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Wow! Thanks, I saw SIM800L but thought that it's maybe some add-on, because the Pi/Arduino GSM components I normally see do cost more than a Pi 3. The prices th
by nevi-me 7y ago
Wow! Thanks, I saw SIM800L but thought that it's maybe some add-on, because the Pi/Arduino GSM components I normally see do cost more than a Pi 3.
The prices that I'm seeing are an equivalent of US$10, but that's good enough.
I'll buy one and try it out. I see it only supports GPRS though, are there other cheap devices that support faster connections like EDGE/3+G? If one wants to send things like images from a camera, a faster connection would be more reliable.
- hutzlibu 7y agoWith 3+G you will need more power.. and a faster connection would not be more reliable ... just faster. So if you want to have a real-time video-stream, than you need that. But for a security cam, gprs and low resolution images should be fine.
- mentat 7y agoI believe the Narrowband stuff that Twilio's starting to roll out it's meant to address this.