Questions tagged [wifi]
Questions on the implementation of Wi-Fi (802.11) hardware. Note shopping questions are off-topic.
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Should I use Wifi or zigbee for remote stop go lights? [on hold]
I'm working on a small project to make some remote stop and go lights,
i would like to be able to easily add an extra Box to the system as and when i need it.
The idea is to have red and green ...
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Wifi versus Zigbee versus Bluetooth for real-time data sampling
I am working on a project that I would like to send and receive data between a microcontroller (ESP32) and a PC. The microcontroller supports both Wifi and Bluetooth. If I send one single data point (...
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How same frequency signal with different power are produced?
My router have settings to configure transmission power and as i know energy of a signal is given by
$$
E = h\nu
$$
where
\$E\$ is the energy of the signal,
\$h\$ is Planck's constant,
\$\nu\$ is ...
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Wifi coaxial cable type unknown
Quick question, I was unable to identify the coaxial cable type used in wifi devices(routers ,tablets,etc.) , very thin grey cable approximately 1mm in outer diameter, I need to know the type so I can ...
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How to link 3 RF transceivers to 1 antenna
I'm not an RF designer, so excuse the newbie question:
How would I link three transceivers, say WiFi and two separate bluetooth transceivers, to a single antenna.
I have found a 3-way combiner ...
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Creating a 90 deg. circular polarized phased array using two Yagi
Imagine two 2.4Ghz Yagi (WiFi), one mounted with blades horizontal, the other's blades vertical, both aimed at the same target. Each has the same leg of its coax cable (Xmeasurement) longer (either ...
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ESP-01 not working correctly when acting as AP as well as station
I am experiencing this potential problem with ESP-01S ESP8266 module. I am controlling it via Atmega328 micro-controller. Issue occurs when it is configured as both soft AP and a station and when ...
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What is typical interface for WLAN chipset on a modern smartphone?
Taking into account nowadays Android smartphones support WiFi 802.11ac, what interface is being used for interconnecting of WLAN chipset with Application CPU? Is it SPI or some other? Is it OK to ...
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WiFi IC with minimal controller features [closed]
I do not want to program my esp8266. Are there any alternatives to it with lesser controlling abilities (I/O lines, Flash, etc)?
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Why microstripline is compulsory to generate high frequency signal in the range of 2 Ghz or more
I would like to understand why the UHF (Ultra High Frequency) band in the range of 1 Ghz or more like 2.4 Ghz or 2.6 Ghz require microstripline to generate such signal frequency?
Is there any ...
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Solder or Adhesive for Wifi Module
I am replacing a wifi module for my smart tv. I have any never done this before and want to know if I need to solder the two components together or just use an adhesive like in the old module. The ...
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What will be the simplest circuit that outputs 1 when it receives a predefined WiFi packet? [closed]
What will be the simplest circuit that outputs 1 when it receives a predefined or pre-programmed WiFi packet? Lets suppose that I connect this circuit to an appropriate antenna then I want that my ...
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Control ESSP8266 IOT board over cellphone hotspot wifi [closed]
I am using the following code in order to control my ESP8266 using my cellphone hotspot.
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How to send data to an ESP32 with as little delay as possible from an Android app [closed]
I have an ESP32 module. I want to send data to it using an Android app.
I tried using http but the delay is big especially since I want to send about 20 values per second with a delay between 50 to ...
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How does Wi-Fi deal with multiple frames received at once?
Right now I'm trying to establish a network of 30+ transceivers with NRF24L01 modules - one of them acting as central. However there are big problems, whenever two or more nodes try to send data to ...
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Video stream through microcontroller wifi
i am currently following an education in technical informatics(mostly micro controllers programming).
I always wondered how to send video frames though an cheap micro controller, but after googling a ...
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Program a Wi-Fi Module using a STM32F4
I am desgning a sensor which reads data from 6 transducers and is desired to send them over Wi-Fi to a host pc. Because of space limitations, I have to design my own pcb with microprocessor instead of ...
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How to fix this wifi FPV antenna
I do not know much about antenna's. A wire broke off of a Wifi antenna, being part of a video transmission unit of a quadcopter.
The short grey colored wire on the right side of the picture broke off....
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I'm trying to identify this WiFi / Microcontroller without any luck
I purchased these TanTan Smart electrical outlets with the hopes of finding an esp8285 or esp8266 within them. When I opened one up I was greeted by something different, and am trying to determine ...
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What is the relation between carrier signal and local oscillator in RF system?
I have a confusion between the carrier signal and the local oscillator and based on my understanding, IQ signal (data) is mixed with carrier signal to become a modulated RF signal and before ...
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SPI, RS232 and DMX-512 data signals beneath the ESP8266-WROOM-02 Wifi antenna
I am working on DMX-512 Controller, which will accept commands for driving Addressable LED strip (GE60RGBW8812A) via ESP-WROOM-02 Wifi Controller and I have several data lines (...
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Active phased antenna array for Wi-Fi efficiency compared to a directional antenna?
I'm interested in mesh networking of poorly controllable autonomous aerial vehicles (like blimps), so i wonder whether it is viable to use a phased antenna array versus a few traditional directional ...
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How to detect RF / Wifi radio device nearby
I wonder if there is a way to detect if there is any RF/WiFi radio ON nearby?
I'm configuring an ESP8266 12E module in STATION MODE (not Access Point) to connect to a Wifi network (any Wifi network). ...
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Why does WiFi have a shorter range than LTE? [closed]
It seems confusing that my phone receives -87 dbm LTE signal and shows a full 4 bars with the speeds of
UPLOAD: 20Mbps
DOWNLOAD:13.6Mbps
But my WiFi is showing 1 bar at -89 dbm and I get ...
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Do I need to get a device certified by the FCC if it uses the ESP32/8266? [duplicate]
I plan on making a device that the user can control with their phone via a WiFi connection to an ESP8266 or ESP32. If I end up selling this device, will I need to get it certified?
The ESP32/8266 has ...
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How much input voltage is required to get 12v from LM2596?
I am trying to run WiFi router from a 12v lead acid ups battery.
To get a stable 12v output from the battery I used LM2596.
Problem is output is always 8.28v-8.50v. No matter how many times I spin ...
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Is there a difference between the radio magnetic field your body senses, from downloading 1 kB data from Wi-Fi router compared to 1 GB of data? [closed]
Imagine you have a Wi-Fi router and you're downloading 1 kB of data, if your body is receiving any magnetic field or signal from the router, what would be the difference if the router was sending 1 kB ...
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PCB Trace Impedance Matching on microcontroller
I'm doing research for the best antenna for a 2.4 GHz connection from our device to a local router. The problem is that our device will have varying loads connected to the other pins of the micro ...
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Use existing WiFi hardware as an RF receiver? [closed]
I have seen mine & many others' (Android) devices nowadays have WiFi hardware capable of connecting with 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz APs. Wanted to know if I could tweak the WiFi driver in the kernel source ...
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Wi-FI Antenna DC Blocking Capacitor
I have a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi design that uses an SMA connector connected to a dipole whip antenna. The issue is the SMA connector mounts to a metal chassis. This causes a potential issue in where someone ...
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wifi baseband access
I've got an unusual use case (optical communications) that would benefit from access to the wifi baseband signal before it is upconverted/modulated at 2.5Ghz. However most modern wifi chips combine ...
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What are the different antenna types used by various IEEE 802.11 standards?
I've been working on an assignment about the IEEE 802.11 standards and I've had some trouble with one aspect of a question. I need to explain the differences between various features of the different ...
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What type of module is this?
It's likely ESP8266-01, but when I look better there a bit more differences at its components. Also I think its pinout is different with a ESP8266-01. When I attach it to PCB I made for ESP8266-01 it ...
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How come esp8266 is able to generate 2.4 GHz wifi signals
I am wondering how it is possible to generate 2.4 GHz, if its core clock frequency is much lower than GHz scale.
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Battery operated motor circuit
I have a couple specific question but I also open to any suggestion for improvement. Especially anything to do with increasing battery life.
Overview:
It is a battery operated motor with a solar ...
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Microstrip for right-angled sma connector
I am designing a PCB with a wifi (2.4GHz) and LoRa (915MHz) modules and I need to provide right-angled through-hole SMA connectors for the antennas.
Initially I thought I had everything under control,...
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Bluetooth frequencies possible to Jam with Wifi routers?
Since Bluetooth operates at the 2.4 GHz with 1Mhz width and 79 channels would it be possible to Jam with a few 40 dollar routers at the 2.4 spectrum default I believe the channel width is 20MHz and ...
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Do wifi cards on client devices adjust tx strength depending on signal? [closed]
In trying to answer a question about wifi optimization in homes, one has to know whether a slightly lower signal on a client device (due to low TX setting on a router, for example) would normally be ...
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Connecting WIFI Module to RJ45 pins output of device
Extreme noob questions here. I have a Lantronix XPico 240 wifi module that I need to connect to the rj45 output pins of a device the device pins are clearly marked but I am not sure about which pins ...
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How can I measure the power given to a USB WiFi adapter's antenna in dBm or mW?
I have an Alfa AWUS036ACH USB WiFi adapter, and would like to know how much power is being given to the antennas (in dBm or mW). The Amazon link to it is here: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Range-Dual-...
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RF noise on different WiFi adapters
Background of my question:
I was checking the signal strength of wifi access points on my laptop in parallel with the internal Wi-Fi card and a nano usb wifi adapter connected to the same laptop. I ...
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Can a Wifi device be made to output a continuous 2.4 GHz wave?
I wanted to do some energy harvesting experiments involving wifi-frequency microwaves and wanted to see if there was a way to make a Wifi-enabled microcontroller devboard (something like the esp32) ...
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Am I unwise to power a low-draw cooling fan off my router's USB port?
tl;dr: I want to run a 120mm case fan (drawing 0.05A) off my router's USB port, and don't know whether to be concerned about running a DC motor off a sensitive box full of radios.
The CPU in my (ASUS ...
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WLAN speaker to speaker pairing
Is there a way to connect one speaker to another (I'm building my own ones) using WLAN. The idea was having a host speaker with a WLAN transmitter that could automatically transmit the music playing ...
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Safety with wireless MCUs with internal ROM
I read that the ESP32, as long as other MCUs like CC3200, they have an internal ROM not user accessible and usually not open source, used to initialize the device, if I am correct. This means that ...
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Circuit to enable switching between antennas
I'm trying to build my own portable Wi-Fi router that can switch between small internal PCB based antennas (like this from Aliexpress) and an external directional antenna.
Is there circuit that I ...
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How do I connect to a cheap wifi (wemos) relay board? [closed]
I got a cheap wifi relay board off wish.com and I want to connect it to my network. When I apply power (no less than 12v) I can see AI-THINKER_xxxxxx when I attempt to connect to it, I'm asked for a ...
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Through-Glass WiFi Antenna
I used to install a lot of in-car UHF radios & hands-free cell phone kits. I mostly worked on trucks & commercial utility vehicles fitted with bull bars, upon which I would mount a big, bulky, ...
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Use of frequencies in the WiFi channel apart from center frequency
I understand that there are 14 channels in WiFi band ,each channel designated by its center frequency,if a WiFi device is transmitting in one channel does it makes use of all frequencies in the ...
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Would an unconnected coaxial cable act as a wifi antenna?
I am building an underwater drone and I connect to it via wifi when it is at the surface. The wifi signal often gets blocked by water waves though. I don't really want to have another penetration of ...
