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SX1278 LORA TX Antenna Frequency Matching
During a range testing for Ra-02 Ai SX1278 LORA, I noticed a strange behavior. Following are the settings that I used. Tested distance is 1200m line of sight. We tested the setup for different antenna ...
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Unreliable sensor readings from I2C device on long cable
I’m currently developing a project called the AquaSense IoT Node, which uses an ESP32 to monitor data from an I2C sensor... Everything works perfectly on the bench with short jumper wires, but I’ve ...
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Robots and love catering [closed]
I have a generic question about robots (for, clean minded, people (or people, who, like to, or, attempt to be)).
Can robots fill the gap between computer watching and love catering?
Thanks.
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Are there any smart electrical plugs with an open API?
My friend and I are in a university and we have been asked by the agriculture professor to create automated watering systems for plants. We want to have control over the grow lights so are there any ...
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Seeking ESP32 recommendation
This is an update to my question of 5 years ago.
As of the end of 2025, I am looking for an ESP32 with native onboard debugger, rather than having to use JTAG. It should have a display.
The reason I ...
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Looking for a Door Bell that I can link into Home Assistant
I am looking for a doorbell that can be powered by PoE (or even 5V or 12V - which I can provide on a duplicate Cat 6 cable). Most of them seem to either have batteries or you have to take them off to ...
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Cannot connect to softAP hosted on ESP32 IoT device on Windows 10
I have an IoT ESP32 device that needs to be configured through its softAP WiFi. When I enter the credentials of that network I get "cannot connect to network". I suspect that it's because ...
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How to turn on my TV and video projector using an IR adapter through a Python interface on my PC?
I have a couple of LG TVs, model 65UR8750PSA and Benq projectors model MW560 but I want to turn these devices on and off via an IR adapter using a Python interface on my PC. I have researched some IR ...
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Small, Low power computer to run Home Assistant OS
For our new house I have decided to use Home Assistant for automation. I purchased a "Raspberry Pi 5" to run Home Assistant OS. But I am having second thoughts because in the past, all 3 ...
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Control irrigation valve TS0601 with zigbee2tasmota
I have this irrigation valve and would like to control it with zigbee2tasmota:
https://zigbee.blakadder.com/GiEX_QT06.html
The configuration given on this website is loaded successfully and the device ...
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How to transfer the Hue Lamp to another phone
I have a Phlips Hue Bulb that was connected and working fine on my old phone. I was not using a bridge, it was a direct BLE connection.
On my new phone, when I log into the same account (email address)...
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How to import libraries with ESP-IDF for visual studio code?
What I am trying to do
I have an ESP32-CAM, and I want to use Visual Studio Code, I already used the Arduino IDE at first, and it worked fine.
To work with the ESP32 on VS Code I installed the ...
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Eclipse Mosquitto Dynamic Security Plugin
One question I can't seem to find any docs about.
I have made a PHP API that uses the Dynamic Security Plugin.
Is there any way I can map the pub with the response in the sub topic? As of now it ...
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MQTT not connecting to local broker
I am really new to IoT and MQTT. For my project I want ESP32 to send data to node-red as a part of visualization requirement. I am running a broker (mosquitto) locally on my PC (Windows 11), I ...
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Tile Pro Tracker battery
I have 4 Tile Pros. When the battery warning came up, I replaced the batteries. It had 2032, so that what I put in.
However, the app still says battery low for all 4. The battery voltage is 3.3, I ...