On: Meet the BRCK

[toomuchtodo]

As someone who has done integration with Iridium and Inmarsat for the NSF, I both love and hate this product. It looks like a ruggedized wifi hotspot, but their claim of "works anywhere" is disingenuous.

This is a hotspot that works anywhere in Africa: http://www.groundcontrol.com/MCD-4800_BGAN_Terminal.htm

[ihnorton → toomuchtodo]

> As someone who has done integration with Iridium and Inmarsat for the NSF

USAP vessels?

[toomuchtodo → ihnorton]

Very close :) Weather stations, same region.

[ihnorton → toomuchtodo]

Ah, neato. I spent a lot of time staring at the Inmarsat signal strength down there!

[girvo → toomuchtodo]

Iridium, neat. What was integrating it like?

[toomuchtodo → girvo]

Very straightforward. Iridium phones have a module you can use that exposes an RS232 interface; integration with either a microcontroller or a full blown computer is trivial.