Bummer, can't order this from Australia. Really want to get one of these for some testing. Anyone with inside info as to when these will be available outside the USA?
Sure you can: http://www.borderlinx.com/AU/en/
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#22Are there alternatives to this? It sadly seems like amazon has no plans to release it internationally anytime soon. I'm looking for a simple button that can just ping a URL in the simplest case. I'm looking at a raspi + button hardware right now but something already packaged with wifi would be a lot easier to use.
particle photon. Does input and output via GPIO just like raspi but with wifi onboard. https://store.particle.io/
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#23"This item, sold by Amazon.com, is currently reserved exclusively for Prime members."
So my price just went up from $20 to $120. There goes that.
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#24I hacked one of these to power the nightlight in my kid's bedroom (https://github.com/ecaron/hue-website-nightlights). The downside is that the button barely lasts for 1000 presses = 90 days (all kids like pushing buttons). And it is heart breaking because its just a AAA battery that they decided to solder in place...
I'm excited that this button launched. But $20 is too much for something without a swappable battery. I'll either keep intercepting the ARP packets from the $5 unit or buy https://www.particle.io/button.
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#25This is a great gateway drug to learning & using AWS; smart move by Amazon.
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#26> The battery should last for approximately 1,000 presses. When the device battery runs out of charge, there is no way to recharge or replace the battery. This limits use cases to infrequent-press applications.
This is interesting, since from teardowns it looks like there's literally just a AAA battery in there: https://mpetroff.net/2015/05/amazon-dash-button-teardown/
Yup, but they decided to weld the contacts of the board to the battery. I'm guessing that they calculated it was cheaper (or more business savvy) to get users to replace the button every X months/years than to make the button in such a way that the battery is user replaceable and also indicates charge level.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is interesting, since from teardowns it looks like there's literally just a AAA battery in there: https://mpetroff.net/2015/05/amazon-dash-button-teardown/
Yup, but they decided to weld the contacts of the board to the battery. I'm guessing that they calculated it was cheaper (or more business savvy) to get users to replace the button every X months/years than to make the button in such a way that the battery is user replaceable and also indicates charge level.
It also means they can reasonably assume there aren't 10 year old buttons using an ancient protocol out there to support.
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#28Bummer, can't order this from Australia. Really want to get one of these for some testing. Anyone with inside info as to when these will be available outside the USA?
Sure you can: http://www.borderlinx.com/AU/en/
Could not find it in search. Also looks like it is for Amazon Prime members only.
Borderlinx chat person said: "You are welcome. We can ship the item without any issue." but also "Regarding the Amazon prime membership issue please be advised to check further with merchant."
This is the product page: http://www.amazon.com/AWS-IoT-Button-Limited-Programmable/dp...
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#29I hacked one of these to power the nightlight in my kid's bedroom ( https://github.com/ecaron/hue-website-nightlights ). The downside is that the button barely lasts for 1000 presses = 90 days (all kids like pushing buttons). And it is heart breaking because its just a AAA battery that they decided to solder in place... I'm excited that this button launched. But $20 is too much for something without a swappable batte…
Is desoldering an option?
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#30So it's about $0.02 per click. That is a bit expensive.