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I have never used this, but it looks like an inexpensive compromise.. https://www.amazon.de/TP-Link-TL-MR3020-WLAN-Router-frustfreie-Verpackung/dp/B00634PLTW/ref=sr_1_1

You could plug a USB modem into it and let it manage the connection for you. Then have an Ethernet cable to plug into.

You should check for the best supported USB modems to go with it... there are some nice reviews showing some supporting configurations. I wouldn't just expect any USB modem to work well for you.

Viel Erfolg!

Thanks for the info, it;s quite pricey, but I might consider it later. I will try the powered usb hub. What kind do you use? Could you recommend any USB powered hub that would work? Thank you in advance.

By the way, do the usb sticks like this https://www.amazon.de/4G-Systems-Stick-P14-HSDPA/dp/B003QCJHQC/ref=pd_cp_147_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=39T04GTF4JJB6QPQJESG have many connection problems with Raspberry Pi? Or will it work? If there is any other and better usb styick that support 3G and works out of the box with raspberry pi, let me know.

By more specific, do you mean, "Can you be more specific about what the combination of the disciplines of machine learning and IoT will involve?"

I can certainly give it my best shot.

Taking directly from the book, "Predictive Learning," by Vladimir Cherkassky, a former professor of mine,

> Most learning algorithms developed in various fields try to estimate models providing good prediction (or generalization). [...] However, estimating a good predictive model from finite noisy data is an inherently difficult problem.

We have seen a massive growth in computational capability server-side, decrease in the cost of edge-side "sensing," as well as edge-side computational capability. There are far more permutations and combinations of nodes and ways of sensing things than there have ever been before.

Basically whether you are an electrical engineer or a data scientist or anyone in between, we are all essentially applied mathematicians - so it's important to recognize the combination of this, "server side," stuff with "edge-side" stuff as being a domain in it of itself, because of the sheer number of possibilities of the ways we could look at architecting devices and data. Looking at the abstract combination of IoT and Machine Learning would be akin to combinatorics as a branch of mathematics.

The argument, "loading the edge with fancy techniques is missing the mark," presumes one possible solution among a vast array of possibilities. IoTML is meant to widen the discussion to many different possibilities, and bring different practitioners together to better understand the different possibilities of what the future might hold.

Thanks for responding!

I linked the to Yi camera in the original post as an example, if you didn't see it here is a link. It's a camera that connects to WiFi using a QR code, and you can view it from your phone. Backs up into the cloud when it records footage.

When I say everything that goes into the IoT product, I'm talking about technical aspects and nothing involving lawyers/sales/marketing.

I have read a couple Instructables and Adafruit articles that show how to do this sort of thing on a Raspberry Pi, but that seems a bit different since it's essentially a computer, right? Also, they typically jump into 'hacking' instead of explaining components, how software works with hardware, etc.

Again, thanks for response.

So you are looking at modbus over serial... I would probably setup an arduino with an RS485 serial board and have it output modbus messages as an input to your device (PC?).

That is, if you know what the messages are (contents, structure, values, etc). If you don't, you might have to record a bunch of messages while playing with values to see what the output is, or maybe someone online has a manual or decoding of the messages and will be able to tell you what it is. Without that info you are kinda stuck, going from raw binary to actual data is kinda difficult if you don't know anything about what the binary is supposed to be.

I bought a camera case off Amazon, cheap and seems to work well.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00R5VZXKY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Do you mean something like this?

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https://www.amazon.com/RENPHO-Bluetooth-Bathroom-Composition-Smartphone/dp/B01N1UX8RW/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=3BVA10XSV61EX&keywords=bluetooth+scale&qid=1568808792&sprefix=bluetooth+sc%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSzFCNTJGV0hNQTAxJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDA1NzgzSUpHOUsxVDcxR0NLJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTEwMzYyODQxUDJJVUcwSFdMSEdYJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

I'd suggest rather than bluetooth you use an esp8266 and communicate with the phone over a wifi connection. The ESP8266 has a wifi connector. A NodeMCU LUA WiFi Module Internet Based on ESP8266 is the type of thing you want. It has IO pins that you could use.

https://www.amazon.ca/J-DEAL%C2%AE-NodeMCU-Internet-ESP8266-Development/dp/B01F5ALLFM/ref=pd_sbs_107_1/131-6840106-3335800?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01F5ALLFM&pd_rd_r=e2c4a1ce-33c2-11e9-a909-193f2cfc3e32&pd_rd_w=pWzum&pd_rd_wg=gRuDy&pf_rd_p=5dcda75b-8643-4da3-9bb1-5c0233790500&pf_rd_r=03S3TY80F2H04ED9E3TR&psc=1&refRID=03S3TY80F2H04ED9E3TR

Look at something like this:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Solar-Soil-Moisture-Meter-With-ESP8266/

Solder-less breadboards to protect pins. They have ones that snap together into arbitrarily large sizes. In addition to pelican cases and clones, a less waterproof option are crafts project cases .

If you are looking for some DIY solutions https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Humidity-Atmosphetic-BH1750FVI-YellowBlue/dp/B07GPBBY7F , you can add sound detector sensor or microphone for sound.
I have used the amazon kit by myself its fairly simple.

I guess that's part of it. Products as

• rebutton
  
• PressTo
  
• goButton
  
• Flic
  
• bt.tn
  
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  are insanely expensive. However, development boards for ESP8266 like Wemos d1 mini cost less than 1 buck, if you add a plastic enclosure, a snap button and a coin battery it should cost less than 10 bucks.
  
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  But it's true that amazon could be actually losing money when they deliver the buttons. They just make up for the loss after a couple of button presses.
  
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or this

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1491924837?pc_redir=T1

depending on where you are going

Now available on Kindle - https://www.amazon.com/Building-Arduino-Projects-Internet-Things-ebook/dp/B01HUOW60K#navbar

Logitech Pop - https://www.amazon.com.au/Logitech-Starter-One-Touch-Control-Devices/dp/B01JO8TIH4

this one is $15 https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SmartThings-GP-U999SJVLEAA-One-Touch-Appliances/dp/B07F8ZFFQK/

https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Internet-Things-Security-Russell/dp/178588963X

If you're after quick and cheap, then you could do worse than the Ds18b20 sensors in the waterproof housing ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CHEZ250/) - they use the 1-wire protocol so are easy to get working with the devices you're looking at using.

If you want something a bit more substantial and industrial, DM me and I'll contact some of our suppliers to get some options for you.

https://www.amazon.com/Iot-Relay-Enclosed-High-Power-Raspberry/dp/B00WV7GMA2

I bought this. It's awesome. Simple to setup. Just cut a USB cable in half and you have a relay that turns on when I start my computer.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SYPSIRU/

I have one. Entirely locally controlled. I can remotely control and access it via my Home Assistant server, via z-wave.

I also wouldn't touch anything cloud-based with a 10 foot stick, either. Spending hundreds or thousands on crap that'll be nothing more than a paperweight WHEN (not IF) the company running the cloud services shut it down. Plus, there's all the issues of security to worry about, too.