Introducing Sensie¶

The Sensie is a low-cost, Nordic NRF24-based wireless sensor board. For true sensor mass-acceptance, the price of sensor boards needs to be as low as possible. My target for this project was to hit a per-board total cost, including Nordic Module, of $7.

The Sensie has the following features:

• iPod-charger powerable

• Battery-powerable with JST PH-header

• USB serial console

• RTC for periodic sampling

• Easily-accessible sensor headers

• Ability to disable power to analog sensors

• External counter pin

• Drop-in BMP085 Barometer support

• Drop-in Bluetooth module support

• Fully wirelessly controllable sensors

• A Beaglebone-based management interface