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The kids doesn't mention any wifi/zigbee/z-wave capabilities, which would mean it would need to be connected to your HA unit with a cord of some sort (it references a USB cable on the page). That's a hardwire connection (as opposed to a wireless connection).
Got it. They have an ESP chip in them, so they have wifi.
One is ESP32-C3 and the other is ESP8266.
But I'm powering them with the included cable, which is pretty decent. You can certainly power it with battery but I have no idea about its power consumption.
Ah. I suspected ESP had wifi buit-in, but I've never used ESP myself.
If the power draw is about the same as a security camera, it could perhaps be plugged into one of the small solar units meant for an external camera.
Now that I know it's wifi, I may just need to get one and see if it'll work with my solar cells. Should be a fun experiment!
Thanks for answering my questions!
No problem. Happy to help!