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Arduino project raises $165k

shabaz

Not sure if people have seen this:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/274168493/novi-security

 

It is a security solution that appears to use an ATmega328 according to the photos of the PCB (CAD rendering) on the site, and nRF24L01 for

wireless, in order to send HD images to a base station.

 

It would appear that the transmission would be unencrypted (I've not used an nRF24L01 so I'm not sure).  The ATmega328 certainly

is not sophisticated enough to do this with the resources it has.

 

As much as I like the ATmega, it seems a very inappropriate solution (one image per 10 seconds at best I guess), yet has raised $165k.

 

Anyone else surprised at KS lack of due diligence at vetting these things for feasibility?

I'm just amazed KS don't insist on such projects being approved by an independent electrical/electronic engineer beforehand.

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  • in reply to michaelkellett

    At one point I thought there should be an "Ask an Engineer for a KS/clone opinion" forum for people to be able to refer such projects for a quick opinion before they invest. Like a clinic.

    However, I guess it can never happen due to risk of liability : ( And it would get tedious, the amount of weak projects there seem to be on that site.

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