Putting an old digital clock (with an outdoor thermometer) on steroids
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#2LOL
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#3Ruuvitags are amazing little devices, I still have the 3 I got from their Kickstarter almost 4 years ago and only one has needed a battery replacement - and it was the one in my sauna.
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#4I wish I had the same electronics understanding as yours.
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#5I wish I had the same electronics understanding as yours.
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#6Super easy, barely an inconvenience. Such a good catchphrase.
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#7https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 is an amazing application. I was once in a similar situation and this app just automatically determined the used protocol!
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#8Any recommendations on where to start if I want to get into playing around with SDR?
Re: Putting an old digital clock (with an outdoor thermometer) on steroids
#9Any recommendations on where to start if I want to get into playing around with SDR?
If I were in your shoes (and I often am, in various other contexts), I'd get the cheapest SDR dongle, and then use your favorite search engine for tutorials (there's plenty).
First two hits for "how to get started with sdr" on duckduckgo give you awesome starting points: - https://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-quick-start-guide/ - https://hackaday.com/2012/06/27/getting-started-with-softwar...
From there, figure out what device you're going to target. The 434 MHz devices are quite ubiquitous (and easy to understand) -- door bells, old school thermometers, remote switches, what have you.
Even without your own device, I'm sure you will find plenty of traffic near you (if you live in a reasonably densely populated area), so you can at least practice.
And then it's down to grinding it out -- read docs, experiment, repeat. :-)
HTH.
Re: Putting an old digital clock (with an outdoor thermometer) on steroids
#10Super easy, barely an inconvenience. Such a good catchphrase.
:-)
I so wish I could lay claim to that phrase.
In any case, I wholeheartedly recommend giving "Screen Rant Pitch Meeting" a watch (on YT).