@NeverDie I love the new 51840 (the one that does the long distance, the 832 is the High throughput chip) Please work with the 840.

I have the nRF52840 Preview DK, but have not fired it up yet. Still trying to understand how to code Bluetooth.
http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/nRF52840-Preview-DK.

SiLabs has an interesting Gecko BT5 chip as well.
http://www.silabs.com/products/wireless/bluetooth/blue-gecko-bluetooth-smart-socs

@NeverDie Hey I am signed up for this BLE event to be held in Austin by Nordic. Are you going?

http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Events/Nordic-Tech-Tour

Austin - October 30th, 2017
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (registration from 8:15 AM)
Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs, Austin, TX, 78704
The seminar is an opportunity for embedded application development
engineers to meet the nRF52 Series experts in person.

Topics to be covered*
• Nordic wireless product offerings
• Bluetooth 5: What is it, what can you do with it, and how do you use it
• The nRF52 Series, (nRF52840, nRF52832 and nRF52810):
Enable Bluetooth 5 today with the market leading nRF52 Series SoCs
• 802.15.4 and Thread: Mesh technologies for IoT applications
• Bluetooth Mesh

@NeverDie I think the 832 would be a good start until the 840 is available. I think all programming will be the same for when we switch over the 840. I am not 100% sure though.

I have been looking at the AdaFruit 832 since it came out, but have not pulled the trigger yet, as I have not yet opened my 840 dev kit.

We can definitely program the AdaFruit 832 with Arduino.

I agree with you that BT5 long range is the way to the future due to it's low energy, great built in security, long range and no additional chip required.... and >>because regular bluetooth is already baked into everything.

Some Nordic guidance might help.

Building Bluetooth-Connected IoT Wireless Sensor Prototypes with Minimal Effort

https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/techzone/2017/jul/building-bluetooth-connected-iot-wireless-sensor-prototypes

Weird, so this functionality works on my computer at work. I will do some more research tonight.
Thanks.

@openhardware.io Great to have your board...on board :)

@NeverDie Event though there seem to be many benefits to going narrow, what about enclosure sizes, where longer may not be as good as a smaller square?

@mfalkvidd

@openhardware.io So, I have been looking for a way to determine if a door lock was locked. Is this that?

@NeverDie It is an interesting exploration. It seems you don't see it until you get there.

@mfalkvidd Thanks for the clarification. I just wanted to make sure I did not need to worry about the other person being online when I sent a message. Chat will work.

@gohan Thank you for pointing that out. Just getting started in MS.

@scalz I think there is HUGE interest in a good working PIR solution. That gets my vote.:mag_right:

Also, the LoRa modules are expensive compared to 69s.

@NeverDie said in Fewer home automation postings? What's behind it?:

The rate of new postings seems much less than in prior years

Similar topic on another forum I hang out in.

https://forums.ghielectronics.com/t/wow-this-place-has-become-quiet/20847

@NeverDie No, Adafruit is the maker/seller and before just recently you had to buy them from them and pay the shipping and slow order fill process.

I have Amazon Prime, so shipping is "free" and they show up in 2 days.

I have never seen them for lower than MSRP.

@mfalkvidd > Seems like leds are only able to convert about 10% though.

10% !! What a bummer. For being so efficient, can you imaging how low power the next step in lighting will be?
Time to invent the next version of LED.:sun_with_face:

@NeverDie I may have to dive into this, as we are expanding our garden and we have plenty of the furry devils. :)

@NeverDie
The nRF52840 PDK is a versatile single board development kit for Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth low energy, ANT, 802.15.4 and 2.4GHz proprietary applications using the nRF52840 SoC. This kit supports development for the nRF52840 SoC.

http://www.nordicsemi.com/eng/Products/nRF52840-Preview-DK
https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/blogs/1093/

Cool drone video of 840 long range.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4PbxVwg83M

Many of you know Charles from his Ultra Low Power Node work.
https://hallard.me/bp-ulpnode/

Check out what he is doing over on TheThingsNetwork (LoraWan radios)
Full arduino mini lorawan and 1.3ua sleep-mode

https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/full-arduino-mini-lorawan-and-1-3ua-sleep-mode/8059