Interesting. Seems fairly comparable to the Sonoff Basic (also ESP8266, retails around $5), but more DIY friendly. Are you planning to sell a case to go with it?
Yes we probably design a case that you can 3D print and will add it to GitHub soon ish
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#12Pretty rad! I could see lots of applications. Available on amazon you say? 19.99 you say? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GY2GTW5?ref=myi_title_dp I'm curious about availability. Are they ready to ship? Awaiting preorders? EDIT: Oh I see 18 in stock. Probably remains of a small run to gauge interest. I hope it takes off. I'm going to make it 17. :-)
we have more stock, just waiting to transfer to Amazon
Re: We made an open source ESP8266 dev board for makers
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
> * Is it FCC-certified? It would certainly appear to lack the FCC ID label/marking it is required to have if it is FCC certified. So probably not. Thus, it also appears doubtful whether it can legally be marketed or sold in the U.S.
IANAL, But I think device as-is can likely be sold and marketed perfectly fine. Test-kit and dev-kit stuff is regulated a bit differently under the assumption that it's not going to be in mass use, and also that it's likely going to be used to develop another product that will get the fcc certification. https://emcfastpass.com/fcc-rules-kits-subassemblies/
The link you provided appears to say the opposite about kits:
"Based on the definition above, it looks clear that non-authorized kits that are intended to form a complete product when fully constructed are technically not legally permitted to be sold in the US. That is because if you are marketing and selling a kit to an end user, which the user will then build into a full product, there is no reason to suspect that the normal rules would not apply."
The subassembly rules could work, if they apply, but I don't see how this product fits the definition of a sub-assembly:
"No authorization is required for a peripheral device or a subassembly that is sold to an equipment manufacturer for further fabrication."
In fact, I think it's a stretch to say that any of these test-kit, dev equipment, or subassembly rules apply. This basically strikes me as being marketed as a consumer product -- albeit a product for very tech savvy consumers.
Re: We made an open source ESP8266 dev board for makers
#14Cool board! The only thing I think would be a nice-to-have is an integrated wifi module.
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#15Cool board! The only thing I think would be a nice-to-have is an integrated wifi module.
doesn't esp8266 have wifi built in?
Re: We made an open source ESP8266 dev board for makers
#16Cool board! The only thing I think would be a nice-to-have is an integrated wifi module.
doesn't esp8266 have wifi built in?
ESP8266 does, source, have several and:
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#17I have an interest in electronics and would call myself a "maker" (well, I have a growing box filled with various arduinos and microcontrollers)... but after scouring the repo and the website, I can't figure out what this is, or what I could do with it!
What is an "ESP8266 board"? Is that something that is so common it doesn't need explaining? Of course I will google it [and probably buy one], but just pointing out that it's not very clear from the website!
[EDIT: ok, after 10 minutes of googlin', it seems no one will explain what it is - it's just "an esp8266 system on a chip". It must be the first rule of ESP8266 club...]
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#18Is the antenna open source? Is it characterized (bandwidth, efficiency, radiation pattern)? Almost like one from here: https://www.ti.com/lit/an/swra351a/swra351a.pdf
I believe it's called a 'Meandered Inverted-F Antenna (MIFA) ' I used the footprint from https://github.com/prasad-dot-ws/ESP32_MIFA_PCB_ANTENNA recently, which is based on Espressif's gerbers for a sample pcb.
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#19I too want to have this FCC certified.
$19.99 seems a bit expensive to me though.
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#20I have an interest in electronics and would call myself a "maker" (well, I have a growing box filled with various arduinos and microcontrollers)... but after scouring the repo and the website, I can't figure out what this is, or what I could do with it! What is an "ESP8266 board"? Is that something that is so common it doesn't need explaining? Of course I will google it [and probably buy one], but just pointing out t…
I mean, it's another ESP8266 based board with a bunch of GPIO and a relay that looks like it's meant to switch line voltage. It's handy but absolutely not revolutionary.