<div dir="ltr">The ESP32 is a solid part. I have hundreds of them deployed in IoT devices. It's the go part to add anykind of WiFi or BT. I have battery powered WiFi devices that last for months on a single battery (taking measurements every minute and reporting to the cloud every hour). The only disappointment at the moment is the BT modes take a lot more power than possible - this is likely to change as the proper power management is implemented. <div><br></div><div>The toolchain is literally fantastic. The most solid one I've ever used. </div><div><br></div><div>Note this module is FCC approved. </div><div><br></div><div>There are some variations appearing now with external antenna and more memory. Also FCC approved. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 2:02 PM Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I think Wally has experience with the ESP32 as well. I have used ESP32 for some minor Burning Man projects. The tools and experience has improved over the past year or so. <br><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_8315575541097546147gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-Michelle W5NYV<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:45 AM Bruce Perens <<a href="mailto:bruce@perens.com" target="_blank">bruce@perens.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I really like the ESP32 and have gotten it to work well as a WiFi access point and WiFi station at the same time (necessarily on the same channel). It also has Bluetooth, which I haven't tried, and comes in a pre-FCC-approved module for $5 or less Q/1. It lets you implement a web server and thus interface to <i>everything.</i></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:30 AM Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Renewing work this week on the prototype BOM. I think the 8001s without LNA (8001b) is the right choice, using the recommended reference design (from Lime) to incorporate external higher performance LNAs. <br><br>Scott Cowling is working on a “data engine”, or the digital part of the board. I’m looking at the LMS8001 companion board for what else we need. <br><br>Interested in hearing from Steve Hicks and Wally Ritchie about anything else we might want or need. 8001 is a translator, meaning we need an RFIC. <br><br>(Bluetooth in there somewhere to talk to Trans-Ionospheric badges needs to not get forgotten.)<br><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_8315575541097546147gmail-m_-9114606825549071584gmail-m_2622304170334493584gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-Michelle W5NYV<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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