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Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (www.newsweek.com)
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[โ€“] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I2C is very short range, it's meant for connecting parts on the same board. You want something like RS-485. The Modbus protocol, which runs over RS-485 would be perfect for this.

[โ€“] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

Yes, from quick googling seems exactly what I want.