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adonno / tagreader

Simple to build/use NFC tag reader, specially created for Home Assistant
https://adonno.com
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[ Question ] Humidity and power consuming. #206

Closed 7system7 closed 1 year ago

7system7 commented 1 year ago

Firstly, thank you for your work! I have some question to ask.

  1. Is there any way to use this outside environment? I would like to use this to open a garden door. The problem is that, sometimes there is 85-95% of humidity where I live.
  2. Another thing, I would use this remotely. So I would use i.e. a 20 000 mAh power bank as a power supply. I need your opinion is it worth or not. :) Will it drain the power bank in a couple of day or not?

Thank you for your time in advance.

adonno commented 1 year ago
  1. not sure about humidity but you could stick the case in a Tupperware box . I haven't foreseen a fully waterproof version yet.
  2. 20.000 mAh could last you 2-3 days. Not a viable solution. i am still prototyping a battery version that shuts itself off and can be restarted with a button
7system7 commented 1 year ago

Thank you for your answer!

brechtvhb commented 1 year ago

Wouldn't it be possible to add a proximity sensor, which could turn on the NFC reader and wifi when someone is nearby, instead of using a button for the battery version?