Antwire ANT-103507 IoT Cricket Wi-Fi Module

The IoT Cricket is a very easy to use, ultra-low power Wi-Fi module, which can run directly on batteries, designed for developers at all skill levels from advanced to those who just start building IoT devices. You can build various IOT devices within minutes and power them directly with batteries - with ZERO code & programming. It's the perfect choice if you want to build IoT end nodes such as sensors, alarms, buttons, switches etc to report data and events instantaneously from remote locations. What's really cool is the ultra-low-power feature, which will make your devices to run on single batteries for a very long time (for years in many use cases!). With Cricket you can connect various peripherals to Wi-Fi out of the box; send data and events either within a local network or to the internet. Simply attach a battery and peripheral(s) to the Cricket and your device is ready to go. The Cricket comes with native support of MQTT and HTTP POST / GET protocols that allow you to integrate your devices to a huge ecosystem of software and internet services such as IFTTT, Home Assistant, Node-RED, automate.io, Google Docs, Emails, Mobile Apps and more. Cricket works with all standard Wi-Fi routers and it doesn't require IoT hubs. No coding or programming is required either as it comes with pre-installed software. You configure Cricket entirely over the air either from a smartphone or a laptop (without fiddling and troubleshooting toolchains). It can be done either locally or remotely from the HTTP micro-service (http://cota.thingsonedge.com) The board can work in conjunction with other boards as well, such as using the Raspberry Pi as an MQTT broker and Crickets as nodes for a complete MQTT home automation system. Or how about using Crickets and a Raspberry Pi with Node-RED! There are even examples of using IoT Crickets with AdafruitIO to visualise data (more project examples in the Resources section below). The IoT Cricket also has excellent documentation, helping you to easily understand and use the board. Features Ultra-low power, true 0A current when not in operation! Operates directly on batteries below 3.5V (AA, AAA, AAAA, ...) Configurable Analog or Digital inputs for sensors, buttons, switches etc Local configuration (directly on a Cricket Wi-Fi hotspot) Remote configuration (from TOE microservice) Configurable MQTT (use either FREE Things On Edge or any 3rd party MQTT broker) Configurable secure / non-secure HTTP POST/GET requests Configurable battery monitor Built-in configurable Real-Time Clock (RTC) for regular wake-ups with specified time intervals Built-in configurable temperature sensor OTA Firmware updates Applications/Uses Below are a few example scenarios of what you can do with Cricket: Send notifications when someone is at your doorstep Ring your phone when someone presses a doorbell button Report moisture level in a flower Raise alarm on your phone when the moisture level goes below or above certain thresholds Report a local temperature information (garden / home / room) Report information about windows/doors are closed/open Report information when the alarm goes off Report a detected movement either via email or ringing your phone Report noise detection … there are literally endless applications for reporting various data from any remote sensory devices! Hardware Specification Chipset: ESP8266EX CPU 32bits @160MHz Operating Voltage: 1V~3.5V Operating Temperature Range: -20°C~80°C Distance range: up to 100 meters ESP8266EX 2.4GHz Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n WPA / WPA2 Dimensions: Length: 37.2 mm / Width: 16.4 mm / Height: 4 mm What's in the box 1 X IoT Cricket Wi-Fi Module