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What is the difference between a module and a chipset?
From this question comments I found out there is some drastical difference if we speak about a chipset or a module.
I could not find a definition, that clearly would distinguish these terms to me, as my English skills nor wikipedia search did not…
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Can I connect my devices to the Cambridge Intelligent City Platform?
According to Cambridge News, a LoRaWAN network has recently been set up in Cambridge for the 'Intelligent City Plaform'—essentially, a smart city platform for IoT devices to sense and influence the environment:
A new LoRa (low power long range)…
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Access D-link webcams on Ubuntu
I am the system administrator for some friends who have a couple of web-cams for professional surveillance at a small commercial plant. The cameras are D-Links from the DCS series.
Currently, they are accessing them through the Mydlink portal. …
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How can I avoid my IoT devices breaking when cloud services go down?
Recently, Amazon S3 had an outage which caused lots of web services to go down, including IFTTT, which is often used to link IoT devices together (e.g. connecting your Alexa to some Philips Hue bulbs).
Nest security cameras stopped working, TP-Link…
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How are cameras utilized in SmartThings?
I'm considering getting an outdoor camera like Ring. Cameras like Ring are listed in the recommended compatible devices in the SmartThings market. So, I'm curious what sort of automation events are available with cameras like this?
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Are there free wake word engines for use with the Alexa Voice Service?
The AVS Sample App is great to play with on a Raspberry Pi as a cheaper, more home-made version of Alexa. However, both the wake word engines (TrulyHandsfree and Kitt.AI) have problematic licenses.
By free, I'm looking for an engine where both the…
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When setting up 'Things' in AWS IoT, can I have one thing, and then have many instances of that Thing?
I might be putting this into software terms, but I just want to have all my things be the same type, but have multiple instances (multiple things). Each thing must be able to be referenced individually as well, and individually subscribe to…
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Why might data be sent to a cloud service when it could be processed on the edge?
I was recently reading Amazon's information about the AWS IoT Platform, and came across an interesting example use case:
Although they don't describe how exactly the road condition data is sensed, if the sensor can detect a wet road, why would…
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How to calculate frequency with the voltage received from a vibration sensor?
I have been working on a project recently and I am using Sensor SPM SLD 723
to read variations in vibrations.
The output I received from the sensor is only in volts, how can I convert this voltage into Frequency (Hz)?
Edit : Actual data received…
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Availability of Narrow band IoT modules or chipsets
The Narrow-Band IoT radio protocol seems to have been around for a few years, but I'm struggling to identify any manufacturers of devices that are actually available to buy (either from traditional distribution or developer component suppliers).…
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Which problems with cloud computing make edge computing useful?
I recently read an article in The Register, Don't let cloud slurp all your data. Chew it on the edge, says HPE:
The basic pitch is that HPE's gear can do compute on your shop floor without taking up large chunks of your floorspace, meaning you…
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How can I aggregate QS data from different sources on one and unique dashboard?
I would like to automatically aggregate QS data, biofeedback data and neurofeedback data from different applications into one dashboard.
Data is collected from; Gear S2, Withings body scale, Withings blood pressure, Wahoo TICKR X, Lumolift, Under…
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IoT for industrial warehouse management
Currently, I am using RFID technology for my warehouse management. My warehouse spans across 4 acres, I need to deploy so many RFID antennas and RFID readers to constantly scan the area for goods movement (active scanning).
What technology is…
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Will Home Assistant's face recognition data be stored permanently in the cloud?
Home Assistant v0.37 includes face recognition:
FACE RECOGNITION USING THE MICROSOFT FACE API
@pvizeli has been on a roll with the image processing integrations. This time it’s the Microsoft Face API. This means that now it will be possible to…
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How can I securely support unlocking my door through Google Home?
There are several brands of door locks supported by SmartThings, all of which could be used to secure someone's front door. After some research, I found it was possible to create a virtual switch to control the lock, so that Google Home can control…
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