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GPS ground communications expensive (financially and power requirement)?

I hadn't realised that the Argos satellite network existed and animal trackers communicated with it. Tracking technology. Does anyone know how much it costs and what level of power is required to communicate with GPS satellites?
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Are there 6LoWPAN based smart home platforms?

Current smart homes are just a particular IPv4 private network comprising new embedded devices (e.g., Thermostat) as well as generic computing devices (e.g., PCs) connected to the Internet through gateways (Figure 1). With the adoption of IPv6…
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Google Assistant read custom phrase

I'm looking at getting a very quick prototype together for a piece of software I'm demoing, and I'd like to be able to say a phrase to the Google Assistant and have it read back a phrase that's been set on the fly from the software. I'm thinking of…
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IoT Session duration

A Linux box sends measurements to AWS-RDBMS. A python script opens and closes the connection only long enough to upload data to the database (sessions is closed immediately after update). The alternative is that the box opens up an indefinite…
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Setting a device clock with BLE

I'd like to build a device that obtains the local time from a phone or laptop via BLE. My ideal interaction flow would be: push a "set time" button on the device to make it start advertising open Bluetooth settings or control panel on the…
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Error connecting AWS IoT button to Wi-Fi network

I have an AWS IoT button (2nd Gen) that I am able to successfully connect to a portable hotspot and send notifications through, but when I try to reconfigure the button to run on a Wi-Fi network, I keep getting a short long short red light pattern. …
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Lutron switch - turn off lights when nobody is in the room?

I have a room where the lights are controlled by a Lutron Caseta switch connected to a Lutron SmartBridge and Amazon Alexa. UPDATE: I don't require the use of Alexa in the solution, I'm just saying I have it, in case it helps. What is the simplest…
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How can I match database records (e.g. names) with voice input from an Alexa Skill?

I'm building an Alexa skill, and I have a slot called 'Name' where I want to capture a name. I want to find in the database the matching name. But let's say that I have in the database a name "Alex Baumgartner". But Alexa returns in a slot "Alex…
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TrackR keep ringing on its own

At the beginning of 2014 I purchased a couple of coin sized TrackR devices to tag my belongings, so I can easily find them. I use an iPhone to connect to them. My main problem using these devices was that the ringer on these devices keeps on…
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Anyone know of a Wi-Fi light switch that works with Linux?

I'm looking for a single or dual Wi-Fi light switch that I can activate with Linux. It needs to fit a standard 2-gang switch box and/or include a trim plate that covers a 2-gang box. Anyone know of such a thing? I can't tell from the selection on…
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Query my location from home

I have a service at my home, on a Raspberry Pi for example, which should execute depending on where I am (work, home, shop,...) Use case example : Send a reminder to somebody in my house but not when I am at my house Is there a way for my…
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NC-200 Park Sensor for vehicle detection

There's this module called NC-200 Park Sensor and there's barely any documents or videos about it. The AliExpress link is here. I wanted to know if anybody has worked with this thing before. I'm kind of a beginner so it's difficult for me to figure…
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How do I get Amazon Alexa (Echo) to run automations in Nexia?

I have an Amazon Alexa and have a Nexia bridge which manages devices throughout my home. I have the two connected via the Nexia skill in the Alexa app. I can do things like "Alexa, turn the downstairs thermostat up 2 degrees" and it works as…
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Can I use my Raspberry Pi with 802.11 ah HaLow yet?

What I’m looking for is some type of USB adaptor or similar thing that I can use with a few Raspberry Pi’s to create a 802.11 ah network, but Googling hasn’t helped at all. Does anyone know how I might be able to get HaLow to work?
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Parity calculation problem

I’ve been doing a fair bit of DIY home automation (RF; 433MHz) lately across many different devices - which worked well for all except one. It's basically a pool robot with some really crappy remote control. I collected some data using a BladeRF SDR…
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