LowPowerLab

Vitor Henrique created the CurrentRangerApp and was kind enough to share it and make it open source.

Thanks to the folks at Sasquatch Collective, there is now a new open source and free real time current monitor for the CurrentRanger, the Current-Ranger-GUI.

MoteinoUSB is now R7 and it comes with the following changes: USB-C Atmega328PB – to same specs and performance as Atmega328P dedicated SMA/u.FL solder pads (3 pin header moved down to accomodate this) CH340C USB serial chip – this is faster than the FTDI…

This is a short video that highlights the upgrade kit I designed for DDM Novastar L-BF-12 bank feeders.

Here’s a quick demo for testing RFM69 transmission settings on an RFGateway board.

Quick heads up for those in EU or regions where 433Mhz is legal (sometimes called 434Mhz).

The CurrentRanger has been stable for the last few years with very positive feedback and very few issues that were addressed promptly, mostly firmware and a few minor hardware tweaks.

The Atmel/Microchip ICE programming cable for SWD/ICSP interfaces is junk.

I needed a quick and easy (and slightly more professional) way to measure RF performance of the typical RFM69/RFM95 low power transmitters, at a remote location where a prospect RF sensor network would be installed.

The RFM69 library has been very robust and stable over the years.

Thanks to MGX3D there are now some nice improvements to the CurrentRanger: Firmware updates and optimizations, battery icon instead of text (faster drawing) Improved sampling speed Smarter Auto-Off – avoids turning off when sampling via USB more menu items