20-02-2016, 10:38
Hi Werk, thanks for the heads up.
Well I have replaced my Transmitter on the TX board. The piece of hook up wire which was about 200mm long was hit and miss, I finally cut a 1/4 wave length at 165mm and proved that no signal at 433MHz. Suspected the module as the surface mount components were not in the best state when viewed under magnification (I suppose when you buy cheap on eBay, expect it to be "cheap"). I hacked a spare FS1000A (much better board presentation) to suit the TX board and even with my little antenna (rubber duck type) worked first time and doesn't miss a beat. I'm getting data on a regular basis if I comment out ID0.
If I leave ID0 in, I get 2 pieces of data coming out and then just sits. So a little more debugging for me.
BTW, I uncommented out in the RX_TX.ino file the serial print so that I can monitor what is being received.
So once I sort out ID0, then I should get passed auto-reboot.
I have also noticed that the TX voltage sent, is higher than the measured batter voltage (yes I double checked my digital meter with my bench top power supply). So I will put that one on the back burner for the moment as it's only an indication.
All in all, I'm just happy to see data coming across, even though I have no sensors connected yet.
Regards
Graham
Well I have replaced my Transmitter on the TX board. The piece of hook up wire which was about 200mm long was hit and miss, I finally cut a 1/4 wave length at 165mm and proved that no signal at 433MHz. Suspected the module as the surface mount components were not in the best state when viewed under magnification (I suppose when you buy cheap on eBay, expect it to be "cheap"). I hacked a spare FS1000A (much better board presentation) to suit the TX board and even with my little antenna (rubber duck type) worked first time and doesn't miss a beat. I'm getting data on a regular basis if I comment out ID0.
If I leave ID0 in, I get 2 pieces of data coming out and then just sits. So a little more debugging for me.
BTW, I uncommented out in the RX_TX.ino file the serial print so that I can monitor what is being received.
So once I sort out ID0, then I should get passed auto-reboot.
I have also noticed that the TX voltage sent, is higher than the measured batter voltage (yes I double checked my digital meter with my bench top power supply). So I will put that one on the back burner for the moment as it's only an indication.
All in all, I'm just happy to see data coming across, even though I have no sensors connected yet.
Regards
Graham