qaz to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoI used the WiFi antenna of a laptop to wirelessly install ESPHome on an ESP32lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12
arrow-up154arrow-down1imageI used the WiFi antenna of a laptop to wirelessly install ESPHome on an ESP32lemmy.worldqaz to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square@cm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•4 months agoBut…WiFi capable ESP32s have a built-in antenna tho
minus-square@unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink5•4 months agoYeah i was thinking the same thing, but maybe the wifi router is far away so they needed to increase their range?
minus-squareqazOPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoI have a ESP32-WROOM-32U which is a model that uses an external antenna
minus-square@cm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•4 months agoAhhh, I knew there were some that took an external antenna but I always thought it was in addition to an internal one lol
But…WiFi capable ESP32s have a built-in antenna tho
Yeah i was thinking the same thing, but maybe the wifi router is far away so they needed to increase their range?
I have a ESP32-WROOM-32U which is a model that uses an external antenna
Ahhh, I knew there were some that took an external antenna but I always thought it was in addition to an internal one lol