Wireless 8-10 feet away

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Wireless 8-10 feet away

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I am looking for the lowest power option for sending messages about 10 feet away. I wanted to see what people think go with wifi or Bluetooth?

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Re: Wireless 8-10 feet away

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What type of messages?

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Re: Wireless 8-10 feet away

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In addition to franklin97355's question:
low power consumption, low power transmission or both?
Duty cycle?
Environment?

BLE consuming 10mW - 500mW @ 3.3V
1mW Xbee running on 3.3V @ 50mA (less while sleeping)
cc3000 running on 3.3V @ 100 - 300mA (RX around 150mA, TX around 250-300mA)

Plus several other short range RF options.

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Re: Wireless 8-10 feet away

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Mostly receive. If there needs to be a sync there would be required to send and receive. It would be looking for a Signal every 1-2 seconds. It is going to be apart of a prank.

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