Use Visual Studio Code for Arduino

VSCode has an Arduino plugin available in preview. Use it. Put your Arduino desktop application in cold-storage. Comparing the two is like comparing a beaver with a 2 ton backhoe.

The Best LoRa Settings for Range and Reliability

Testing LoRa Antennas at 915MHz

I’ve been working on LoRa systems and really wanted to find a ‘best of breed’ antenna to use. So, I found an inexpensive but accurate antenna tester and rounded up a bunch of antennas.

How to Program an ESP32 in Arduino while using ESP-IDF functions

How to Build a Hot Plate Reflow Oven

I’ve been building surface mount circuit boards by hand with a hot air gun. It is slow…

Testing Antennas with the LimeSDR Mini

I recently bought a LimeSDR Mini to test antennas and those little transceivers. As usual there are some startup hurdles so I thought I’d document my voyage to turning it into an antenna analyzer.

Using Segger Studio, Nordic SDK and Arduino with Particle Xenon

Run Headless Ubuntu on an Atom Z8350 PC

If you search for Linux PC on Amazon this cute near $100 PC shows up. It comes with fake Windows and claims to support Linux (Debian). I immediately formatted the drive and installed Ubuntu. What followed was hours of agony…

Long Range Embedded Systems — Part 2

I’m prepared and now it’s time to test the embedded systems. The challengers are: