESP8266 through the nRF24. Is this how people connect their bluetooth modules to mysensors?
Did I choose an inadequate controller? Who has a barebone configuration to attach nRF52 BLE modules to MySensors that works?
I've some of Andrew EfektaSB's youtube videos doing just that, can someone reproduce what he is doing?
I haven't tried to hookup the nRF24 to a RPI directly and use it that way but I feel like using the ESP8266 gateway easier approach, please advise.
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@mfalkvidd I really appreciate the time you took to answer my silly question. I am getting there.
@Puneit-Thukral said in Newbie question about Sending sensor data with an nRF52832 module to my sensors:
You can upload Mysensors sketch to NRF5 modules:
That I kinda figured it out, Define the board as MY_RADIO_NRF5_ESB and start coding, that solves the sensor piece.
that way it can speak to mysensors network
The question is how? I hear a lot of people doing it. Is is using a microcontroller (ESPs, Arduinos, RPi) with the nRF24L01+ chip attached to it? I am assuming it's the same radio frequency so any of the nRF52832 modules would be able to communicate with it "wirelessly".
communicate to your controller through the gateway
In my case, I am using the Wemo D1 ESP8266 microcontroller, I will have to install a controller and configure my gateway. Is this correct?
I appreciate your help, I am sorry I came late in the game but it's never too late to get involved.
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I've been reading a lot of posts about BLE modules in general but I can't find how the modules talk to the gateway. What kind of gateway is available out of the box that support BLE communications? Can a RPI act as such? if yes, can you point me to the right direction?
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