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Don't forget the battery, wifi and other electronics needed for fully functional system. It would make the entire device 5 times bigger. But its getting there w
by 31reasons 13y ago
Don't forget the battery, wifi and other electronics needed for fully functional system. It would make the entire device 5 times bigger. But its getting there when the entire system is as small as this.
- Qworg 13y agoWith an external base station that talks a different variety of RF, I think you could get an IoT system to "stacks on a coin cell". Heck, Electric Imp is close to that size. https://electricimp.com/ https://electricimp.com/
- FigBug 13y agoI don't think you'd put a full system in a cable, but you'd make smart cables like Apple's lightning cable or their video adapters that actually convert signals.
- dskhatri 13y agoSee arduboy, covered previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7325486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7325486 http://bateske.com/arduboy/ http://bateske.com/arduboy/
- akiselev 13y agoThin film batteries + solar cells are already being mass manufactured so thats not a problem. RF chips are shrinking rapidly too and you'd need little more than a CC3000 from TI which is already pretty small (16.3 x 13.5 x 2mm)
- rbanffy 13y agoCan't you power it briefly via a large enough capacitor/antenna pair?