LAN over microUSB for Netatmo devices?

[JDRoberts]

As long as you aren’t trying to do realtime energy reporting, total RF exposure from a typical zigbee device will be many times less than from a typical Wi-Fi device. They are designed for tiny messages sent infrequently.

So without going into any details about either side of the argument, just from a strictly technical point of view, there is a big difference between zigbee devices and Wi-Fi devices. I’m not saying Wi-Fi reaches a level that matters, I’m just saying the fact that both Wi-Fi and zigbee transmit on the same frequency doesn’t mean they create the same amount of RF exposure as typically deployed for home automation.

These issues get discussed in the forums about every 4 or 5 months, typically when some study hits the news. For example:

RF radiation level concerns

I got an EM meter today after the results of that state-funded cancer study were pretty concerning. Checked out the house and I’m not worried. The EM radiation from the WiFi access point drops to unmeasurable in about 3-4 meters distance. The Hue base station emits considerably less radiation than the AP. The bulbs emit about 1/3 of what the base station does. The frequency of the transmissions seems to have to do with the individual bulb’s position within the mesh network. One of the bulbs seems to be a central node and that one transmits pretty much permanently, albeit at a low transmit power. The EM meter only picks it up to about 50cm distance. The other bulbs transmit short bursts every 3-4 seconds, so overall, that’s perhaps about 15 seconds per minute. So they’re idle for 3/4 of the…