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How do you implement WiFi mesh network technology in an embedded device?

• I currently have a prototype of a device that can be remote controlled by a smartphone using Bluetooth. However I found LIFX ( http://lifx.co/ ), which seems to be able to connect to the user's home wifi, while at the same time being able to establish a direct connection to the user's phone and even build its on routing system to let the user control devices that are not in direct reach of the user's smartphone. GoPro as another example seems to be able to establish direct WiFi connections, while connecting to an existing WiFi network as well. This technology would be very helpful for the device I am trying to build (the only reason I wasn't using WiFi is that I want my device to work, even if a home WiFi is not available). I am particularly interested in these points: - Are chips readily available that provide this technology? For the Bluetooth I currently use it was very simple to order a chip. - Assuming these chips are readily available, do I need to implement IP myself in software and basically develop a webserver on my device in order for it to communicate or does the chip take care of these things? - If the chip does not take care of these things, are there opensource libraries available for this kind of thing? In general it would just be helpful if someone could point me to further reading on how to implement this technology, as I am not able to find too much about this.

• Answer:

  Yes, there are lots of WiFi controller chips out there.  Most of the mesh is all software add-on.  If it works for a host, it can be made to work (possibly with a sledgehammer) in an embedded environment.