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- Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:16 am #104 I would go the esp-01 version for testing. would be interesting to test the range of the pcb antenna.
Having said that it appears there is not that much info on theses beasts at the moment

- Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:46 am #105

Some how your post went in twice. I delete one of them....

I am with you I like FCC, however, Asian modules for RF devices are 99% of the time NEVER FCC'd, if this module ever is, it will not be $5 anymore. And if they say FCC they are not, I have checked many times and only once in at least 10-20 checks they were.

But I hear ya!

Richard.

RT5350 based, these modules have CE and FCC. They also run Linux via OpenWRT. Around $7.00 Q1000.
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/04/28/ ... ose-gpios/
You have to use one of the optional antennas that were part of the FCC testing, if not you have to redo FCC/CE. Cheapest antenna is about $0.50, PCB one with a coax cable.

Where I get my modules

- Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:59 am #106

Some how your post went in twice. I delete one of them....
RT5350 based, they also run Linux via OpenWRT. Around $7.00 Q1000.

having 1000 sensors at home that 1000 times Linux to be maintained and 1000 OpenWRT to be configured.
No thanks. ESP8266 costs ~2$/1k (or 2.50 with all parts), easy to configure and less power consumption.
No OpenWRT fight, no Linux crap patching, nothing like that.

Sure, ESP8266 is not really fast (I/O), but perfect for things like sensors.

I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays, I want to hear X-rays, and I want to smell dark matter ...
I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws and feel the solar wind of a supernova flowing over me.

[RichardS]

- Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:39 am #109 Already using that module 5350! Hence my interest in 8266

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