FlappyBubble

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What do you think the obvious use case of the device ia then? It runs Linux, has pogo-ecpansion and is obviously niché as is. I would argue that it's a device developed by Linux users/developers for Linux users/developers. In this case an Ethernet post is on brand as you said yourself. No matter if you think it's "out of touch" or not, whatever you mean by that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (9 children)

How can this possibly present a problem? People with specific needs developing new hardware - seems like a great idea to me. I can definetly see a use for this sort of device for network people. It could function as a travel router when needed. Another more obacure use could be penetration testing. Just because you can't imagine a use case doesn't mean it's useless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It's always hard to describe the use case in enough detail without being so boring that other people will read to the end ;)

Didn't know about the companion app being able to detect BLE beacons. I have never heard about a beavon coming to life if outside set twmperature range. If such a product were to exist it would be great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Nice unit! As per the specifications it operates in the interval 0-40 °C only though. A bit to narrow for my use case but maybe it will work outside that range too? I have some Shelly relays in my walls and a some plugs but no mobile units. Can it be used away from home and report back home?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I use the same sensor but flashed to use ZigBee. I have loads of them at home and they work great.

I think I will buy some more and use them with Bluetooth along with https://github.com/theengs/app

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hi and thanks for the imput. I've already found nightscout/xdrip and delved into creating a monitoring system for my son to use in the future.

The spare insulin is not really for filling pump reaervoirs, but rather in case of pump malfunction. In Sweden T1D:s always carry spare insulin together with manual injectors.

The concern is primarily low temperatures and frozen insulin when me and my wife work and my son is in kindergarten.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for the answer! I've yet to experience ruined insulin due to thermal conditions. My son recently debuted but will soon go back to kindergarten and they will need to handle the medication during the day. Both me and my wife are medical doctors but the staff at kindergarten are not well experienced with medicine and may accidentally leave it outside for too long.

In Sweden where I live the medication and equipment is free so that's not the reason to watch the temperature. Looking outside my window right now there's snow everywhere and -19 °C. In the maternal line of my son T1D is common and frozen insulin is not too uncommon, heat damage not a problem.

I realize this is not of great concert but I'd like the challenge of creating a monitoring system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I think this would work! Maybe I won't be able to have the same entity for the MQTT entity and the measurements captured via the Bluetooth proxies at home though. Many thanks

 

The problem I try to solve Looking for a temperature sensor using Bluetooth that can report to Home Assistant through my phone when out and about and preferably (but not necessarily) report through my ESPhome BT-proxies at home.

Background I have a 3 year old son with type 1 diabetes. As a result I always have to carry insulin, a temperature sensitive medication. The vials are stored long term in the door of my fridge together with a ZigBee sensor monitoring the temperature of the insulin. If it freezes the Insulin denatures and won’t have any relevant effect if used. The vial that I carry with me will last for around a month as long as it stays above 0 °C (and under around 25-30 °C). My son uses a CGM/pump-based system, creating a BAN that also involves his smartphone. This means that phone is always near the vial and could record temperature (and send telemetry data) continuously, even away from home. I want to use a temperature sensor to identify spoiled medication due to thermal conditions even when my son leaves our home.

My current (imperfect) solution I currently deploy a solution where I use a Meshtastic node with a BME280 sensor. It reports through the mesh to a node at home. This node uses MQTT to talk to Home Assistant. The problem with this system (although nice being totally independent from the Internet) is limited coverage of the surroundings as well as very infrequent telemetry reporting to not overload the common mesh in my city.

Is there an easier solution? Preferably one that uses the smartphones bluetooth (BLE?) and reports back over the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Can you give examples of this? What is the coat to the end user? Hardware, IT-services (VPS, and alike?) or like map providers using OSM data?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Why would that be a problem? This is just a list describing a method. It can just as well be nailed to the door of the main entrance to Meta's headquarters.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

They are very different tools even if the underlying data is the same. Osmand is powerful and highly customisable but with a much steeper learning curve. Organic maps is easy to use with emphasis on UX/UI. I think they appeal to very different need and users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yes I've switched just recently. Just hope it gets continued development and didn't just count on the original app.

 

I'm on Android and use automatic backups. At the moment it runs daily starting at night. I use syncthing to sync the backups to my NAS. It works well.

Since my chat history almost weigh in at 10 GB I'd like to decrease the frequency to lessen the burden on the NAND in my phone.

Is it possible to automatically make backups less often than daily?

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