10-23-2020, 01:59 PM
I have a use case for this kind of device:
Someday, I would like to use PineTime and InfiniTime for my home automation (based on Home-Assistant) : presence detection, temperature monitoring, light control,...
One possibility is to connect a bluetooth receiver to the RPI running Home-assistant, but the range would not cover the whole house.
Another idea is to build multiple devices (based on a NRF52 or ESP32 MCU, for example) to bridge BLE with WiFi (to connect to HA). But InfiniTime would have to connect/disconnect to all of these modules as I walk into the house...
I don't know BLE mesh, but if it allows to create a single network with nodes that repeat the signal to extend the range, I would be interested to investigate it!
Someday, I would like to use PineTime and InfiniTime for my home automation (based on Home-Assistant) : presence detection, temperature monitoring, light control,...
One possibility is to connect a bluetooth receiver to the RPI running Home-assistant, but the range would not cover the whole house.
Another idea is to build multiple devices (based on a NRF52 or ESP32 MCU, for example) to bridge BLE with WiFi (to connect to HA). But InfiniTime would have to connect/disconnect to all of these modules as I walk into the house...
I don't know BLE mesh, but if it allows to create a single network with nodes that repeat the signal to extend the range, I would be interested to investigate it!
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