Your old Android phone has a sensor suite that most IoT devices can only dream of
It's easy to spend $30 on a single-purpose Zigbee motion sensor or even $60 on smart air quality monitors, while a far more powerful device just sits in your junk drawer. A standard ESP32-based IoT sensor node requires soldering, a case, a power supply, and even lacks a screen, but your old phone has all of that, plus a high-resolution camera and a dual-core or sometimes even better processor.
It’s easy to spend $30 on a single-purpose Zigbee motion sensor or even $60 on smart air quality monitors, while a far more powerful device just sits in your junk drawer. A standard ESP32-based IoT sensor node requires soldering, a case, a power supply, and even lacks a screen, but your old phone has all of that, plus a high-resolution camera and a dual-core or sometimes even better processor.
Michael Johnson
Chicago
Chicago
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