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gangaskan t1_j6484ky wrote

Reply to comment by Saltifaction in ScottoLong in the wild - 40s are awesome! What to build next? by lampeyeannoying

That's what I'm wondering too

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Saltifaction t1_j64bf6u wrote

my uneducated guess, a telecommunication equipment for some testing?

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lampeyeannoying OP t1_j656sdq wrote

Good guess! This is my work desk, it's one of our core products, an industrial cellular data logger with a range of features. Usually housed in a large stainless steel enclosure with solar panel and battery. This is a "naked" one on my desk, and the black plastic box to the right of it is a glorified place to mount my buttons and switches for it. The white thing on the left is a temp sensor made in house, with solar radiation shields so it isn't affected by the direct sunlight.

Usually used for serious solutions, our desk ones are for fun/testing, i.e. there's a sensor on the front door that connects to this via UHF radio, when the door opens the logger flashes the LED for 5sec. We design and build these in house, we have our own SMD plant.

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Saltifaction t1_j67le1a wrote

So this is pretty much a raspberry pi?

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lampeyeannoying OP t1_j67sq5a wrote

The business made the first generation of these back in 2003, it's geared more toward industrial use cases for remote data logging using a built in cellular or satellite modem. Yeah you can do the same kinda stuff with an rpi but our design is built around a specific use-case.

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