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I love the idea, but conceptual and economically, I find the idea of using one sensor in a multisensor device on a long term basis problematic. I'd prefer a modular system where I can provide a wifi base module with specific sensors as required through plugin parts.

Lovely project in any case.



It feels wrong, I agree, but the individual sensors are dirt cheap. From poking around on farnell.com, it seems likely that the total bulk value of the sensors is probably south of a few dollars per unit, which is much, much cheaper than introducing the complexity and brittleness of modularity.


yeah the sensors are basically free, it's the wifi radio / board thats the single most expensive piece on that. Might be more than the rest combined.


It's always been in the back of my mind to try and put something like that together.

Arduino + ZigBee + modular wireless sensors, or something like that.





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