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10km ESP32 WiFi Using Directional Antenna
[Jeija] was playing with some ESP32s and in true hacker fashion, he wondered how far he could pull them apart and still get data flowing. His video answer to that question covers the Friis equation and has a lot of good examples of using the equation, decibels, and even a practical...
Continue ReadingPureModules, IoT Building Blocks
New range of building blocks for IoT development are just out there! Just like LEGO, PUREmodules by Pure Engineering are the building blocks for IoT connected smart sensors where there is no need to solder, using breadboard or wires. It’s all done just by snapping the modules together...
Continue ReadingBadgerboard, LoRa Future IoT Development Board
The LoRa Alliance™ is an open, non-profit association of members who believe that the Internet of Things era is now, its LoRaWAN is a Low Power Wide Area Network with features that support low-cost, mobile, and secure bidirectional communication for Internet of Things (IoT),...
Continue ReadingBuild Your Own Cheap Antenna Analyser
Ham radio is the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, etc. Developing a ham radio project may requires using an antenna analyser, a device that is used for measuring input frequency and...
Continue ReadingExternal antenna modifications for the Raspberry Pi 3
In this post dorkbotpdx.org show us a couple of different ways that an external antenna can be added to the Raspberry Pi 3. It's not clear why an external antenna is not an option for the Pi 3, there are a number of possible reasons and I don't presume to know the Raspberry Pi...
Continue ReadingContactless payment ring – A tutorial on NFC antenna coil design
Jatinder has tipped us with this latest post. He writes: I have a done a video about a contactless payment (NFC) ring that I have made. The video talks about NFC antenna coil design and how I used the concepts to make the wearable ring. Contactless payment ring – A tutorial on...
Continue Reading4×1 WiFi Wireless Antenna Switch
Horacio Bouzas published a 4 way WiFi antenna switch: I started playing with electronics back when I was 10 years old in Argentina, where I grew up. Then I got my ham radio operator license when I was 16 years old and I was very active in the ham club and on the air. It was then when...
Continue ReadingArduino DDS AD9850 Antenna Analyzer
This is a no frills DIY Analyzer intended for frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 30 Mhz. This simple Antenna Analyzer could be a nice project for anyone just getting started in setting up a station on the HF bands. Arduino DDS AD9850 Antenna Analyzer -...
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