In summer, I have a lot of potted plants out on the balcony, and I need to know when to water them. Indoors, most of my home automation gadgets are based on MySensors, but out on the balcony the signal is too weak, so I needed something WiFi-based, but without the high battery consumption typical of WiFi solutions. This was an opportunity to learn about optimizing a WiFi based gadget for low power consumption, and I will share my insights
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