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Wind your own motors? Will they burn or work?
Half a year after first tries (failed) to wind a DIY motor from Banggood (it’s not in offer any more BTW) I gave it another try. This time, with new tricks in my sleeve and new ESC. It ended up, well, watch the video…
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E45-TTL-100 Configuration Tool for Linux
This will be fairly short entry. Do you know what E45-TTL-100 LoRa wireless serial modules were missing? They were missing configuration tool for other platforms than Windows. And even on Windows it had some minor problems. Luckily, this has changed only a few hours ago. Stronnag, the man behind mwptools mission planner and tools for…
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Toy Stirling engine = best toy ever and best Christmas gift?
How is it until Christmas? 2 months and something. Pretty close. And like every year there will be problem: what to buy someone who has everything? Tough one, right? Sweater? Socks? Toy Stirling engine? I vote for Stirling engine for sure. There is only one precondition: recipient has to like mechanics 🙂 I’ve tested the…
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And the most popular flight controller for INAV is… (August 2017 edition)
More than 2 months after previous “What it the most popular flight controller for INAV“, welcome to second edition. I mportant, this is not the number of boards flashed with INAV, but rather number of times a board was connected to Configurator! This counts TARGET software name, not retail name. For example, all clones of…
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RunCam Split very late pseudo review: it’s not good
Yes, I know it’s few months too late. And it’s not really a review but rather, since I was never able to use it or I describe my friends experience with RunCam Split. I own RunCam Split. I own it for like 2 months now, and it’s still in a box. Never connected, never really…
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Testing 868MHz LoRa range, part 3: round trip
After determining that range of 868MHz LoRa wireless modules E45-TTL-100 have, at least, quite impressive range (5,7km and I was out of line-of-sight to test further) I’ve decided to test something else. In the beginning I was planning to use those radio modules for telemetry only, but then another thought crossed my mind: why not…
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Quick note on SEMTECH SX1276 100mW output mode
Few facts about SEMTECH SX1276 LoRa modem and 20dBm (100mW) mode: +20dBm (100mW) is possible only on PA_BOOST pin Pins RFO_LF and RFO_HF allows only up to +17dBm (50mW) Maximum allowed duty cycle while using +20dBm mode is 1% Maximum allowed VSWR while using +20dBm mode is 3:1 The biggest problem with +20dBm on PA_BOOST…
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Hands on: Tiny Frsky 8CH Receiver from Banggood
I have a nasty habit of buying things and then forgetting about them. Something like that happened to Tiny Frsky 8CH Receiver (Wolfbox F802 software compatible) from Banggood I’ve purchased last year. For some time I used it in JJPro P175 quadcopter, but then it landed in a box and I forgot about until last…
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Testing 868MHz LoRa range, part 2: open space
It was a good weekend. At least for me and CDEbyte E45-TTL-100 868MHz LoRa serial wireless modules based on SX1276. Why? Since weather was nice and looks like those modules are way better than datasheet specifies. Specs states: 3km in open space. And I’ve proven almost twice that much range! Last Friday I’ve placed one…