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by chib
06 Feb 2020, 19:43
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: New hackable ESP gadgets in local budget store "action" !!!
Replies: 112
Views: 249863

Re: New hackable ESP gadgets in local budget store "action" !!!

today my first pir battery went flat, after only 2,5 months running time.
it's at a busy spot so it's also firing a lot, but still, 2,5 months is too short i think.

@fanofhue what's the battery life you're getting out of your pir's ?
by chib
29 Jan 2020, 23:50
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: New hackable ESP gadgets in local budget store "action" !!!
Replies: 112
Views: 249863

Re: New hackable ESP gadgets in local budget store "action" !!!

In my enviroment, doorsensor allways takes 3 to 5 seconds whatever application i use (even a small custom firmware). It seems that the specific access point brand/model and authentication mode has a huge influence on actual connect times. Some people are lucky i guess, but not me... But with ESPNOW...
by chib
27 Jan 2020, 20:18
Forum: ESP Easy: Hardware
Topic: New hackable ESP gadgets in local budget store "action" !!!
Replies: 112
Views: 249863

Re: New hackable ESP gadgets in local budget store "action" !!!

Hi, I have a couple of PIR action switches running here for a while now. I wrote a super simple small firmware that will connect to wifi and send out a mqtt message. It is able to do it quite fast (< 1 second). It works reasonably well to switch the lights on, the is only a small delay compared to w...