Research LoRaWan Transmitter chips and Arduinos that it will run on

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Converting LoraWan Helium Miners into Trail Camera

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Open BraydenBrekke opened 7 months ago

CStras commented 7 months ago

If we decide we need a transmitter for the Pi gateway, this is a HAT Raspberry Pi official transmitter

BraydenBrekke commented 7 months ago

I'm leaning towards Arduino - specifically the eps32 chip which I'm "familiar" with. https://www.hackster.io/news/give-your-esp32-cam-board-a-major-range-upgrade-with-this-low-cost-lora-add-on-module-d6a7f56a6650

BraydenBrekke commented 7 months ago

Research is showing that to transmit a very small 480p image it's going to be roughly an hour of constant transfer. I think we should consider compressing the image into 8-bit grayscale.

CStras commented 7 months ago

Agreed. Looks like the the article you linked may help with reducing the power required from the device to 3x AA batteries. Once the arduino is aquired, further testing between the cam's regulator and a low drop-out voltage regulator may be required.