We now have 2 Irene motes (sans accelerometers and rtc) and 2 programmer/chargers completed, and have successfully installed Blink on them.
USER NOTE: To install to the Irene place the base switch into ‘prog’ position, and use: make epic install miniprog
Dev note – After multiple suppliers failed to ship the MIC5235, I substituted the MIC5205 for U8. This will have no effect on circuit operation.
F Antenna:
F Antenna with Metal Backing:
The graphs are very similar at close distances (.5 m). At farther distances (2.5 and 3 m), there are differences in the signal strength. If we aren’t concerned about the farther distances, we could still put the bed motes on the metal panel.
The battery test for the door minder is finally done. The total time has been 544 hours (that’s a little over 3 weeks!). At the end of the test, the battery voltages were 2.88v for the receiver (2 AA’s), and 3.12v for the transmitter (3 AA’s).
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