I just got an esp-12f, not sure what I'm going to do with it, but for £1.57 including the adapter board it was hard to resist.
Soldering it onto the board was a bit of a pain though, and its too wide to use on a single breadboard.
Nice, you'll definitely be able to deep sleep with that then.
In deep sleep I think it's in the microamp range for power consumption.
I've read various reports of it now always waking from deep sleep which doesn't sound promising.
Yeah, I think I saw something about that as well. Doesn't really bother me at the moment, need to think of something to use it for first!
I actually thought you were the other Chris earlier :$
Sensors, switches, stuff to remotely control
Haha!
My next project is actually an 8x8x8 LED cube, just ordered the esp on a whim alongside the bits for that. Still waiting for my LEDs to turn up though.
Haha. I read your post and thought that was to me and got very confused :)
I'll stick to my RF24 radios for now, at least for my temp sensors because I've got them working nicely. I'll definitely consider them for other things though.
What you got planned for them?
My RF24 temp sensors are working well, but for some reason I don't like them. Range is ok but not as good as I expected, the kitchen one occasionally drops out (and that's got a proper antenna rather than an onboard one), even the bedroom one isn't always 100% and that's in the room above the RPi. It's easier to extend a WiFi network than an RF24 network - I've already got an AP at either sides of the house.
That's a good point about the range. I didn't think about that. I don't have any problems where mine are at the mo but last year when I put one outside for a bit it was tricky getting it to connect to my Pi.
If I ignore the deep sleep and running them off batteries, I now have a nice working setup for a plugged in sensor. I think I'll tweak/redesign the PCB now I know what components are sensible and needed and order some.
I'll probably change a few bits to enable multiple power options, maybe add a few jumper points for various options like disconnecting the regulator.
I'm also wondering how easy it would be to add some dip switches to give each module its own unique id rather than programming each one specifically.
It was only the other week that I got my AliExpress "Awaiting Delivery" list down to 0, it is now 20 (fail)
I need to stop buying cheap electronics.