Moteino SAMD 1.5.0 release

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

There is a major new release for the Moteino SAMD Boards Package 1.5.0. It will popup as an update reminder the next time you restart Arduino IDE, or you can go to the Boards Manager and update from there: Here … Continue reading →

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RF range & performance – testing a concrete building

From lowpowerlab.com 1 year ago in Blogs

I needed a quick and easy (and slightly more professional) way to measure RF performance of the typical RFM69/RFM95 low power transmitters, at a remote location where a prospect RF sensor network would be installed. Here’s a video explaining the...

RFM69 TX power testing & library fix

From lowpowerlab.com 2 years ago in Blogs

The RFM69 library has been very robust and stable over the years. It is widely used in many hobby and home automation projects as well as research and commercial products. But that doesn’t mean we can’t find occasional things to...

CurrentRanger updates

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

Thanks to MGX3D there are now some nice improvements to the CurrentRanger: Firmware updates and optimizations, battery icon instead of text (faster drawing) Improved sampling speed Smarter Auto-Off – avoids turning off when sampling via USB more menu items and...

DDM Novastar L-BF-12 Feeder upgrade

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

Over the past year or so I spent a lot of time designing and iterating over a new upgrade for my pick & place. The result is an upgrade kit that can be installed without modifying the original feeder. It...

MoteinoM0 R2 released

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

MoteinoM0 is now at revision R2. Here’s a summary of changes: removed castellations for the short side header, to allow better panelization and better routed side finish on the long sides. The castellations remain on the long sides. the micro...

New OTA GUI v2.0 released

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

If you’ve been using Wirelessly Programming, a unique feature that comes with all Moteinos, you will love this new update to the OTA GUI. The main requirement for this release was the ability to change the Programmer Moteino settings right...

MoteinoMEGA based Data Logger

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

Ed Mallon who runs the Cave Pearl Project, is all about “developing a data logging platform from inexpensive pre-made breakout boards, and are using this at the heart of new environmental sensors that anyone can build.” Ed is also a...

Gateway v9.1 release

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

The Pi Gateway software package is continuing to be improved and the latest release is v9.1.0 (see GitHub releases). It contains some breaking changes, new features, and bug fixes. This blog entry serves as a feature review, change log and update guide....

Current Ranger R3mk4 – new firmware & optimizations

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

The CurrentRanger continues to be improved especially on the firmware side, and in some hardware aspects as well. This blog is to summarize the most important changes and bug fixes with this new release: UF2 bootloader – allows easy backing...

MightyHat R4

From lowpowerlab.com 3 years ago in Blogs

I ran out of MightyHat stocks a few months ago and was debating whether it is time for a complete remake with a SAMD chip. While that feature set slowly baked in and out of my brain people kept bugging...