DigitalHillbilly Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Looking for **cheap ** solution, battery powered- sensor/chip/board, that can send an e-mail when tripped on local Wi-Fi. No other functions necessary. Pi or Arduino way over kill. I am looking for a solution a single chip or sensor, or the like, that when tripped (two metal plates completing a circuit), a single e-mail will be sent over the local WiFi network. No other functions are needed. It should be battery powered (portable). A Pi or Arduino like device is way over kill.. I'm looking for something very small, and cheap. Like sub $20, or less. Its a DIY prototype for an animal trap.. I simply want to receive an alert when the trap is tripped. Im a little new to the topic, and finding resources and products is more difficult than expected. I envision a small board, with a battery, when the trap trips, it acts like a power on button, the device powers up, send a message/signal/or whatever, then shuts down again. Or could send a message every hour. Its obviously just something I want to play around with, but will use it to develop my skills to more advanced stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryA Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Sorry I can not help you. I would be challenged doing it with a microcontroller: https://arduinogetstarted.com/tutorials/arduino-send-email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHillbilly Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 HarryA, Thanks for this info, it does help. I've been using Pi for a while now, the Arduino is something I was just starting to get into. I might go away from an actual e-mail in lieu of some other messaging protocol, IoT or home automation protocol. I'm just looking for a small, portable (battery powered) cheap solution, short of putting a Linux server on a squirrel trap .. There has to be some way of doing this inexpensively. I want to tinker more than I need this, but the more I think about it the more I beleive there has to be some simple on chip solution I just havent heard of yet. Being in Critical Infrastructure Industry and Cyber Security I know thjings like this are growing in demand and I wanted to develop some additional skills in that regard. And I love to muck around and make gadgets and tools like this Any suggestions for online resources or other groups or forums ? Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryA Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 You may find the ESP8266 WiFi transceiver interesting: https://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/getting-started-with-esp8266-module Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalHillbilly Posted February 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Yeah, thats the direction I am going now, playing with the firebeetle. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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