Wireless HW Suggestion

Just need some advice as to the direction to pursue hardware wise:

Basically have an EL Wire setup for 2 costumes. One will always be the ‘Master’, and the second will always be the ‘Slave’.

Both will be identical (Master and Slave):

Arduino Uno - R3

EL Escudo Dos - EL Wire Shield

8 EL Wires

Inverter, battery, etc

I’d like the ability for the Master to control the Slave. Programatically, I don’t anticipate any issues. I basically would like an EL Line on the Slave to turn on, or off, based on the command from the Master. The command should get from the Master to the Slave wirelessly.

Max distance anticipated - 20 ft

Simple commands sent. For example - Line 1;On. Next command - Line 1;Off

Don’t really need any special handshaking, or receive confirmation, etc. Just have the Master send the command from the Arduino, out via wireless, and if the Slave is in range, receive the command and forward it to the Slave Arduino to process and control the Lines.

With the above being said - what approach should I use from a hardware perspective?

Thanks in advance!

A couple of the cheap nRF24L01+ modules available on Ebay might be overkill, but they are cheap and plenty of software is available.

If you feel adventurous, you could use the 434MHz or the 343MHz links. Simple UART, one way. You will have to incorporate something along the lines of manchester encoding, and maybe encryption, but nothing more for that simple of an application

or all in one

http://shop.moderndevice.com/products/jeenode-kit

SFE also sells just the radio part