{"id":3146,"date":"2016-06-04T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deptford.tv\/blog\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2016-06-04T14:24:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T14:24:01","slug":"knitted-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/?p=3146","title":{"rendered":"Knitted out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/GSMboard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1627 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/GSMboard-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The quest for suitable, sustainable network equipment is an ongoing and fascinating one.\u00a0 New products with great capabilities, low cost and power, compactness and accessibility, hold much promise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/gprsshield-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1628 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/gprsshield-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The first to catch my eye during a recent visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/raylab.com\">Raylab<\/a> is this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/wiki\/GPRS_Shield_V1.0\">GPRS shield v1.0<\/a>. It\u2019s a compact and versatile board featuring audio I\/O, generic GSM module and 12 GPIOs. It is also fully compatible with Arduino modules so that existing controllers, radios and sensor packs fit right in!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/featherfront-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1629 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/featherfront-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/featherback-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1630 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/featherback-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Next on the desk was long awaited Huzzah! IoT \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/product\/2680\">feather<\/a>\u2018 which <a href=\"http:\/\/spc.org\/subscriber\/individuals\/alexei-blinov\">Alexei<\/a> ordered some weeks ago and so popular it\u2019s rarely in stock. Preliminary test returns simple but reassuring responses.. This tiny board boasts memory, processor very low power consumption and frilled with many connection options, amazing value at \u00a312.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/OpenWRTSocfront.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1631 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/OpenWRTSocfront-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>A third product blinking innocently away across the desk,\u00a0 had been delivered just that afternoon. <a href=\"http:\/\/vocore.io\">Vocore.io <\/a>is a fully featured mini OpenWRT SoC (system on chip) module with ethernet and USB dock, wireless and RAM enough to make itself indispensable. \u00a340 ish.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/mazizone1.maziproject.eu\/pilot-studies\/creeknet\/\">MAZIzone<\/a> assignment to identify and utilise the best of options for neighborhood activities and network development have already drawn us close to a series of interesting options for environment sensing , information storage and energy management. It\u2019s a fragmented story so far, but one that we are bringing into focus, piece by piece.<\/p>\n<p>When we next link up with guys at University of Thessaloniki research department in Volos there will be much to discuss. They have been working with a selection of off the shelf and custom pico pc boards and adapters to interface a wide range of environment sensors to track temperature to radiation and drive Bluetooth, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zigbee.org\/what-is-zigbee\/\">Zigbee<\/a>, Wifi and LTE radios.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_338\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quest for suitable, sustainable network equipment is an ongoing and fascinating one.\u00a0 New products with great capabilities, low cost and power, compactness and accessibility, hold much promise. The first to catch my eye during a recent visit to Raylab is this GPRS shield v1.0. It\u2019s a compact and versatile board featuring audio I\/O, generic&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/?p=3146\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Knitted out<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}