Research and Testing

Like I promised, I'm here to show you a little bit more of my work during the past week.

After checking that the temperature sensors weren't working as they should, my new task was to research the consumption of the Dev Board and the Module along with the emission of different antennas.

Improvisation also works

I didn't have the adequate cables to make a proper reading, so a little improvisation did the trick.

After this quick workaround I managed to start getting some values.

Finally some decent values

After running the first tests without any sort of antenna, I continued to apply this method but now with the two different antennas that are provided on the development kit.

The largest antenna working on 2.4Ghz

I'm mainly testing this one because it's range is the same as a WiFi, although I have to be aware that this may take a toll on our battery consumption.

Dev Kit working on AAA batteries

My next task is to try and see if it's possible to have a five year working battery with just two AAA sized ones. Although I'm pretty sure the values will be far from that goal I have to show them in theory.

I will also conduct range tests during this week. The results will be posted as soon as I get them.

Until next time!