Category: LoRa32u4
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Crossbow LRS: ready for next tests
Looks like I was able to solve all major known problems with my DIY long range radio system Crossbow. I'm writing known, since no idea what lies beneath… Anyhow… What changed? Quite a lot: I've extended Arduino-LoRa library with ability to transfer full packet in single SPI transaction. Right now, each read of write to…
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Crossbow LRS, hardware
Weather outside is bitchy. Period. It rains, then it's windy and then maybe there is some direct sunlight for 15 minutes. No way to fly or test my DIY RC radio link. But, there is some progress after all. My latest changes seems to be working just fine. On a bench link was stable for…
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Crossbow LRS, I was doing this wrong…
Last update on Crossbow LRS DIY RC link I'm currently building was 2 weeks ago. Back then, it did not went well: crashed an airplane beyond field repair. Last weekend I was able to do what I planned, but that did not went well as well. This time from completely different reason… Link was catching…
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Hands on: LoRa32u4 II 868MHz LoRa development board
Idea for Crossbow, DIY LRS system did not appearned in my mind out of nowhere. All my previous LoRa attempts were aimed at telemetry purposes only. E45-TTL-100 are cool, but bulky. If I would want to use them, I would either have to attach Arduino to it or hack it open and reprogram onboard CPU…
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QuadMeUp Crossbow LRS: introduction
Few days ago I mentioned that I'm working on my own DIY long range radio system (LRS) that I named QuadMeUp Crossbow LRS. Today I will share some more details about it. First of all, I'm not creating anything new or "amazing". There are plenty of "DIY" or OpenSource LRS systems. OpenLRS for example. Or…