I think we have spuds!
Tomas McGuinness
@tomasmcguinness.bsky.social
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Software developer with an interest in DIY, smart home tech and home heating. I make videos on YouTube https://youtube.com/@tomasmcguinness and blog at tomasmcguinness.com
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An alternative route would be to use Matter. This would avoid the Zigbee issue and allow me to use v3 of Nordic SDK.
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I’m starting to wonder if I shouldn’t try an ESP32 board for this. I really just wanted ten sensors up and running before Christmas. Perhaps my goal of designing my own PCB for this was too lofty??
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Managed to flash some code onto these boards, but ended up needing my J-LINK. Turns out that I can’t use these boards with Nordic Connect. What a bloody mess.
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This got delivered today. It’s an ESP32 with POE support. Big bigger than I expected, but compact for what it is. I’m hoping the ESP Matter SDK will run on this.
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The alternative nRF52840 boards I ordered arrived whilst I was on holidays. Not as big as I thought they would be. Will try them out this week and fingers crossed they’ll serve as a viable replacement for the XIAO boards. The battery terminals are on the header pins, so I can socket mount these.
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Stupid is as stupid does. “Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.”
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The discovery aspect of my posts is something I’ve been trying. They aren’t the easiest to follow as I write them as I go as I go alone.
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I can’t remember what level of detail I go into.
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Depends. What are you trying to do? I would recommend Influx DB for better logging and interrogation/display.
