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ESP8266 can the same, but Wifi.
by fit2rule 11y ago
ESP8266 can the same, but Wifi.
- detaro 11y agoWiFi needs way more power, so you can't run it long-term on batteries.
- fit2rule 11y agoYou most certainly can spurt WiFi for days and days .. and don't need to stay up. I say this, because I have devices doing it in front of me. Maybe not for 'years and years', but certainly efficiently enough for long-term sensor usage.
- detaro 11y ago"spurt"? (sorry, not a native speaker, can't make sense of the word in this context) I guess it really depends on how often you have to transmit - if you have hourly checkins the world looks better than if you have to update something every minute or so.
- fit2rule 11y agoI regularly open and close Wifi, send a 'spurt' of data, and shut down the Wifi. This is on a system with a 400mAH battery, it stays on for days and days without much fuss .. certainly BLTE and co. (where is ANT+ these days?) are lower-energy, but even if its only 'just close' in terms of energy efficiency, all the advantages of using Wifi instead of Bluetooth are huge.
- khedoros 11y agoSpurt: a short, sudden burst. A short spray of water from a garden hose could be a "spurt". We use the phrase "growth spurt" to describe when a child grows taller in a short time. They're using it to describe a short, relatively large transfer of accumulated data collected while the wifi connection is deactivated, and transferred in a sudden stream when it's turned on.