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BLE Heart rate monitor slower without internet
I am working on a project that uses a raspberry pi and a BLE heart rate monitor. I am using the built in Bluetooth on a raspberry pi zero w 1.1, running the latest raspbian buster, using the bluez stack v5.50.
I have run into the most puzzling…
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OS for Orange Pi zero plus
I bought an orange pi zero plus and want to make a wifi access point that passes all traffic of the connected devices through tor.
Simply I wanted a dev board that has gigabit ethernet and wifi for access point, and is as cheap as possible.
I want…
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With Nest camera, is there a way to completely disable event generation for a zone?
Is there a way to make a given area of the camera view generate no events, not even those that show up in the timeline?
I have set up zones for the areas of interest to me, but I continue to get events for areas outside any zone. I can set up a zone…
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MQTT - keepAlive using Arduino
I'm using MQTT broker for my IOT devicess, mostly ESP8266 ( some are NodeMCU, some Wemos mini, and some are Sonoff) , running an Arduino code, some time ( about a year ). MQTT broker is running on a RasppberryPi Zero W, flawlessly.
All devices using…
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Belkin Wemo API?
Looking for some API docs on querying & control of Belkin Wemo switches/plugs.
I have discovery working but can't seem to find any concise documentations describing how to do much else.
I can see discovery events & process the xml details:
HTTP/1.1…
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How to select a right database for IoT gateway?
Assume I build a IoT gateway (Linux OS) for collecting data from sensors. Data is store on database, and can be viewed via a web server implement on this gateway. Storage is not much, about 2GB.
Which database is a good choice for this situation?…
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Installing apps on TCL Smart TV
I have this 43 inch UHD TCL 43R500 TV. But I am struggling to Install 3rd party apps on it. So it have a build in App Store TV4 but that doesn't have any good app.
What I have tried is:
To copy the .apk file in Pen Drive and try installing from…
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Can I send messages from LORIOT to an HTTP web server?
I actually send data packet from LORIOT and TTN to Cayenne.
I would understand if is possible to send instead data from Loriot or TTN to my custom http web server, if there is any procedure around explaining how to manage this?
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Can somebody explain why some pins on Olimex ESP32-EVB cannot be used?
I am in need to configure two UART connections from Olimex ESP32-EVB to a scanner and to a card reader.
I was exploring the GPIO pins that could have helped to establish those connections, but unfortunately from what I could understand I can only…
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Solution for Outdoor Geolocation
I am new to the Internet of Things space and would like to inquire if a solution exists / could be created for real-time geolocation of an intermittently mobile object (not an automobile)? The GeoLocation would have to work mostly outdoors and would…
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Advice for building a home automation system
I am not sure what technologies to use in order to build an IoT system for my home.
I have a few sensors and some other devices that need to be controlled (like a doorlock) placed in my house. All of them have WiFi integrated. I want to see all the…
Codrin Muntean
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Mosquitto broker not authenticating, allowing mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub anonymously
This is my config file /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
# Place your local configuration in /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/
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# A full description of the configuration file is at
# /usr/share/doc/mosquitto/examples/mosquitto.conf.example
pid_file…
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How do you debug your ESP32 applications?
So, I asked a question on Hardware Recommendations, looking for a
Windows USB dongle for LoRa/LoRaWan and BT5/BLE
I want to develop on ESP32 and to use my Windows laptop as a server to the ESP32's client.
The reason I asked that question looking for…
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Powering an ESP32 used for controlling solenoids remotely
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I am from a software engineering background, so I don't know too much about electric engineering apart from basic stuff like Ohm's Law (but willing to learn if needed). I'm building a garden irrigation system for my home. The valves are…
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remotely update a raspberry pi with limited data
What's the proper hence best way to push updates to a Raspberry-pi with a limited Mobile Data Cap (1mb/ day).
My first plan was to set up a Git repository and pull files from it once a week for example. The problem with that is that it's not…
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