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💬General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: dhouston on February 24, 2016, 03:27:43 PM

Title: This could be big
Post by: dhouston on February 24, 2016, 03:27:43 PM: Some folks have found a way to reduce the power needed for WiFi to miniscule levels. More or less they are doing what I did here...
https://www.laser.com/dhouston/X10_feng_shui.html (https://www.laser.com/dhouston/X10_feng_shui.html) although I didn't reduce the power wasted by X10.

In this instance it probably means zillions of ultra-low power WiFi-enabled IoT thingys.
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3037088/mobile-wireless/researchers-make-low-power-wi-fi-breakthrough.html?google_editors_picks=true (http://www.networkworld.com/article/3037088/mobile-wireless/researchers-make-low-power-wi-fi-breakthrough.html?google_editors_picks=true)

And they won't need PLC with its attendant noise issues.
Title: Re: This could be big
Post by: bkenobi on February 24, 2016, 05:11:20 PM: I don't quite understand how they are generating the packets from the passive device, but it sounds as though it basically makes a low power packet generator (e.g., a sensor sending an MQTT packet) possible without using any significant power over what the sensor itself needs. It apparently works with existing devices on the receiving end, but I'm not clear what needs to happen to make new devices that are ultra low power. Or, does it simply take a software update to the existing device to utilize the new scheme.

Either way, interesting topic.
Title: Re: This could be big
Post by: dave w on February 25, 2016, 06:14:59 PM: Phooey! Smoke and mirrors. rofl
Title: Re: This could be big
Post by: dhouston on February 25, 2016, 06:39:08 PM: Quote from: dave w on February 25, 2016, 06:14:59 PM
Smoke and mirrors.

No, no, no!

Smoke = coal-fired power plants
Mirrors = solar arrays
Title: Re: This could be big
Post by: bkenobi on February 26, 2016, 10:08:57 AM: I can see the glow from Seattle on the horizon. If this were really that big a breakthrough, I should see all this smoke rising in the distance!